Many news stories are surfacing about the arrival of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Reuters has this story, which says that Scholastic will retail the book for $29.99 here in the US. We will update once the major online retailers have their pre-orders up as well. Scholastic says the book will retail for $29.99 …read more!

It’s official! July 16, 2005, will bring the sixth book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The news comes from Bloomsbury, JKR’s British publishers, this morning: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince takes up the story of Harry …read more!

Newspapers and wire services all over are reporting the happy HBP News (even I wrote a story about it for tomorrow’s edition of my newspaper). The Associated Press story so far appears in: Newsday ABC News San Francisco Chronicle Yahoo! Scholsatic is noted in the article as saying the release date will apparate Tuesday morning. …read more!

Warner Brothers has released their newest preview of upcoming films and two new Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire pictures have been released, and we have them for you right here in HiRes. Enjoy! Update: Now they’re available in even higher res. – Harry and Hermione (pre-first-task – the person in the background is …read more!

All right, we couldn’t wait for you all to break into JKR’s study. Jo Rowling has announced on her site that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is FINISHED, and we should hear a release date from her publishers in the next 24 hours. Check back here for updates. Here’s what JKR says about the …read more!

The door is open again on JKRowling.com. Click below to find out what you have to do to open it, and more about what’s inside. Thanks speedy Emily! There is an EXCELLENT message waiting inside but we’re not putting it on the main page for a few more hours yet! Click the Christmas tree in …read more!

With the excitement building for the release of J.K.Rowling’s newest installment in the Harry Potter series, it was inevitable that someone would write a book about the upcoming sixth novel to help pass the time. We at Leaky received a review copy of one such book, the Unofficial Half-Blood Prince Update: News and Speculation about …read more!

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has contributed a small quote that is included in a new children’s poetry book. Once Upon a Poem: Favourite Poems That Tell Stories is a collection of poems with introductions from a variety of authors such as Philip Pullman, Cornelia Funke, and Mary Pope Osborne. J.K. Rowling introduces a poem …read more!

Many readers have let us know in the December 24th issue of Entertainment Weekly author Stephen King, in his Pop of King column, lists his top ten movies of the year. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was ranked at number 5. Writes Mr. King : “5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban …read more!

Previously, we had told you that Scottish group Franz Ferdinand was to be in the next Harry Potter film to perform as The Weird Sisters band for the Yule Ball scene. Then in November, they decided they would not appear in Goblet of Fire after all. Scotland on Sunday has more on the reason for …read more!