Literary critics respond to A.S. Byatt’s review of Harry Potter in this Evening Standard article. Thanks, Derek!

From The Washington Post: When one of the books on your summer reading list is almost 900 pages long and weighs around three pounds, shouldn’t it count as more than one book?

From the San Fransico Chronicle, Neva Chonin reviews Order of the Phoenix: “Come here, boy,” a wizard known as “Mad Eye” Moody tells Harry Potter in the third chapter of “The Order of the Phoenix.” “I need to disillusion you.” Moody means he’s going to cast a concealing charm to protect Harry from prying eyes, …read more!

Our Jim Dale interview is up at last! Some quotage for you: TLC: You’ve done work with Disney – how do you feel J.K. Rowling’s and Disney’s treatment of children differ? JD: Look at life, life’s a lot harder these days. Just look around, children are being indoctrinated with things that we never even heard …read more!

Attendees of Comic-Con 2003, July 17-20 in San Diego, will have an opportunity to see footage from Warner Brothers’ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Thanks to Matt for the link!

Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis – the Latin translation of the first book – is now available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. Thanks to Wyly for the tip.

Newsround reports that German Harry Potter fans are being told to stop translating the English version of OotP into German. The German version will not be published until November 8, 2003.

Madeline Vaughan has won $10,000 worth of school books for her school with her winning review of Harry Potter.

A woman in Madrid managed to set her house on fire while attempting to produce a potion like Harry Potter.

Bloomsbury has just posted a very thorough transcript of the Royal Albert Hall event, including pictures of the inside of the Hall during rehearsal of the show.