Episode 113 of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast is now online! To listen, just hit the “Play” button on the right side of the page (–>), or use iTunes, or direct download. Rupert Grint Interview – Spoiler Alert! READ DEATHLY HALLOWS BEFORE LISTENING! – We’re back to our regularly schedule PotterCasts after a couple of …read more!

Several actors from the Harry Potter films are on a list from UK Film Council of the “most powerful British film stars and movie-makers in Hollywood today.” The Telegraph reports that the trio, better known as Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), are ranked joint fourth on this list …read more!

The calendar on J. K. Rowling’s website has been updated to wish the youngest Weasley child, Ginny, a very Happy Birthday! Cheers Ginny!

Word has come via her official website confirming the news that actress Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) will take on a new role in a television movie called “Ballet Shoes.” The film, which will be broadcast on BBC One in the UK around Christmas this year, will feature Emma in the role of “Pauline, the eldest …read more!

In a new and lengthy piece, author Stephen King has written a column for Entertainment Weekly, reflecting on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and in particular what J.K. Rowling has brought to children and reading. This article, which does contain spoilers for the final Harry Potter novel, first starts with a discussion of the …read more!

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix actors Katie Leung (Cho Chang) and James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley) arrived in Istanbul, Turkey recently to attend the Turkish premiere of the fifth Harry Potter film. The event, which took place this past week, was attended by many fans who turned out to …read more!

Our live Leaky Mug podcast (a joint show produced between MuggleCast and PotterCast) from Prophecy 2007 is now available! Join us for over an hour of Deathly Hallows discussion, pajama contests, and much more! To download, subscribe to the Leaky Mug feed available right here in iTunes. If you can’t subscribe, here is a direct …read more!

A young teen fan of the Harry Potter series was arrested after it was discovered he had posted online a complete, yet unofficial translation in French of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The Guardian reports a 16 year old boy from Aix-en-Provence, France was too impatient to wait for the official French translation of …read more!

Publishers Carlsen-Verlag have revealed the cover art for the German editions of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The contest for fans to vote their choice of covers, which we told you about last month, has now ended and the winning cover revealed on the publishers website. You can see the chosen cover art right …read more!

J.K. Rowling lost a bid in court today when a judge in the UK ruled against the Harry Potter author who had tried to stop publication of a photograph involving her young child. The case involved a photograph taken of young David Murray, then 20 months old, as he was out with his parents for …read more!