The Tales of Beedle the Bard have become the fastest-selling book of the year in UK. The Bookseller is reporting the new book by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling ” shot straight to the top of the bestseller charts with sales of 368,000 copies in three days.” The article noted that Beedle “comfortably became the …read more!

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter website has been updated with a new poll. Brooms brooms brooms, which is your favorite broom is the topic at hand, and you may make your vote via this link. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park attraction is currently under construction at Universal Orlando, Florida, and at …read more!

Well, this didn’t take long: the first rumors of a Tales of Beedle the Bard movie have hit the net. Just mere days after the release of the new book from Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, CinemaBlend is reporting that Warner Brothers has “a strong interest” in making Beedle the Bard, the Movie once the …read more!

Just dropping in briefly because I wanted to share this article by Charlaine Harris. Scroll down a little to the blog post and read about her holiday. She talks about the holiday village she sets up and how she imagines stories and events, while everyone else sees a multitude of colorful ceramic pieces arranged in …read more!

It is the silver anniversary for Scribbulus, Leaky’s premier essay project, for we have for you today their twenty-fifth issue of Harry Potter essays. Each issue contains a collection of essays on themes, characters, elements, or personal experiences with the novels. For our December issue, we have a paper regarding the sphinx’s riddle from Harry …read more!

As her new film is set to open this week, actress Emma Watson is making news tonight. First the Hermione Granger attended the premiere of her new film, the animated movie The Tale of Despereaux, tonight in Los Angeles, California. You can see new photos of Emma at this event here via WireImage and here …read more!

A quick reminder that ABC Family will be airing Harry Potter and the Goblet tonight at 730pm (ED), this edition to include ten extra minutes deleted from the theatrical version of the movie. As posted earlier, the USA Today said the new deleted scenes include “extended segments with Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his buddy Ron …read more!

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was a winner at the European Film Awards. The BBC reports the fifth Harry Potter movie “received the People’s Choice Award – the only prize decided by ordinary cinemagoers. Its British director David Yates thanked the European Film Academy for their “beautiful” award, adding he would be …read more!

Several readers owled to let us know that Hot Topic has added a few new items to their Harry Potter line. New is a Bronze Slytherin Crest T-Shirt, Gryffindor gloves, Khaki Hogwarts Crest Tote Bag, and a new Gryffindor Messenger Bag. Thanks to all who emailed!

OK, I think, it’s time I took the twist I was intending to take here from the beginning ’ that is, learning from the old bloke with the silver beard who has to die in book 6. So, lesson number one (I’m sure I’ll lose the number pretty quickly, but that way it sounds more …read more!