In the Miami Herald’s coverage of Book V, TLC editor, FA administrator Heidi Tandy (currently SUPPOSEDLY on Fandom Maternity Leave) is quoted. ”I don’t think it would have grown this much if the lag between books hadn’t been so long,” said Heidi Tandy, the Miami attorney who administers Fiction Alley, a fan fiction and message …read more!

According to the Italian Publisher Salani, folks can start preording Harry Potter e l’Ordine della Fenice in September for release in November. La data di uscita in Inghilterra, America, Canada e Australia del quinto volume della saga di Harry Potter è ufficiale: Harry Potter e l’Ordine della Fenice sarà in libreria il 21 giugno 2003. …read more!

Alex Kwasniewski, 7, has won a contest from The West Australian and a trip to hear Rowling at Royal Albert Hall.

The Northern Echo has word that Ottakar’s – one of Britain’s leading book chains – has listed “Shadowmancer” written by clergyman Graham Taylor as their Children’s book of the month for June. Supposedly, WHSmith is also considering the same.

I just got off the phone with a reporter from WTOP Radio in DC. Luckily the thing was on tape because boy was I having speaking issues – at least Melissa sounded excited about her interview. None the less, I profiled MUARI as well as some of the events going on in DC, Maryland and …read more!

The Guardian looks into the reasons behind Rowling choosing an interview with Jeremy Paxman.

The Scotsman takes a first look of what looks to be a series of the live of Joanne Rowling prior to the Harry Potter series.

Nice to hear from the European and Pacific Stars and Stripes that folks stationed overseas in the US Military will get the book like the rest of us. The Army and Air Force Exchange Service will debut the book across Europe, and its newly renovated Bookmark store in Hainerberg, Germany, is hosting a Potter-a-thon beforehand. …read more!

BBC has a report on the staggering effect OotP is having on the British postal system. It must be like Sears Catalog day here in the States.

Organisers of a New Zealand festival are planning a world record attempt when the much-anticipated next book in the Harry Potter series is launched. Storylines Festival of New Zealand Childrens Writers and Illustrators co-ordinator Robin Houler said the record sought was for the longest reading aloud of a children’s work. Margaret Mahy, author of The …read more!