J.K. Rowling had to postpone her installation as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, bestowed upon her by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to children’s literature – because her daughter Jessica was ill. What a great mother!

Warner Brothers claims they simply wanted Claire Field, owner of the Harry Potter Guide, to clarify the intent of her site and had no plans to ask for the domain but enthusiastically reiterates their support of fan sites. Uh huh.

Warner Brothers is once again going after sites that may be diluting the Harry Potter trademark. This isn’t the first time that they have gone after a site. I’m guessing that since our domain doesn’t encourage actual dilution of “Harry Potter” they won’t be so quick to come after us. However they do have a …read more!

The BBC’s RadioTimes Magazine sent “The Leaky Cauldron” a picture containing next week’s cover highlighting the reading of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” on BBC 4 for Boxing Day. This issue goes on sale at UK newsstands Monday 11 December for £1.55.

Harry takes the place of Santa.

Prince Charles discusses how much he likes the Harry Potter books.

The extremely difficult-to-find “Harry Potter Trivia Game” is now in-stock at KBToys.com as of 7:30am ET. This game is one of the hardest to find this holiday season so head over now to get your copy. They also have copies of the “Mystery at Hogwarts” Clue-like board game and the Quidditch card game.

The Leaky Cauldron can now be reached via http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org ! Please change your bookmarks and links. (Though click on the link to make sure the DNS has propagated at this point.)

J.K. Rowling makes the cut for The Hollywood Reporter’s annual list of the entertainment industry’s most influential women. She is listed as #50.

The Mirror has an article about Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling in her crusade to helping single mothers in the UK. It discusses the address she gave at the annual conference for the National Council for One Parent Families.