With a less than glittering career as a Hollywood leading man behind him, Kenneth Branagh has returned to the English stage. The Moskva bookstore’s foreign-language section has also evolved from sporting a few dictionaries and Agatha Christie novels to a rather busy department offering the latest bestsellers. You can find all four Harry Potter books …read more!

Springfield [Missouri] school board members said if it’s up to them, Harry Potter can stay in school libraries . “It’s ridiculous,” said board member Conni Ess. “There may be a lot of books people don’t agree with in the libraries. But rather than complain, tell them not to check it out.”

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There’s nothing Martin Kehoe likes doing more than kicking a ball around, except perhaps pretending to be James Bond or Harry Potter. But while Martin’s life could be said to be that of an ordinary 15 year old, with the same dreams and aspirations as the rest, the past few years have set the brave …read more!

Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and ABC’s Alias took top honors Wednesday for film and television publicity campaigns, respectively, at the 39th annual Publicists Guild Awards. Hogwarts School of Wizardry has been recreated in the North-East as filming gets under way on the second Harry Potter film. The setting of Alnwick Castle, …read more!

And the story just keeps changing! In what’s been titled “Update 3” of the “Bloomsbury 2001 Net Rises on Harry Potter Book Sales” article from the Bloomberg.co.uk website, the statement from Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein about not releasing Book 5 until next year has been removed. Instead, this has now been added: “Bloomsbury said it plans …read more!

CBBC Newsround is looking for a Harry Potter super-fan. Harry Potter could find himself disappearing from the library shelves at Springfield [Missouri] Public Schools. That’s because someone has filed a complaint with the district asking that the books be removed because of content involving witchcraft.

News from the Bloomsbury analyst meeting at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (investment bank) today on Harry Potter Five Well, sad to say, but it does not look very promising for even a 2002 release of “The Order of the Phoenix.” Today was the presentation of Bloomsbury Publishing’s 2001 annual report, which was followed by a big …read more!

From Forbes.com: Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc said on Wednesday its prospects for 2002 were excellent, as it prepares to publish Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth book in the best-selling series. “The next huge surge in Harry Potter sales will drive the group’s future success,” chairman Nigel Newton told …read more!

An early report from Ananova states that “Bloomsbury Publishing has seen its pre-tax profits rise by 62.5% with Harry Potter’s help. But it’s remaining silent over the publication date of JK Rowling’s next book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.” Website “This is London” says, “The first Potter novel, The Philosopher’s Stone, which …read more!