In October, it was reported : ” JK Rowling publicly said ‘Harry sustains a minimal but lasting injury in this [the sixth] book.’ It is also reported to be roughly just under the length of GoF and will most likely be done by early January. (The first draft.). We’ve got word from an irrefutable source …read more!

ExpresoHogwarts.com alerted us to the fact that an English textbook from Spain features J.K. Rowling and Harry in an exercise. It lists Rowling with literary greats such as Shakespeare, Shelley and Stevenson!

Countingdown.net has a in-depth description of the PoA trailer which will be shown with the Looney Tunes movie due out November 14th. Thanks, Jackie!

The BBC Norfolk Kids has posted a transcript from Thursday night’s web chat with Chris Rankin. Editor’s Commentary: Thank you, Martin! And Martin asked us to thank everyone who took part last night. At one point they had more than 500 people in the room!

size=”+1″ color=”orange”>Everyone, have a very warm, safe and ghoulish Halloween!

U.TV reports that Harry Potter audio books have become the first literary series to sell more than a million copies in the UK. Steven Edney, sales director of BBC Audiobooks, commented: “Harry Potter has broken all the rules in the audio category.

Mike Newell, the British film-maker who is sent to direct GoF, will be in Lincoln on December 16th to officially open Sparkhouse Studios for the University of Lincoln. Newell will not only preside over the opening, he will also be interviewed in front of a live audience. Editor’s Commentary: Hopefully the interview will touch on …read more!

David Thewlis (A.K.A. Remus Lupin) will be holding a press conference following the showing of his film, Cheeky, at the London Film Festival on November 1st. No word on whether or not he will discuss his role in PoA. Thanks, Sue!

How cute is this? Thanks to Jason for bringing it to our attention.

J.K. Rowling is urging Bloomsbury to print her upcoming books on paper that is environmentally friendly. Thank you to everyone who brought this to our attention!