Mike Newell is rumored to be in consideration to direct Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Thanks to Cindy and Jen and Michael for the links!

As many of you long-time fans will know, I RARELY highlight fan art or fanfic on TLC but after seeing Marta T’s art as she slowly works her way through chapter-by-chapter of Book 5, I really had to share it. Marta, who hosts her art at Web site Art Dungeon, says she does the illustrations …read more!

In lieu of another wordy report, here’s my experience of Nimbus in pictures. Still worth mentioning: The “Wizarding World: Past, Present and Future” panel in which Steve Vander Ark presented the only interesting History of Magic lesson ever, the Double Double Feature (both movies, back to back, twice. It was a long night for some), …read more!

Go here to see a trailer of Peter Pan, featuring everyone’s favorite Lucius, Jason Isaacs, as Hook. Thanks to Peter!

Emerson, of Mugglenet fame, answers questions and concerns on Thursday’s USA Today’s book club discussion. Thanks for the tip, Aimee!

Jason Torrente, a columnist with The South End newspaper, reviews Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix…after reading only 304 pages in. Guesses abound.

We’ve finally gotten confirmation on the cover of the Danish translation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The book is set to be released at midnight on October 10th. Thanks to everyone who emailed us with this news!

Colette Bancroft of the St. Petersburg Times spoke to Nimbus 2003 attendees and organizers (including TLC editor Heidi Tandy), and offered her take on the recent event: Literary conferences tend to be a long way from wild. For one thing, hardly anyone dresses up in costumes for them. For another, they don’t often feature panel …read more!

Edmund Kolloen had just received his computer animation degree when he got an amazing job offer.

Amazon apparently didn’t make money on sales of Order of the Phoenix, but it benefited the online bookseller in other ways. Thanks to the many TLC readers who sent in the link!