The Press Gazette reports that JKR has been granted a wide-reaching injunction designed to stop anyone who may come into possession of all or part of HBP from disclosing it or any information in it. The injunction applies to all information from HBP other than that disclosed by JKR herself, or one of the book’s …read more!

With just 36 days go before the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the build-up to the big day continues. Today, papers are running two stories about the Leaky/MuggleNet soon-to- come interview with JKR in July at the release of book 6. The AP has a short piece where Emerson from MuggleNet recounts …read more!

Amazon.com has let us know about a new contest it’s running, the “Harry Potter Review Panel Contest,” in which winners are part of a kids panel to talk about Harry Potter via the Amazon site. The panel will share its HP expertise as well as their predictions and expectations for HBP. They will also possibly …read more!

Our HBP contests page has been updated with contests from Australia, Vancouver and the ITV contest.

ITV has now launched their version of the Ultimate Harry Potter Fan contest. Children between the ages of 8 and 16 are allowed to enter for this chance to not only attend the midnight launch party in Edinburgh of Half-Blood Prince, but also to interview author J.K. Rowling on television. Initial’s series producer for the …read more!

Our post with all the contest info got old, so we made a special page for HBP “Cub Reporter” contests as well as other HBP-related contests, right here, so you can keep track. It’s also listed on our new text sidebar. If you look over this list and see a contest we haven’t listed, please …read more!

The Mirror reports that HBPs are flying off shelves and e-shelves, looking “set to beat the 2003 Goblet of Fire’s [sic; we suspect they meant Order of the Phoenix] record-breaking five million copies sold worldwide in 24 hours, when it is finally released on July 16.” At Tesco.com, the article says, one is ordered every …read more!

The Evening News, of Scotland, has opened its contest to choose a reporter to be part of the 70-children contingent that will meet JKR on July 15 and interview her on July 17. Entrants must “prove their knowledge of all things Harry Potter by answering five questions which will appear in the paper over the …read more!

As most of you are aware, on July 16, Emerson of MuggleNet and I will be in Scotland, interviewing Jo Rowling to celebrate the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. With less than 40 days to go, it’s time we get down to business! We know you’re all dying to get a question …read more!

The Harry Potter version of Scene It?, the popular DVD movie game, is now available for pre-order. It will ship on August 15, 2005, so says Amazon. Using that link, or pre-ordering through our Video Games section of the Cauldron Shop, supports Leaky and all the Floo sites. Thanks to the readers who found this …read more!