Some more details today from Bloomsbury regarding the big Edinburgh release party: The cub reporters will arrive at the Esplanade outside Edinburgh Castle by horse-drawn carriage. About 2,000 Edinburgh school children and their parents will be seated in the Esplanade outside Edinburgh Castle to cheer on JK Rowling and the cub reporters as they make …read more!

Many of you have reported a not-found error when accessing our “Ask Jo” poll; it should be right here; be sure to look at the right side of your page! A lot of you are also asking why you can’t vote more than once here: we restrict by IP, which changes often if you’re an …read more!

Security continues to be tight as the publishers of the new Harry Potter book are determined to keep a tight lid on any possible leaks and spoilers getting out before the release date on July 16. While there are not any security trolls on patrol(that we muggles can see anyway 🙂 ), The New York …read more!

Hey all; we’ve been working with the incomparable Chad Everett of Everitz Consulting, who developed the system that sends you news notifications, to fix the bug where you’re getting multiple copies of each entry. That bug is fixed. Also, now, if you’re subscribed to more than one category and the news is filed in more …read more!

We have two pieces of news today regarding the Harry Potter Conventions that are to take place in the near future. First, Accio 2005, the UK Harry Potter Conference, has announced that, due to demand, they will have day tickets available to the public for Saturday, July 30th. The announcement says: “Day tickets for Accio …read more!

Well, the excitement and speculation continues to grow about the new Harry Potter book, as witnessed today on CNN’s 90 Second Pop, a segment of their morning program. Host Miles O’Brien spoke with “Time Magazine” reporter Christopher John Farley, comedian Andy Borowitz, and B.J. Sigesmund from “Us Weekly.” There was the usual guessing about things …read more!

Scholastic, the US Publishers of the Harry Potter books, officially announced today that a braille edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince would soon be available. Working with the National Braille Press, Scholastic said that the book would be available no later than July 19th of this year. Some 10,000 braille editions of the …read more!

Cincinatti’s Enquirer reports on the secrecy surrounding the movement of copies of HBP from Scholastic to places like Amazon, that city’s library system, and Mary GrandPré’s workspace. “We treat the (Harry Potter) books completely separate from other inventory,” says Kristin Mariani, head of public relations. “There is a special area dedicated to nothing but processing …read more!

Barbara Marcus and three of the Scholastic Half-Blood Prince Essay contest winners were interviewed yesterday on NBC’s Today Show. The video of the interview has been posted on the Today Show website. To view- click here, and scroll down to where it says “More Today Show Video” to watch the interview. You can also read …read more!

All right! Sorry for the delay guys, it’s a busy time both here and on MuggleNet – but we are finally ready to present you with the top 10 questions chosen from our “Ask Jo” contest. Vote here! At the Leaky Lounge we had more than 1,500 posts and 4,100 questions submitted before deadline. I …read more!