Yes, BK and I are alive and safe, and back in the States. 🙂 Thanks to everyone who noted their concern. We picked a bad time to travel, admittedly, but we could not have had better hosts than our UK friends. We had a wonderful, wonderful time. Soon, we will have pics of our trips …read more!

iHarryPotter.net linked to an article in The Scotsman about the non-NHS midwife that JKR used for David’s delivery last week. Midwife Debs Purdue didn’t say much about the birth itself, to protect JKR’s privacy, but she did say that the labour was short. As this editor is about to take her second trip through the …read more!

This is Hertfordshire reports that the construction strike, which was due to take place tomorrow, has been called off as an agreement has been reached. PoA filming will continue as usual. Thanks to Scott for the link.

Coming Soon has a brief article on how the the powers behind the Harry Potter films have supposedly been concerned about their young stars growing out of their roles before they get all the movies made (as reported by columnists Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith). Says Emma Watson, “I’ve grown loads, and so has …read more!

Dmitry Yemets, author of “Tanya Grotter and the Magical Double Bass” who is being sued for stealing Rowling’s ideas, has accused Rowling of “a blatant attempt to eliminate competition and establish a monopoly in children’s fantasy writing” reports BBC News. “I greatly respect Jan Rowling, but I am not violating her author’s rights,” said Yemets. …read more!

Scholastic has revised a controversial program that sells books directly to students after retailers had complained they were losing business. (From Hoover’s Online.)

This is Local London reports that “Warner Brothers has chosen the stretch of Green Lanes between Fox Lane and Bourne Hill, as well as Hedge Lane, to film scenes” on April 1 and 2, from 6 pm to midnight.

Chris Rankin talks about his latest role on the Sheringham (UK) stage, acting in the play A Taste of Honey (Thanks to Zoe for the link.)

Ananova reports that a legal battle has started in an Amsterdam court in a case filed by JK Rowling against a Russian writer alleged to have stolen her ideas.

According to the Edinburgh Evening News Online, David Gordon’s birth is welcomed not only by Rowling, her family and her fans, but also “by bookies, who had been taking bets on a name for the baby. Internet bookies Blue Square offered odds of 33 to 1 that the child would be a boy named Harry. …read more!