FT.com has a very long but good look at preparations for Book 5.

Check it out here! An excellent piece about filming on Potter three, by Martin Barber. Quotage from Chris: His style is completely different to Chris Columbus’, he’s going for a real dramatic, tension building to a climax kind of film which I think is going to be perfect for Potter three. I think the way …read more!

One of the teenage boys in the plot to sell stolen chapters of OotP to a tabloid wrote a 3-page apology to the author says Norfolk’s Eastern Daily Press.

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According to the Canadian Press, as of May 14th, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix continues to be the bestseller at Amazon.ca – and it hasn’t even been released yet.

The Australian Bookseller Dymocks is sponsoring a contest to win a trip to London as well as some other great prizes. All you have to do is buy the book – thanks to Sarah-Jane for the lead.

That’s right, the Chicago Sun-Times mentions that stores along Oak Park Ave. and Lake Street will be turned into Diagon Alley the night of June 20th. Starting about 9 p.m., the Magic Tree children’s bookstore will become Flourish & Blott’s bookstore, Cafe Winberie morphs into the Leaky Cauldron, and C. Foster Toys will take on …read more!

It’s like a Grand Pre fiesta tonight – thank you to Trey, who sent us this just-released pic of the OotP Deluxe Edition – with more art. You can get the PDF of it here. (So many theories…only one brain…)

Looks like The Sun is in hot water. Despite their claims of doing everything to make sure the stolen books got back to their rightful place, Bloomsbury has other thoughts.

Well folks – we’re dancing with joy and excitement here tonight as Charlie Peterson emails us this doozy – a picture of a promotional stand – MAJOR spoilers in the pic, highlight to read: I haven’t checked the books yet but I’m changing my view: L to R: ??? (a boy – not a girl …read more!