BBC News is reporting that J.K. Rowling will appear at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on October 6, 2012 to talk about her first adult novel, The Casual Vacancy, and sign copies of the book afterward. The talk with Ms. Rowling will be moderated by documentary film-maker James Runcie. She will sign copies of The Casual …read more!

The Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection site has released another sneak peak at the special features of the collection (for a full list of what’s to be included look here), and this time the focus is on our favorite half-giant, Hagrid. This video takes a look at the effect of making Hagrid look “too big to …read more!

The Pottermore Insider has announced that the Harry Potter eBooks are now available to purchase in Japanese. The Japanese editions of the Harry Potter eBooks are published in EPUB3 format and can be read on any EPUB3 device or reading service, with Japanese font enabled. Pottermore.com does not currently have Japanese enabled as one of …read more!

Foreign publishers will not receive a copy of the manuscript for The Casual Vacancy until the book is published in English on September 27th. France and Germany have received advanced copies but countries viewed at a high risk for piracy, including Finland, Italy and Slovenia, have not, meaning they will have to rush the translation, …read more!

Scholastic today announced a Fan Q&A with J.K. Rowling that will take place on the 11th of October at 12 noon ET and 5pm GMT. You can find out more information here on the Scholastic website for the newly launched Harry Potter Book Club! Scholastic promises new commentary on the series from J.K. Rowling at …read more!

It’s that day again, July 31, the day that changed so much for Harry and, as a result, for us. It’s also J.K. Rowling’s birthday! Our favorite authoress is celebrating her *cough*ieth fabulous year on this planet! Every year at TLC we do some artwork to celebrate this day. We are a bit delayed this …read more!

In celebration of a certain wizard’s birthday today, Warner Brothers have released the list of exclusive features and memorabilia that will be included in the eight film, 31-disc Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection, due in stores on September 10, 2012. Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection contains more than 37 hours of special features, including all previously released …read more!

Attention to all our readers in the Syracuse, New York area – the Museum of Science & Technology will be hosting an eighteen week Harry Potter film festival. The museum will be showing the films in IMAX, which means, unfortunately that they will not be showing the first two movies, which were never made available …read more!

Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Potter Experience will be making its way to Chicago in the fall, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, following its successful run in New York City. The five-week engagement at the Broadway Playhouse will begin on November 13. Tickets can be purchased at BroadwayinChicago.com or by calling (800) 775-2000. In Potted …read more!

Birthday wishes are in order today for Neville Longbottom, who proved himself to be one of the bravest Gryffindors to have ever walked the halls of Hogwarts. Today marks Neville’s 32nd birthday. Happy birthday, Neville Longbottom!