According to an article by the Watley Review, in a poll by the Fabian Society, 55 percent of those polled stated that they would prefer to keep the monarchy but name J.K. Rowling the new monarch.

A review/commentary on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix from the LP News Online. Thanks, Norman!

Howdy TLC fans. I’ve been saving this link up for a while to both wait until someone did an article about it and to eventually let y’all know where I work in real life. I work for the MIT OpenCourseWare project as a Web Production Specialist – meaning I do a lot with HTML, Web …read more!

TLC reader Jennifer was kind enough to translate author Leif Kasvi’s article from Sweden’s Aftonbladet (“The Evening Post”) for us. Many thanks to Jennifer! Here you go – enjoy! ~*~ Aftonbladet on set in the giant studio as the third movie is being shot. SHEPPERTON – Harry Potter and Hermione Granger stand by the roots …read more!

In what is no doubt a neverending quest to drive Potter fans mad with speculation, iharrypotternet called our attention to two trademark applications which contain the phrase “HARRY POTTER” – the applications were filed in the European Community’s trademark office by “Seabottom Productions Limited”. In the European Community’s office, after an application is filed, the …read more!

Audio book sales have increased, in part due to Harry Potter. Thanks to Laura for the link!

A past Speedbump comic also has a Harry Potter theme.

Today’s Family Circus cartoon features JK Rowling. To view the comic click on the link. Once you get to the page, click on Files and from there, Today’s Cartoon. Thanks to everyone who sent us the tip!

The Harrop-Procter Community Forest, a community forest group, got quite a surprise in the form of an order for 500 broomsticks from Canadian publisher, Raincoast Books.

The Adelaide conference we mentioned last week now has a website with registration and content information. Thanks to Marc for the link!