With the new month now here, our ever-wonderful Contest Team bring you a brand new contest, the Fred & George’s First Encounter with Filch Contest. This month’s task is to write a story of no more than 750 words/about 12 inches of parchment detailing the first time Fred and George encountered Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch. …read more!

LEGO.com have updated the official LEGO Harry Potter website with an array of new pictures, 360 degree animations and video clips advertising upcoming products. Additionally, new character promo pictures have been added to the site, including Luna Lovegood and Lord Voldemort. The 360 degree animations, which you can find at this link, allow a brief …read more!

The October issue of Empire magazine is set to have an expanded preview on the upcoming “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One” film, according to new information released regarding the upcoming issue. Empire has also given us a first look at the cover of the issue, which features actor Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) …read more!

I started my Christmas crafting last month … and it’s not going well. I did a few bits, and then a friend asked me to make a blanket for her friend who is expecting. So I started that, and then my husband found me a cross-stitch pattern that he wants me to do for him …read more!

There are now only 79 days left until “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I” hits theaters! We are posting a quote from the first half of the book every day in celebration and to give us a chance to discuss and ponder the final book as it goes to film. Here is today’s …read more!

« Back to Contests Fred & George’s First Encounter with Filch Contest While doing some clean up work in preparation for another year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, we stumbled across a few old boxes that looked like they had been hastily hidden behind a wardrobe in the Room of Requirement. Inside the …read more!

Starting today you can hear Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) reading “Foster” by Claire Keegan over three installments on the Afternoon Reading series of BBC Radio 4. Currently, only the first episode is up, but the other two will be released tomorrow and Thursday. You can listen here. Thanks to roonwit for the tip!

Toyark is reporting that NECA and TOMY are teaming up to create and distribute Harry Potter toys to the US: “In a multinational collaborative effort to continue to bring you the coolest and most up-to-date righteous entertainment memorabilia, NECA has partnered with TOMY to distribute their European Harry Potter merchandise in the US! … Here’s …read more!

There are now only 80 days left until “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I” hits theaters! We are posting a quote from the first half of the book every day in celebration and to give us a chance to discuss and ponder the final book as it goes to film. Here is today’s …read more!

The BBC is reporting this morning that Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling has given a donation of 10 million pounds to the University of Edinburgh to fund a research clinic studying MS (Multiple sclerosis). The new research clinic will be named the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, after the author’s mother who suffered from …read more!