CBBC Newsround is looking for a Harry Potter super-fan. Harry Potter could find himself disappearing from the library shelves at Springfield [Missouri] Public Schools. That’s because someone has filed a complaint with the district asking that the books be removed because of content involving witchcraft.

News from the Bloomsbury analyst meeting at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (investment bank) today on Harry Potter Five Well, sad to say, but it does not look very promising for even a 2002 release of “The Order of the Phoenix.” Today was the presentation of Bloomsbury Publishing’s 2001 annual report, which was followed by a big …read more!

From Forbes.com: Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc said on Wednesday its prospects for 2002 were excellent, as it prepares to publish Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth book in the best-selling series. “The next huge surge in Harry Potter sales will drive the group’s future success,” chairman Nigel Newton told …read more!

An early report from Ananova states that “Bloomsbury Publishing has seen its pre-tax profits rise by 62.5% with Harry Potter’s help. But it’s remaining silent over the publication date of JK Rowling’s next book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.” Website “This is London” says, “The first Potter novel, The Philosopher’s Stone, which …read more!

Harry Potter, the children’s fiction hero, and Bob the Builder, the cartoon character, on Tuesday shared top billing for helping Lego, a Danish toymaker, rebound into profitability in 2001 from the heavy losses it suffered the previous year. A workman was rescued by emergency crews yesterday after becoming trapped under a JCB in an accident …read more!

The lid on Harry Potter’s Chamber of Secrets can be lifted just a little bit today as a Northumberland castle is magically transformed for the big-screen. (Thanks to Steven for the link.) NPR lists the 100 Best Characters in Fiction since 1900 (from Book magazine), with Harry Potter coming in at number 85. When Gabriel …read more!

The Leaky Cauldron won three Wizard Web Awards – First places in Best HP News Coverage and Best Movie Coverage, 2nd place in Best Site News Team, and (and this is the best one!) first place in the Fan Appreciation Award. Thanks so much to Wizard Web, and to all who voted!

Dean sent us this interesting report from the Alnwick Castle set today, many thanks! Filming for HP2 started at Alnwick Castle today, Monday. Again, local children from Lindisfarne Middle School were offered the roles of “extras”, although Warner Bros. were scouting for Asian/Oriental/Black pupils from the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, about 30 miles away, last …read more!

A massive 19th century globe which featured in film favourite Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has sold for £17,750 at an auction. It was expected to sell for around £12,000, but it turned out to be the fifth biggest seller of the whole auction at Sotheby’s on Friday.

Variety reports that Judianna Makovsky took home feature honors Saturday at the fourth annual Costume Designer Guild awards for her work on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Harry Potter … won in the Excellence in Period / Fantasy Design for Film category. Sandwiched between a Jacobean dramatist and a New Zealand premier, Harry Potter …read more!