Keep an eye out for this year’s Sears Wishbook. As reader Andre´ tells us, there’s loads of Harry Potter toys in it. In the sears Canada wishbook.It just came out! Set’s include a massive Hogwarts, Hagrid’s Hut, Potions class, The Forbidden Corridor [with the 3 headed dog!], and Flying Keys, Gryffindor House, Diagnon Alley, Hogwart’s …read more!

Thomas de Veen from Zweinstein Club reports to us that there will be a version of Harry Potter dubbed in Dutch. You can hear the voices in this Dutch-version of the second trailer.

MSNBC takes a look at “slash” fan fiction and how some writers are penning pornographic short stories about characters in the Harry Potter universe. Frankly, I really despise some of this fiction which really adds more adult situations then one would expect of characters a children’s book. To each their own, I say….but keep it …read more!

Meantime in the US, it looks like Time Warner is gearing up for merchandising Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and have filed trademark applications earlier this summer for Moaning Myrtle, Howler, Gilderoy Lockhart, Dobby, Tom Riddle, Floo Powder, Polyjuice Potion, Whomping Willow, Fawkes and Ginny Weasley.

A member of Harry Potter for Grownups reported that the Hogwarts Express is currently at the Severn Valley Railway , a full-size standard-gauge line running regular steam-hauled passenger trains for the tourists and enthusiasts alike, along the 16 miles between Kidderminster in Worcestershire and Bridgnorth in Shropshire. Their website does not have any information about …read more!

Reader Michael Beckett has stumbled upon some very interesting information in the UK. It seems Time Warner has been registering trademarks for Harry Potter and in the process, registered what appear to be new book titles. If you go to the UK Patent Office’s trademark search and type in “Harry Potter” you will come up …read more!

Reader Deborah Lynch has sent us a link to what appears to be a new Willow Management Web site. Willow Management is a talent agency founded by Warwick Davis (playing the Gringott’s Bank Teller and Professor Flitwick in the movie.) While not all the actors represented by the agency have their own page and pictures, …read more!

While we’re still waiting for the Jamie and Oliver Phelps Project to come online, you can find tons of information about one of their co-stars – Chris Rankin, at the new Chris Rankin Online Web site.

The New York Daily News has two articles focused on the Harry Potter movie – one about the movie itself and another that’s a fall roundup of movies. (Thanks to Lynn Chealander from Harry Potter Connection.)

The Official Harry Potter Hat now has the Sorting Hat talking. Supposedly the voice is that of Leslie Phillips. I’m not impressed, though I’ve been spoiled by Jim Dale. I’m surprised Dale wasn’t picked to voice any characters in the movie….