Today, the Telegraph has a preview piece featuring an excerpt from the foreword that J.K. Rowling wrote for the upcoming book, Harry, A History by TLC’s own Melissa Anelli. The piece focuses on how J.K. Rowling “finally cracked,” she said, in 2002, and “Googled Harry Potter.” “I had already heard of ‘The Leaky Cauldron’; it …read more!

Last year on Pottercast, Jo answered a question about prejudice against gay people in the Wizarding world: “Now, there’s something I never thought of. I would think that that would be¦what it is in the Muggle world¦If we’re talking about prejudiced people within the Wizarding world, what they care most about is your blood status. …read more!

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park In 2010, at Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure theme park, WB will unveil the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, a fully themed Harry Potter experience. Bookmark this page, because we’ll be bringing you the latest information about the park and its development! Status: In Construction (began in …read more!

Several retailers have now uploaded new images from some of the 2009 Harry Potter calendars. Danilo.com and Amazon.com both have new images from the 2009 Square Calendar as well as the Slim Calendar. As seen here in our galleries, you can see the front cover with the Trio, and the back cover featuring new photos …read more!

As readers are aware, “The Tales of Beedle the Bard,” the new book for charity by author J.K. Rowling will be published on December 4, 2008. As we draw nearer to the release of the new companion book to the Harry Potter series, retailers have begun their marketing campaign for the book. Thanks to TLC …read more!

The newest episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast is now online for this week, filled with an entire three hours of Harry Potter news, discussion, and wizard rock live from Detroit! Our 163rd episode kicks off with with the latest news from the world of Harry Potter including the 10 year anniversary of “Sorcerer’s …read more!

So I’ve been back from Chicago for about a week and a half, and yet, have still not found the time to right a blog. So I officially fail, and I’m sorry. Be happy with the knowledge that this is not the only thing left to be done. I still have 200+ photos which have …read more!

I’m going to share with you a little bit of what I did this weekend. I’m sure I’ve forgotten some things, but this should be a pretty decent overview: * Filmed part of my Room 3428 Vlog * Finished the Newsletter edits * Completed Early Reader Edit of Seer Quest, Book 7 in the series …read more!

I’m so sorry that I didn’t blog last week like I promised. Small mishap…I cannot locate my copy of Deathly Hallows and I really would like to check a couple of facts before I post. I’ve also been having some minor issues with my computer but never fear, I’ll get something up this week!

As we reported previously, the “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” film and a number of its cast, along with Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling, were nominees at the 2008 SyFy Genre Awards. These virtual awards allow fans to vote for their favorite film, series, book, and actor from the science fiction …read more!