Andrew Slack, creator of the Harry Potter Alliance, recently gave a TEDx talk in Rome. The TED company holds conferences about “ideas worth spreading.” Of the TEDx talk he gave, Andrew Slack had to say:

The Pottermore Insider blog has just been updated to share a link to a survey of Pottermore for its early beta users. The blog notes: It takes less than ten minutes to complete and your feedback will help us to improve Pottermore for everyone. You’ll be able to comment on the different areas of the …read more!

Wrockstock, the fan-run Wizard Rock event that takes place at the YMCA Trout Lodge in Potosi, Missouri has put out a final call for registration. The event takes place next week from October 28 – 31, 2011. To book a room for the event, contact Cat Dickey at the Trout Lodge at 1-573-438-2154 extension 115. …read more!

Musician Ed Sheeran has featured Rupert Grint in his newest music video, “Lego House.” In the video Grint lip-synches the lyrics to “Lego House,” and appears to be a fan who is obsessed with Ed Sheeran. You can watch the video here or below.

The Pottermore Insider is giving fans a special behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the Hogwarts house crests illustrations used on the site. In this first blog post, the step-by-step process for the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw crests are detailed showing preliminary sketches and the coloring process. In coming up with these crests, created by Atomhawk …read more!

An excerpt of author JK Rowling’s foreword to the upcoming book “Dear Me: A Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self” by Joseph Galliano has been published in USA Today. In addition to the foreword, Ms. Rowling has also contributed a letter of her own along to her past self along with other notable actors, musicians, writers …read more!

As readers may recall, the “Harry Potter: Page to Screen” book will be released in six short days. If you have already pre-ordered the book, or are planning to there’s something special in it for you: You already know that we’ll be publishing HARRY POTTER PAGE TO SCREEN, which tells the complete story of how …read more!

Every year, Leaky produces an album of wizard rock Christmas music, the profits of which benefit charity. We’ve raised a ton of money for good causes using the very simple magic of rocking as hard as possible. Last year, we opened half the album to submissions and it made it one of our best ever. …read more!

In a press release retailer Best Buy announced that the 3D version of the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” film that never made it to theaters will be released as part of the special two part “Deathly Hallows” DVD set exclusively at Best Buy. According to the release, the Best Buy release …read more!

A forty-eight minute documentary featuring footage from the filming of the “Deathly Hallows” movies will be in the special features of the “Deathly Hallows: Part 2” blu-ray: BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Morgan Matthews has been given unprecedented access to the creative decision making processes that have been kept as a closely guarded secret – until now. …read more!