The Bookseller is now reporting that the Christopher Little Agency, the literarily agency representing author J. K. Rowling, may be coming closer to enteraining the idea of digital formats for the Harry Potter novels. The article quotes partner Neil Blair as saying the company is now “currently considering all the options and opportunities that this …read more!

The American Library Association have issued a press release listing the 10 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2009 and announcing an updated list of the top 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of the Decade (2000-2009). The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling have come at the top of the Most Frequently Challenged Books of the …read more!

This Fall, UK Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury will be repackaging the seven Harry Potter novels with new Signature Edition covers, the Bookseller reports. High Res photos of these signature edition covers for the Harry Potter series can be found right here in our image galleries. Set to be published on November 1, these editions will …read more!

Mary GrandPre, the artist behind the cover art and illustrations in the U.S. Harry Potter books, will be the keynote speaker at The Girls’ Middle School’s Annual Scholarship Breakfast. The breakfast – “Step Into the Magic” – will take place on the 28th of April from 8:00am to 9:15am at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Cabana …read more!

Scholastic have updated their blog to announce that they are “preparing an all new Harry Potter experience.” Although no specific details are revealed, the blog post states that the experience “will give new readers the perfect home to start their Hogwarts journey.” The Harry Potter section of the Scholastic website also hints to the arrival …read more!

A World Book Day survey has found that the Harry Potter series ranks as the top book readers would pass on to younger generations. The BBC reports that more than 1,000 Britons aged 16-64 were surveyed as part of this poll, which ranked such other books as The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, Twilight …read more!

A press release from Canadian book retailer Indigo Books & Music Inc. has ranked Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as the top book of the decade in their newly released Young Adult Fiction list. The list was put together by a “dedicated team of Indigo book buyers,” with the titles chosen based on their …read more!

As newspapers continue to take stock of this past decade, the books and films of the Harry Potter series make an appearance on a number of new end of the year lists. First, the Globe and Mail names the seventh book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, their Book of the Decade. The Canadian newspaper …read more!

Novels from the Harry Potter series by author J. K. Rowling have been included in six of the ten spots on USA Today’s list of the Top Ten Books of the 2000s. Miss Rowling’s novels placed along side the popular Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer and the Dan Brown novel The Da Vinci Code on …read more!

In a fun nod to the house from the Harry Potter series, The Telegraph reports that students at Oxford University’s Magdalen College have changed the name of their Junior Common Room to Gryffindor House. The article, which can be read at this link, suggests more Harry Potter related name changes are to follow if students …read more!