J.K.Rowling has joined other authors in an effort to have Edinburgh, Scotland become the first “World City of Literature.” Edinburgh, Rowling’s city of residence, would “act as a model for other cities around the world to celebrate their own literature and writers.” The Harry Potter author said the city had provided her with inspiration and …read more!

Some of you have emailed to tell us about yesterday’s Scotsman piece claiming that JKR admitted that the vain Gilderoy Lockhart was based on her ex-husband, Jorge Arantes. This is in stark contrast to the articles yesterday that quoted JKR spokespeople vehemently denying such a thing. They went further to say that the person who …read more!

Stephen Fry, the voice of the UK Harry Potter audiobooks, celebrates his 47th birthday today!

According to a survey conducted by Penguin Publishers earlier this summer, men who want to attract the lasses may want to avoid reading Potter or Tolkien. Says one relationship expert: “On a beach, with so little on, a book can tell you far more about someone than their choice of swimming trunks or a beach …read more!

Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint turns 16 today. Happy Birthday, Rupert!

Here at TLC, we link to a lot of charity auctions of signed HP things. One particular auction is special to me – my old friend Lisa has a series of auctions running right now; she’s trying to raise $10,000 for the 2004 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer – in addition to the auctions, she’s …read more!

A.O. Scott writes: “Prisoner of Azkaban,” the third-highest-grossing release of the summer so far, includes the season’s scariest creatures, the wraithlike Dementors, who may also be emblematic figures of an age in which, it often seems, we have everything to fear including fear itself. The Dementors, skeletal and shrouded in black mist, practice an intimate, …read more!

You’ll notice we’ve added a few links in the Comment Listing section. The one on the date/time gives you a permalink to individual comments (to make it easy to return to the thread when you like) and the second allows you to report a post to us as spam or inappropriate. Please don’t abuse the …read more!

The New York Times reports today that 125 kids and teens attended the carp fishing tournament along the St. Lawrence River, even though Tom Felton, who’s post hosted the tournament last year, was unable to attend this year, because he’s filming on Goblet of Fire. According to event organizers, in August 2002, Mr. Felton’s mother …read more!

TLC has received official confirmation from Scholastic that the title of the sixth book will be Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, with a hyphen connecting “Half” and “Blood,” matching the way “half-blood” is spelled in the books. This is the format in which Scholastic will be producing the book. Apologies to all the theorists …read more!