Harry Potter has finally met his match, not in the form of the evil Lord Voldemort but in the less formidable shape of the sort of minor European royal beloved of Hello! magazine. A Harry Potter book has held the top spot in the [UK] children’s bestselling paperback list for two and a half years. …read more!

What a day for news – I’d just like to review: Hermione’s birthday. The Stouffer thing is over. MASSIVE news on book five. JKR preggers. Very hearty congratulations – and if this means book six (! I know, I just mentioned book SIX) is going to take a long time to put out, then it’s …read more!

It looks like congratulations are in order! Thank you to everyone who sent us this article on JK Rowling’s pregnancy!

Oh dear, did we really forget? It’s because of all the excitement over the JKR interview – surely she’d understand. Happy Birthday, Hermione.

Steve of The Harry Potter Lexicon tells us that the Lexicon has already “noted a few facts [from the JKR interview] and added them.”

I’m just reposting more info from the BBC article, which you should go to right now (this is the transcript link) , because Lizo has gotten this miraculous and wonderful bit of info out of our beloved writer: “Yes, we are looking at Goblet of Fire length.” Yes, I am doing a happy dance. She …read more!

JK Rowling has spoken exclusively to CBBC Newsround and has revealed that the new Potter book, the Order of the Phoenix, isn’t as far away as people think. She stated in the interview: “There’s a lot of book done – that’s all I want to say because if I give a date and then I …read more!

Tonight on Newsround on the BBC, Lizo Mzimba is going to present his interview with JK Rowling – the only one she’s giving today! – about the Stouffer case (see below) and how Book V is going. You can read the preview here.

An article from website Law.com goes into more detail regarding today’s ruling on the Nancy Stouffer case.

May just sent us a link to an article where Chris Columbus discusses the lateness of book five. Perhaps even he doesn’t know how it’s going…