Lynn Chealander over at the Harry Potter Connection has a cover photo from next week’s Entertainment Weekly, also on the subject of Harry Potter, along with a synopsis of the coverage. I’d say the media blitz has begun: In next week’s issue, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY takes an inside look at the highly-anticipated Harry Potter and the …read more!

The Scholastic Store in New York (557 Broadway between Prince & Spring Streets) will be holding a reading of Prisoner of Azkaban by Jim Dale to celebrate the release of the paperback edition Tuesday, September 11th at 4pm. It’s free but space is limited so do call for reservations – +1.212.343.4903.

Reader Kimaire sent us this bit of info about a new contest at the Official site: The official site, along with AOL Hometown, is having a contest to design a website. (It has to be done using AOL Hometown from what I understand.) The 10 winners get a screening of the movie in their hometown, …read more!

According to Reuters via MovieHeadlines.net, the Harry Potter Coins from the Isle of Man sold out very quickly to collectors.

Yahoo has a slightly larger version of the Vanity Fair cover, suitable for use as Wallpaper. The accompanying blurb says that the October issue hits newsstands in New York City on September 5, 2001 and nationwide September 11.

Chase has an excellent compilation of Harry Potter Filk (ie songs about the Harry Potter universe written and performed by fans).

Rames has updated the Movie Gallery to include pictures of Crabbe and Goyle, as well as an excellent analysis of one of the Vanity Fair pictures (as seen at Empire Online) and pictures of the Privet Drive set.

Want to get into the Harry Potter spirit for Halloween? Amanda Lindsey sent us this link for “Halloween Costumes for you” who has a full line of Harry Potter costumes and accessories made by Rubies, who has the exclusive license for Harry Potter costumes.

The BBC finally has news about CBBC Prom in the Park: Attention all Harry Potter fans: The BBC Philharmonic will also give the first European performance of music from the new Harry Potter film – ‘Hedwig’s Theme’ from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, written by oscar-winning composer John Williams. We in the US have …read more!

Dark Horizons has news about the length of the upcoming Harry Potter movie: Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone: The upcoming film version of the JK Rowling book has already broken a record it seems. Most kid-aimed films run about 90 minutes in length, the longest so far were the ’98 remake of “The Parent …read more!