The Beacon News has an article about kids at the Batavia Library making books and a dictionary about Harry Potter.

The Harry Potter Movie site has an amazing recount of a day on the set of the movie at Kings Cross Station – home of Platform 9 3/4. Not sure if any pictures will come out of it but we find out that Scabbers is animatronic, Hermes (Percy’s owl) is an Eagle Owl, and that …read more!

I’ve been taking some time with a few of the “rumored” cast members in order to see if I can clarify them. In the case of Katharine Nicholson (allegedly playing Pansy Parkinson), I’ve found an article purported to be from a publication called the Preston Comit written by someone named Brittany Dymock. I can’t seem …read more!

Rames at The Harry Potter Galleries has started a page about the Chamber of Secrets movie since there has been so much talk about actors already being signed on and that filming will begin this summer.

Today’s Sunday Mirror has an article that says parents will spend pounds 40M ($58M) on Harry Potter toys this year. They also talk about how Stephen Fry, reader of the UK version of the books on tape, has admitted to using cocaine on a regular basis and have another article that mentions Ms. Rowling, at …read more!

According to the Sunday Telegraph, J.K. Rowling is writing another book for charity – but this time it’s a short story having nothing to do with Harry.

Finally….(I say that a lot, don’t I?) we have actual confirmation regarding the filming of the Harry Potter movie being delayed. Unfortunately, this is bad news and not just because it will delay the movie from coming out. According to an article in today’s Observer, the star of the movie Daniel Radcliffe was only licensed …read more!

Hallmark has added a Hagrid & Baby Norbert figure to their plush line (which includes Ron, Fluffy, and Norbert). The figure is 18″ tall and his handkerchief says “Believe in yer heart”. His keyring is on the inside of his coat, hanging out of one of his pockets are the sausages he cooked for Harry …read more!

Church Times has an article about filming going on in Gloucester Cathedral. They, like many others, identify actors in a picture falsely as Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe when they are actually doubles. Apparently the Gloucester Cathedral cloisters are being used and a small sequence is being filmed at Durham Cathedral.

The Ottawa Waldorf School will be holding Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during March Break in Stittsville, Canada just west of Ottawa. Monday, March 12th to Friday, March 16th, 2001 Come join us as we experience the adventures of Harry Potter and get a glimpse of what it was like to attend the Hogwarts …read more!