Here is an offbeat, yet rather cool piece of news tonight: actor Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) has joined the legions of us on Twitter. The actor confirmed to Feltbeats.com that he is now part of the very popular online short messaging service, and you can follow Tom’s official Twitter via this link http://twitter.com/tomfelton (you can …read more!

As TLC reported previously, the Harry Potter novels by author J. K. Rowling have been nominated at the 22nd Annual Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards in the “Favorite Book” category. Voting has now opened online via this link. The winners are set to be announced when the show airs on Saturday, March 28th at 8PM EST …read more!

LeakyCon 2009 is now taking Fan Art submissions to be part of a special Art Gallery, which will be on display during our first ever Harry Potter fan conference to be held this May in Boston, Massachusetts. If you would like your artwork to be included in such a gallery, please fill out this simple …read more!

The 186th episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, is now online and features two most interesting interviews for your listening pleasure. The PotterCasters are also joined by Ryan Freerksen, creator of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows clay animation film, for this episode. The show kicks off with the latest news from our …read more!

The nominees for the 2009 Empire Awards have been announced including a ‘Best Newcomer’ nod for actor Robert Pattinson (Cedric Diggory). Mr. Pattinson joins fellow ‘newcomers’ Gemma Arterton, Jim Sturgess, Toby Kebell, Hayley Atwell in this category. In addition, a few projects featuring actors from the Harry Potter series have been recognized, starting with Brendan …read more!

One of the reasons I became a reading teacher is really pretty simple, literate adults have a world of possibilities in front of them. The opposite is true for those who are illiterate. If you’ve read my blog post on Global Literacy has started their Accio Books campaign. While the campaign includes a cool competition …read more!

We’re done, and that was awesome! Thanks guys! Visit the HP Alliance’s Ning to get more involved in the donation effort! Reminder! Our live HPA Broadcast featuring Evanna Lynch, Sue Upton, Paul DeGeorge and Brian Ross, talking about the kickoff of the HP Alliance’s Accio Books campaign, starts at 3pm Eastern at this UStream channel, …read more!

At 1pm we will begin the HP Alliance “Accio Books” kickoff call on Ustream, with the HPA heads of houses, Evanna Lynch, Sue Upton, Paul DeGeorge and Brian Ross. We will also have live input from a youth village in Rwanda. It promises to be informative and fun as usual with the HPA, so tune …read more!

As it is now March, our Contest Crew has a brand new contest to be announced. This time around, we are asking you to join up with a friend or submit a solo entry to come up with the Top 10 Ways to Spot a Werewolf. This question has been on many an O.W.L. exam …read more!

ABC Family will be broadcasting another one of those “Harry Potter Weekend” events this month. In the past, the cable channel has included new previews of the upcoming Harry Potter films during the course of the telecasts (as witnessed last December), however at this time we do not know if there will be new Half-Blood …read more!