Thank you to Javier of FansdeHarryPotter.com for sending us this article from Spanish newspaper El Mundo on our fund-raising effort. (And thank you to everyone who emailed us with the translation; you guys are fast!)

From TotalVideoGames.com — “We can’t help but praise this game; we wanted to dislike it and give it a bad review, purely because it’s ‘just another movie cash in’, but it isn’t. There’s something strangely enchanting about this game that you’ll never work out, but it’s there, and it draws you in like a magnet. …read more!

The article states “Legendary actor Lord Richard Attenborough is the latest name to be thrown in the Hogwart’s cauldron for the role of Professor Albus Dumbledore. As speculation mounts over who will succeed the late Richard Harris, the 79- year-old veteran has threatened to quit acting altogether if he doesn’t land the part. At a …read more!

We’ve put together a press release for news organizations and anyone who wants to forward something official to family and friends (although we encourage you not to spam anyone with them). the PDF version the HTML version

I know it’s early. I know it’s cold. I know it’s insane. I know we’re all fairly crazy for doing it. But we will be – and I want to meet you there, too. It’s for DOBBY, man. Dobby. Get there at 6:30-7 a.m., and get T-shirts and signs to hold up for display on …read more!

Our first crop of thank-yous are up – read on, and support those who support us!

The article states: “Wizards and castles with secret passages have held children spellbound for centuries; but alongside the fantasy, author JK Rowling has woven a compelling reminder of how it feels to be a child. And a lecturer in social welfare says it is this journey into a child’s inner world, and what the books …read more!

JK Rowling has given her backing to a university project hoping to solve some of the mysteries of multiple sclerosis (MS). The MS Society Scotland (MSSS), of which Rowling is patron, has given a grant to the University of Aberdeen to create a special research group. The author of the Harry Potter novels, whose mother …read more!

Ananova reports that JK Rowling and Warner Bros have lost a legal battle to stop Harry Potter school books being printed in Germany.

Wow – suffice it to say that we at TLC are AMAZED at how the community has pooled together to support Book Aid. As of this moment, we are just over 600 donors. If you haven’t donated yet – don’t delay! If you have, don’t think you’re done yet! Check out all our new banners …read more!