Bloomsbury, the UK publishers of the Harry Potter series, has announced that they will issue a special edition paperback of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in December, featuring a new introduction by author Alexander McCall Smith. This special paperback will be among 21 special paperbacks released as part of the company’s 21st birthday celebration …read more!

Our partners at the Harry Potter Lexicon have unveiled a new and improved Timeline of the Wizarding World in which you can easily and powerfully search the history of a particular character, a category, or even a concept. You can search the Muggle world history, the fandom history, the wizarding history, or any combination thereof. …read more!

Our favourite author has updated her site to clarify earlier rumors about the length of Book Seven. Jo writes appropriately in the Rubbish Bin section that this report is bunk. Quotage: Oh pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease. I haven’t written 750 pages of book seven, and if I had, I’d be very worried, as I’m not close to finishing …read more!

PotterCast 55 is here, and it’s full of timely, in-depth discussion of the latest week of hot-button Potter news: to listen, just hit the “Play” button on the right side of the page (—>), or use iTunes, or direct download.) More notes: -This week, our Canon Conundrums and Fan Interview segments are both in response …read more!

The National Library of Scotland has announced plans for a “digital repository” of “blogs, journals and e-mails written by leading Scots,” including J.K. Rowling. Curators of the archive received a £1.8 million grant to launch the project, which is expected to be available to the public in 2008. Simon Bains, Digital Library Manager of the …read more!

Two more Rupert Grint interviews have now surfaced in conjunction with the release of Driving Lessons. The first interview is seen the new Total Film magazine, and we now have the scans for you in our galleries, here. In this short piece, Rupert answers the question about the future of his role in the Harry …read more!

There is a new interview with actor Robert Pattinson who played Hufflepuff champion Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. RobertPattinson.org reports that in this interview Robert says that he is set to begin production on a new vampire film called “After Dark,” along with Elisah Cuthbert (TV’s “24”), and he will …read more!

Today, Director and Producer Chris Columbus is celebrating his 48th birthday. Cheers Chris! You can hear some interview audio with Chris at a new Web site, on the “Not on this Earth” page at Media Geek Place.

While the new Rupert Grint film “Driving Lessons” has just premiered in the U.K., Play.com now has the DVD for this movie due on December 26 of this year. As we reported previously, Driving Lessons will be in theaters here in the States for limited release starting October 13. Also, the press coverage of Driving …read more!

A clip from actor Dan Radcliffe’s (Harry Potter) upcoming appearance on the Ricky Gervais comedy show “Extras” has now surfaced online. This clip, which contains material of a mature nature, was played as part of Ricky’s appearance on the Jonathan Ross talk show. Dan Radcliffe’s appearance on Extras will be broadcast on Thursday, Sept. 28 …read more!