Target is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the US release of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone with what looks to be a pretty magical in-store event later this month. On Saturday, July 21 from 11am-2pm, participating Target stores will be featuring over 100 Wizarding World products including toys, books, clothing and accessories during their …read more!

From the upcoming Crimes of Grindelwald original screenplay to the updated and revised Page to Screen and Film Wizardry volumes, there are huge amounts of Wizarding World texts releasing this year. Alongside an interactive Honeydukes “scratch and sniff” book, pop-up 3D guides to Hogwarts and the Forbidden Forest, scratch-art books and books teaching how to cast spells, also included in this …read more!

MinaLima, graphic designers for the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films, have created a companion book for the upcoming Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald film.  Titled The Archive of Magic: Explore the Film Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, this striking volume is written by Signe Bergstrom and designed by MinaLima.  It …read more!

We recently announced that the original screenplay of Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald will be released on November 16, to coincide with the release of the film.  It’s available for pre-order now, but we’re all going to have to try to be patient for 5 ½ more months—no easy task! Just because we don’t have any …read more!

Scholastic, publisher of the U.S. versions of the Harry Potter books, hosts an annual Summer Reading Challenge  as a way to encourage students to keep reading over the summer break.  Students who read when school is not in session are much more likely to retain learning—not that Harry Potter fans need an excuse to read …read more!

As we know, Harry Potter U.K. publishers Bloomsbury will be publishing an illustrated edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, to be illustrated by Chris Riddell (see a sneak preview here!). U.S. publisher Scholastic also appear to be publishing their own version of the classic wizarding stories, to be fully illustrated by artist Lisbeth Zwerger. The update comes from Amazon, where the …read more!

Harry Potter Books from Bloomsbury announced in October of last year that a new illustrated companion book would be coming to book store shelves, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a compilation of classic wizarding children’s stories, was selected for the honor. Leaky reported that award-winning artist Chris Riddell was chosen to illustrate the special …read more!

US Potter fans will finally have the opportunity to explore the magic behind the Wizarding World when the BBC documentary of the British Library’s Harry Potter: A History of Magic Exhibition airs on The CW next month. The hour-long program, which originally aired in the the UK soon after the opening of the exhibition last fall, …read more!

Today, Bloomsburg Publishing announced its intention to release the popular Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone illustrated edition in paperback! The hardback edition, wonderfully brought to life through the art of illustrator Jim Kay, was an instant success when it first hit shelves in 2015–and now fans will have access to the same magic in a …read more!

In celebration of J.K. Rowling’s new audiobook Quidditch Through The Ages launch, Standard and Stylist announced earlier today that they have teamed up with Pottermore and Audible to offer readers and fans the chance to win tickets to an exclusive listening event! According to The Evening Standard, the event will take place at LSO St. Luke’s in London at 7pm …read more!