An interesting article from icWales that mentions Snowdonia Taxidermy Studios in Llanrwst, Conwy provided many of the animals in the films including an owl and a snake.

According to the BBC, Donald Parfitt, 44, of Worlingham, Suffolk, (a forklift driver at Clays Printers in Bungay), admitted to stealing & trying to sell 3 chapters from the book to various newspapers.

The Z Review is reporting that a source close to WB says Rowan Atkinson (of Mr. Bean fame…) has been cast as Voldemort and they’re looking at Richard Wilson for Frank Bryce. Reasons this is not to be considered anything other than rumor: Trelawney hasn’t even been cast in the third film yet; no one …read more!

Thanks to Ginny for taking the time to find the URL for pre-ordering OotP (the English version) in Brazil through Submarino. It will be R$106.90 (or $37.21 US) and will ship after 6/23/2003. Perhaps some local bookstores will do midnight sales like some of the other countries. If any of you hear about midnight book …read more!

I’ve posted a bit of a mea culpa in a recent post of mine.

Yasmeen sent us this exclusive Amazon.com interview with Mary GrandPré – illustrator of the US version of the series and one of a small handful of people that have read “Order of the Phoenix”. Let’s hope someone talks to Jim Dale soon.

Articles have appeared in the Aberdeen Press & Journal, The Herald and the Daily Star talking about the frenzy hitting Glencoe this week. Here’s the highlights: From the Press & Journal: The cast and crew of around 400 people makes Harry Potter the largest film production in Scotland since Braveheart. An estimated £1million has been …read more!

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer takes a look at the world of HP Fan Fiction.

Prince Andrew on a recent visit to a school in Canada mentioned that his daughters, Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, are big fans of the boy wizard and his exploits.

St. Petersburg Times columnist Jan Glidewell talks about movie goofs and includes some snippets about goofs in Sorcerer’s Stone which apparently had more than Chamber of Secrets – perhaps Columbus worked out some of the kinks.