A new contest has been announced in Brazil for one lucky winner from that country and a guest to win a trip visit to the “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” set at Leavesden Studios in the UK. Warner Bros. gave the details today on the contest that goes in correlation with the DVD release …read more!

J.K. Rowling Born: July 31, 1965 in Yate, South Gloucestershire, England Birth Name: Joanne “Jo” Rowling Lives: Edinburgh, Scotland, with husband, anesthesiologist Neil Murray, and kids Jessica (b. July 1993), David (b. March 2003) and Mackenzie (b. January 2005). Books: Ten to date – the seven Harry Potter books as well as Quidditch Through the …read more!

Canada’s Edmonton Sun Newspaper has two new interviews online where they sit down with Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), along with “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” director David Yates and its producer David Heyman, to discuss many different topics related to the sixth film. These interviews …read more!

The New York Times has now released their annual compilation of the 100 Notable Books of the Year, and this list includes Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The December 2 print edition of the Sunday Book Review will include the entire list, however you can access this list on the Times website today, as …read more!

Today we celebrate the birthday of actress Shirley Henderson, who portrays the ghost of Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter films. Everyone, please raise your glasses to toast Miss Henderson on her 42nd birthday this evening. Cheers, Shirley!

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The “Good Morning America” news program will feature a special preview and discussion of “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” on Monday morning, November 26. As we first told you earlier this week, the handwritten book by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling will be on display here in New York at Sotheby’s auction house starting …read more!

As part of the world wide release of the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD, Warner Bros has a special Hogwarts Express train exhibit featuring many costumes and props from the fifth Harry Potter movie. Last month this train was in France, today the exhibit was in Zurich, Switzerland. Thanks to TLC …read more!

Even more good news today for fans waiting to read “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” in their native languages, as the book has recently been released in Sweden, in addition to a slew of other publication news. First, Tiden Young, who publish the book in Sweden, released their edition on November 21, to many …read more!

Calling all Snape fans! Portus 2008 has released their monthly newsletter and has news that there will be a special Snapefest day during the Harry Potter conference to be held next summer in Dallas, Texas. This Snapefest will include “presentations, roundtable discussions, panels, trivia contests, competitions, displays of fan art and videos and costume fashion …read more!