We feel your pain Really we do No one wants to party As much as us with you We’re approaching the end And mean it, we swear So please keep your heads And hang out right there Our comments are open Though our forum is not We had to choose which Way to deal with …read more!

We’re sorry guys. Yet again things are taking longer than expected. We’ll update as soon as we know more.

Hi everyone – hang tight, our second server, called Storgé – our own pillar of storage – has arrived and is being installed. Thanks again for your patience.

The OPUS Convention in Denver this weekend will feature a series of Harry Potter-themed events organized by the Avistrum Academy, a group that regularly organizes imaginative events where children and adults can “pretend to be students at a fictional school of magic similar to the Hogwarts school depicted in the Harry Potter books”. Their schedule …read more!

President of Scholastic Children Book Publishing Barbara Marcus was on the NBC “Today” show this morning to announce Scholastic’s HBP contest. Click below for the transcript. Note that at the bottom Katie Couric says she might be talking to J.K. Rowling about the book; this seems to be an off-hand comment and not a confirmation …read more!

We know that there are many sites fandom-wide that have been driving you all mad with the appearance of mysterious “?”s today and last night. It should have been over by now, the mystery solved, the big reveal unveiled. That was our plan, anyway. We didn’t count on turning our server into a very expensive …read more!

BIG, long, huge, spoilery, very thought provoking answer to the FAQ poll RIGHT HERE.

Our new server problems are a result of the culmination of all the wonderful news last week – Ms. Rowling linking to us through the Fan Site Award, and the Harry Potter Publishers and news media linking to her site via the major news regarding contests. As such, our server traffic is off the charts. …read more!

The Scotsman reports that a survey by Waterstones shows that there are more adult HP book readers in Edinburgh than in any other British city, and that the HP books have instigated a trend of adults reading children’s fiction, including books like The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon, and …read more!

Scholastic.com launched an essay contest forkids today, promising 10 winners a trip to London to celebrate the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince onboard a midAtlantic flight. Entrants must write an essay explaining “Why I Love Reading Harry Potter,” and must be no older than 18 as of June 16, 2005. Winners will …read more!