We have for you today the 188th episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, bringing you the latest Harry Potter news, discussion, and fun. This week, Melissa, Sue, John, and Frak are joined by Paul DeGeorge from Harry and the Potters and Matt Maggiacomo of The Whomping Willows who sit down to talk about their …read more!

Sorry for the last-minute notice guys, but we weren’t sure ourselves: PotterCast will be live at 6:30 at this link. Remember to log in with your UStream name to be able to chat! We’ll have lots of fun including a live edition of “Who’s Smarter Than John Noe!” Also don’t forget to follow PC on …read more!

face=”Times New Roman” size=”3″>So, about a million times I’ve tried to start this blog post¦and about 999,999 times I’ve been distracted by something else¦and of those 999,999 times, probably 750,000 has been due to something with crafting. And not always a new project or continuing with a UFO. No, it’s just the way my brain …read more!

Well this is our lucky day, for Yahoo Games has now released a fantastic new trailer for the Video game of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which you can see via this link. Enjoy!Update: Thanks to our hard working crew, we now have the trailer here in our video galleries for download. Screencaps are …read more!

Check it out! WB has released six new character posters for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as seen here via MSN: Harry Potter (Dan Radcliffe) Professor Dumbledore (Sir Michael Gambon) Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) Ron Weasley ..is our king (Rupert Grint)Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) Severus Snape (Alan Rickman) Thanks so much Pat!

There is more today on location filming that will take place on the coastline of Wales for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Previously we told you a location in South Pembrokeshire had been selected to be the site of the emotion Shell Cottage scenes. Today, Wales Online reports this filming will take …read more!

There are a few updates on the Harry, A History front! Firstly, the audio edition was made available this month! It was released by Tantor Media and read by actress Renee Raudman. You can get it in person in a bookstore, or on Amazon here, on iTunes here, on Audible here. You can hear a …read more!

There is a new article online today regarding studios and the filming of the final Harry Potter movies. The Telegraph reports that legendary UK film studio Pinewood Shepperton “pushed full-year profits on by 12pc to £5.9m pre-tax in 2008, benefiting from the filming of Slumdog Millionaire, Mamma Mia! and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” …read more!

Worthplaying.com has posted a new article that contains new artwork of Harry during the attack on the Burrow, as well as one of Harry and Ginny from the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince video game. Update: You can now see these here in our galleries, as well as one of Ginny in full …read more!

Product news today, with a few quick updates regarding new Harry Potter merchandise. First, the new Harry Potter calendars for 2010 are available for pre-order, with the theme not to be single movie based, but rather will be based on “The World” of Harry Potter. These calendars will be released on July 1, 2009. Also …read more!