According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, local Badger Paper Mills has made 3 million pounds of what’s known as post-consumer paper for 935,000 copies of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” being published in Canada by Raincoast Books. And if Canadian readers don’t appreciate the recycled pages they’re turning – all 768 of …read more!

Tuscaloosa News has an article about local kids gearing up for book five, profiling some of the release events.

No, it’s not some representative of the church trying to ban Potter books. According to snippets from The Express sent to us by a reader, Bloomsbury rival Faber & Faber plan on releasing their own book on June 19th. It’s called Shadowmancer, written by vicar Graham Taylor, of Cloughton. The book, allegedly rejected by Bloomsbury, …read more!

Canwest News Service’s John Robson wrote a rebuttal dealing with Canadian mathematician Dr. Ivar Ekeland’s statements that Harry Potter is bad for science. (Editor’s Note: Although it’s nice to see someone rebute Ekeland, in my opinion Robson does it in a very negative way and I also disagree with many of his statements. He comes …read more!

This is London reports that JKR and JRR Tolkien are to take the top spots in the UK national survey of the top 100 books of all time when the list is whittled down to 20 books in the fall.

The Snitch has this picture of Dan, Rupert and Emma on the PoA set.

Thanks to MuggleNet for pointing us to the DarkHorizons report today stating that actor Peter Best has gotten the “small” role of Walden MacNair, the executioner of Buckbeak. However very little is known about the actor and we’re currently seeking information on him including a picture.

According to The Oregonian, Multnomah County libraries have ordered over 700 copies of OotP to meet the over 1000 people on a waiting list for the book. Find out how you can help your library if you buy an extra book or two.

A reader emailed us an article from the Winnipeg Free Press who are looking for a enterprising 14-yr old to write an 800-word review of OotP. They’ll get you a free copy of the book – it will be waiting for you at the McNally Robinson Booksellers on Grant Avenue. They’ll even pay you for …read more!

Thanks to the Winky Webmistress from French Harry Potter site Potter World Online, we’ve discovered an interesting snippet about Book V on site of French publisher Gallimard. Highlight to read: The site seems to allege that J.K. Rowling may have told the publishers something: Harry may find love. Here’s a rough translation from Babelfish. Anyone …read more!