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!

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!

I just completed a creative writing course and I wanted to take a moment here to talk about what makes a piece of writing creative, and what it means to write creatively.

The 176th episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, is now online with our live show celebrating Beedle the Bard, from Books of Wonder in New York City! The PotterCast quartet and Scholastic Senior Editor Cheryl Klein, continuity editor on the Harry Potter books, sit down for an hour and a half to discuss Beedle, …read more!

Quick reminder: We hope to see you tonight near Philly at the Bryn Mawr Yule Ball, which PotterCast will be emceeing. It’s free, and promises to be awesome. Info below: Come see The Moaning Myrtles, The Whomping Willows, Ministry of Magic, and The Mudbloods play at a holiday concert. All four PotterCasters will be in …read more!

Warner Bros have now opened a new contest to win a trip to London and tour the set of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The Hogwarts Holiday contest, open to residents of the US to people 13 years and older, runs now until December 31, with the winner announced on January 7, 2009. The …read more!

As we told you previously, there were to be new preview footage and cast interviews broadcast this weekend on ABC Family. We now have the first new clips available here in our video galleries.In the footage we see short new interviews with actors Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson, as well as director David …read more!

It’s time to dust off our tankard-sized goblets and toast one Rubeus Hagrid, for the calendar on Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling’s website has been updated for December 6th to wish the Hogwarts Professor and Gamekeeper a happy birthday. Here’s to you, Hagrid. Cheers!