Two Harry Potter actors have been nominated for BBC Audio Drama Awards. Helen McCrory (Narissa Malfoy) and John Hurt (Ollivander), have both received acting nods. McCrory has been nominated for best actress in an audio drama, for her role in The Pumpkin Eater. The radio drama was produced in 15-minute episodes, which can be listened to on …read more!

Kenneth Branagh has been chosen to receive one of the most prestigious awards for excellence in film, the Dilys Powell Award. This award is bequeathed by The London Film Critics’ Circle, largely known as one of the most established critics’ body in the United Kingdom. Known for his acting and directing that well exceed his role as …read more!

Universal Studios theme parks has released it’s first video featuring the “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” in Southern California. The new theme park opens next spring, and will include much of the beloved shops that are in the theme parks in Florida, plus more! Until spring roles around (we must get through winter first), fans …read more!

Harry Potter producer David Heyman is teaming up with NBCUniversal International Studios to create a Television company that will be dedicated to bringing viewers “premium long-form scripted content.” Heyman is most well known for being a very successful movie producer. Outside of producing a limited TV series called The Worricker Trilogy, this is Heyman’s first major involvement with …read more!

Robert Galbraith’s latest novel. Career of Evil, has made it to the final round of Goodreads 2015 Choice Awards. It is up for an award in the “Best Mystery and Thriller” category. However, it has not won yet. In this final round Robert and Jo need your vote! Up against titles such as Stephen King’s Finders …read more!

A lot of changes have been made to the IQA in the last few years. Those changes even saw the absence of a Quidditch World Cup as countries began to refuse to travel to America every year. Instead, we have seen the birth of the IQA Quidditch Summer Games, which became the Global Games, and …read more!

It’s here so take a listen! The newest episode of our Cormoran Strike podcast, “The Strike Files,” is available on iTunes or here on the show’s website; it covers the second twenty (plus a little extra because we can’t stop ourselves, or, maybe, one of us can’t) chapters of Career of Evil, the latest book in the Strike series. Enjoy! …read more!

Unsurprisingly, J.K. Rowling is being recognized as Scotland’s top writer on Twitter, according to Edinburgh Evening News. Though Rowling is originally from England, she resides in Edinburgh, Scotland. She regularly enchants her 5.8 million Twitter followers with witty, pensive, funny, and opinionated tweets.  Her Twitter content ranks her above Scottish DJ Calvin Harris, who came …read more!

Mary GrandPré, the artist who illustrated the Scholastic editions of the Harry Potter series, will speak at an event this Saturday, November 21 at Bloomingdale Regional Public Library in Velrico, Florida, tbo.com reports. The talk will be beneficial for anyone who wants to learn about the illustration of books, as well as the working relationship between …read more!

On November 18, 2005, mere months after the second-to-last Harry Potter book (Half-Blood Prince) was published and the end seemed to be drawing to scarily near, Warner Bros brought us back a few steps with the release of their adaption of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. They really did take us back a …read more!