BBC Radio 4 have cleared 8 hours of their schedule on Boxing Day to make room for a full reading of The Philosophers Stone. Stephen Fry, who reads the British version of the tape will repeat his success. The book will be read in one big chunk between 12.00 and 20.00 GMT. All of Radio …read more!

Pottermania engulfs French children staying up until midnight to buy the fourth Potter book.

Americans aren’t alone. All official bodies in the district of Muensingen-Reitheim in southern Germany are boycotting a Harry Potter book because church leaders said it was unchristian.

IGN Filmforce and Popcorn UK offer a sneak peek at Hagrid’s Hut.

Rowling says she’s written the last chapter of the final book in the 7-book series. She continues to work on book 5, which she admits will not be completed by the summer of 2001.

A survey of English schoolchildren’s favorite books proves that Harry isn’t the only game in town.

More Potter pics, courtesy of Empire Online and IGN Filmforce. Pictured at right are the crests for Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff.

Harry Potter and the S.E.C. Inquiry: Collectibles marketer Enesco gets into some potential hot water over pre-Potter trading.

The (pre-CGI) inside of Gringott’s revealed.

A Muggle mother in Alexandria, New Hampshire wants teachers to give parents reading lists so they can decide whether their child should leave classrooms when certain books are read. She claims her daughter had nightmares after a Harry Potter book was read out loud in class.