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!

Morning all – it seems a group of grammatically-challenged, miscreant, script-kiddie Slytherins has been cruising the fandom overnight littering question marks and strange links across all the Harry Potter sites. We’re doing an audit of our security measures and trying to track down the culprits. Meanwhile, we’ve gotten so many questions about the rogue punctuation, …read more!

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Page from DanRadcliffe.co.uk forwarded a message from Dan Radcliffe that he sent to both sites (including DanRadcliffe.com) regarding the interview we posted about last week: I usually do not make any comment on postings on websites however, I have been made aware that a simple answer I gave in an interview to Weekly Reader re …read more!

Contests are already underway worldwide to determine who the 70 “cub reporters” who will be at Edinburgh Castle on July 15, and grilling JKR on July 17. The contests, as announced on JKRowling.com, are underway in Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. What we have found is below, but this post will …read more!

JKRowling.com has been updated with Birthday wishes to our favourite Herbology professor, Pomona Sprout! Cheers…and goooo Hufflepuff! 🙂