Thanks to Laura for the reminder – those of you who are not yet 18 and are planning on entering the Scholastic Essay Contest to win an all-expense paid trip to London, England to hear J.K. Rowling answer questions and read from her new novel…need to have your entries postmarked by today. This means take …read more!

The Scholastic Book V site is now live containing the SPOILERS that were found in the most recent Scholastic catalogue.

Well folks, I’ve been hinting liberally over the past couple weeks of a big project I’ve been working on to bring you the maximum amount of fandom participation in the upcoming launch of Order of the Phoenix – I wanted to wait until we had exactly 30 days to go and so I have – …read more!

Barnes & Noble, today, announced that most stores will be open the night of Friday, June 20th for the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. (Editor’s Note:: Most likely those stores within malls will have to negociate the mall staying open. I’m inclined to believe that all standalone stores will be …read more!

In today’s Guardian, Natasha Walter takes a look at the issue of aging and the Harry Potter series. She points oit, and rightly so, that Harry is about to turn 15 and at the end of the series, he’ll be 18. He has to grow up sometime. Many children’s writers skip over the issue altogether, …read more!

Also check out JKR’s exclusive comments to BBC Newsround. As she says: “No one, literally no one, not in my family or anybody, knows the titles to Book Six or Seven. And I’m going to keep it that way for now.” Yeah, you go girl.