Jun 12, 2007
In the fifth of their countdown questions leading up to the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Scholastic is now asking fans “Where are the Horcruxes?” Good question…and UPDATE: Voting is now open. You can choose THREE from the following: Diagon Alley Hogsmeade Hogwarts Only with Death Eaters Godric’s Hollows Ministry of Magic …read more!
Jun 12, 2007
Previously we told you that Bloomsbury was holding a competition for lucky fans in the UK to hear author J.K. Rowling read from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at the midnight release of the novel in July. The competition is now closed. However, please note similar competitions being held by Scholastic, Raincoast and Allen …read more!
Jun 11, 2007
At the World Wide Developer Conference today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that EA would be bringing the Harry Potter video games back for the Mac computer systems, and proceeded to show a demo of the new Order of the Phoenix game running on OS X which will be due out in this summer. One …read more!
Jun 11, 2007
Reuters is reporting today about the continuing dilemma various retailers are facing when setting their price for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Many of the large chains are setting low prices for the last Harry Potter book, such as Walmart and Amazon who have cut the regular price by nearly half, causing one rep …read more!
Jun 10, 2007
This past evening in London, Harry Potter actor Dan Radcliffe made his final performance in the revival production of the 1970s classic play, “Equus,” at the Gielgud Theater. Radcliffe, along with his Harry Potter costar Richard Griffiths, began the production on February 27th and received much praise for their performances from the plays first night …read more!
Jun 10, 2007
In a new interview with the Pioneer Press, artist Mary GrandPre discusses the cover art she created for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. She says the whole process of creating her work for the last Harry Potter novel took two and a half months, as she says she “first does “pencil roughs” (drawings on …read more!
Jun 10, 2007
Amazon.com has now posted the list of music for the soundtrack for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The score is composed by Nicholas Hooper and the soundtrack (available for pre-order here in our Cauldron Shop) will be released on July 10. As this may be movie spoiler for some, you can click …read more!
Jun 10, 2007
The new issue of Newsweek Magazine contains an interview with Harry Potter film producer David Heyman, where he discusses both the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film as well as the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows novel. Of the movie he briefly mentions the trio, as well as remarking …read more!
Jun 09, 2007
The first show of our summer tour for PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast is up! To listen, just hit the “Play” button on the right side of the page (—>), or use iTunes, or direct download. Chicago is the first stop on our BIG PotterCast Summer 2007 Tour: – We make a big announcement about …read more!
Jun 09, 2007
Those at today’s Live PotterCast at the Chicago Printer’s Row Book Fair got the scoop, but we’re happy to be able to announce here that on July 20, Leaky will celebrate the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in Naperville and Downers Grove, Ill., just outside Chicago. We’ve been invited to take part …read more!