Scholastic, the US Publishers of the Harry Potter books, have announced that they will be present for the first time at Comic-Con International. The convention takes place July 14th through the 17th in San Diego, California, which is during the release weekend for the sixth Potter book. Fans who are attending the convention will not …read more!

If the wait for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is not too much for you yet, check out this video and some additional photos of the books being sorted at the warehouse for distribution! Only 16 more days! Thanks Harry Latino!

Yesterday’s McSweeney’s Online Magazine featured a humorous look at Things You Can Learn About The Plot Of The Next Harry Potter Book Just By Looking At The Cover Art. There’s no real spoilers for actual book content, as they haven’t read it yet, but if you’re avoiding the cover, you might want to skip the …read more!

Bloomsbury has recently introduced a gallery section on their new Harry Potter website where fans can submit reviews and artwork associated with the HP books. In the run-up to publication, they are giving away a signed copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (which will be sent after the 16th of July) to their …read more!

Kids in Shreveport, LA, Canadaigua, NY and the Penn State area can find summer fun at camps inspired by the Harry Potter books, Newsweek magazine reports. Thanks to Penny from the Lexicon for the tip! Also, in the last few hours, we’ve had some tips about other magic-themed camps, including the California Science Center’s Wizard …read more!

Variety is reporting today that Goblet of Fire film director Mike Newell will be receiving a special award from the British Academy of Film & Television Arts. Mr. Newell will be the recipient of the “John Schlesinger Britannia Award for artistic excellence at the Britannia Awards to be presented Nov. 10 at the Beverly Hilton …read more!

Earlier this month we told you that Amazon.com was holding a Harry Potter Review Panel contest for children to send in videos with their thoughts about Harry Potter. The winners have now been selected, and you can view them here. According to this press release the winners are: *Kaitlin Bennett, age 13, from Houston, Texas. …read more!

A minibook written by J.K. Rowling and auctioned for charity has just resurfaced and been sold on eBay for £24,995 (a customer ended the bidding by paying a predetermined amount that would ensure victory). The piece is, as the eBay store describes it: “A beautiful piece, written, and signed, on the opening page in fine …read more!

JKRowling.com has been updated to wish Dobby a Happy Birthday! Yay!*throws lots of socks up into air 🙂 *

Hi all: we’ve reimplemented our poll feature on the main page, to prepare for Friday’s posting of the top 10 questions chosen in our “Ask Jo” contest. In the meantime, do some Snape speculating on the right, there.