We’ve seen a news article about Claire Etaugh of Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois who has reportedly “studied” twenty books – possibly “picture books” – to make a determination that female characters are shown as often as male characters in books, but “are often weak, submissive and dependent”. In her presentation at the British Psychological …read more!

Thomas de Veen tells us that the Scholastic Harry Potter Poster Book is now available for pre-order at Amazon. This is the book being released to celebrate Harry’s birthday on July 31st.

Thibault Caizergues emailed us a Word document he received from Alnwick Castle spokesperson Stephen Manion that shows these two images from the first trailer, that were filmed at Alnwick. Mr. Manion also send us this official comment regarding filming of the next two movies: Alnwick Castle was used for the first Harry Potter film. We …read more!

Gary Hodgson from The Snitch has informed us that the Jackie Palmer Talent Agency has changed their original casting information. It used to read: In the new “Harry Potter” film Joshua Herdman plays Goyle, Will Theakston plays Marcus Flint – captain of the Quidiche (sic) team, Emily Dale plays Katie Bell and Scott Fearn plays …read more!

Another reader sent us this interesting rumor which, although not officially confirmed, supports speculation that Movies 2 & 3 will be filmed back to back: I can confirm that the next two Harry Potter Films will be shot at least back to back, and possibly at the same time. Alnwick Castle has been used extensively …read more!

HarryPotter7.Net reports: Alexis Christoforous reports for “CBS MarketWatch Weekend” about the upcoming movie based on the best-selling Harry Potter series and takes a look at companies that are hoping to cash in on the phenomenon. In this clip, we find out that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, may not be out till …read more!

It looks like the Official Harry Potter Fan Club has opened for business. I signed up for my 2 year membership just to see what they’ve got. That magazine looks pretty nifty. Also, don’t try to read the latin on the welcome letter. It’s the default Latin text often used to test fonts. Hopefully it …read more!

“The Black Teacher“ — Update: Readers Comments Thanks to all readers who sent in comments about that mysterious “black teacher”. Milja and others stated that we “forgot about two females who, although they’re not teachers, are a part of the Hogwarts staff: Madam Pince, the librarian, and Madam Pomfrey, who works in the Hospital Wing. …read more!

“Rat” has published an in-depth, chapter-by-chapter review of Nancy Stouffer‘s controversial “Muggles” book. If you want to know what this book is all about, be sure to read the review.

The “House Ghosts” have now all been cast! As you already know, John Cleese is lined up to play Nearly-Headless Nick, the Gryffindor House ghost but what of the spirits of Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin? Thanks to several readers, we can now tell you who’s playing the role of each. The role of the Fat …read more!