The article is titled “Police on Case of Potter Theft”, but it also reveals additional hints regarding upcoming books, including this from JK Rowling: “I’m not going to say I’ll never write anything to do with the world of Hogwarts ever again. Because I have often thought that (if I wrote) book eight, I think …read more!

“Rowling plots Harry Potter’s end, via love and death” (from the Hindustan Times). Quotage: “More people are going to die, and there’s at least one death that’s going to be horrible to write.” Harry will develop more of an interest in Hermione too, one of his best friends. Rowling said there will be “more boy-girl …read more!

The York Daily Record carries yet another story of the controversy over Harry Potter and its suitability for youngsters. As does The Brunswick News, with an article titled Harry Potter and the Children of Today. From the National Post Online comes The Dark Side of Harry Potter, which offers the opinion that “adorable, unflappable, hopeful …read more!

More news on Book 5: The Guardian reports that “next year’s Harry Potter story looks like being a bit late … as the traditional July publication date is set to slide to September.”

Children at A.C. Moore Elementary in Columbia, South Carolina, will get a special message from Harry Potter at noon today as part of the national Read for 2002 challenge. Anti-Jew threats stop Paris Harry Potter screening (from Ha’aretz Daily).

JK Rowling has been added to the new Encyclopaedia Britannica (from the Chicago Tribune). Noting that children have become very interested in owls lately, the National Audubon Society is inviting them to take part in this year’s Christmas Bird Count. From the Budapest Sun Online, comes a review of Harry Potter és a bölcsek köve …read more!

Three from Ananova: Harry Potter banned from Aussie library display. Harry Potter set to reach $500 million box office mark. Harry Potter tops Christmas calendar charts. One Massachusetts company is looking to Harry Potter for team-building strategies to spark a positive transfiguration in the workplace. MSN’s “Plot Holes” column covers the Harry Potter and the …read more!

A wonderful story from CBBC Newsround: “Potter magic ‘saves boy’s life’ “: Nicolas Twynham of Caerphilly, Wales, was so desperate to know more about the continuing adventures of the teenage wizard that his family think it gave him the will to live.

I’m giggling at the title of this from the NY Post: “Let Them Eat Snape!”. (Note: The article contains a slight amount of mature language.) Cheshire Online again cautions against buying owls as pets. Ananova reports that “Harry Potter” is still leaving UK audiences spellbound. I know the fact that the books are being translated …read more!

CoS/PoA news: An extremely reliable source graciously spoke to us today re: the filming of the third movie. The first three movies will be filmed back to back regardless of their release dates. The start-to-finish for a movie of this type of grandeur and expense is usually 18 months, so while CoS will be rushed …read more!