For those of us in the US and UK (and a few other countries) we have only ONE MONTH left until Half-Blood Prince comes out in theaters!  We have waited such a long time for this and it is almost here! WOOHOO

Melissa of TLC has posted another segment from her interview with JK Rowling for her book Harry A History.

JKR: “Have they got it from my hard drive?” I’m so ignorant about PC’s – I would think, “Can they? Can they crawl through the wires and get it? Physically? In little balaclavas?”
Every time my computer did anything that computers do, freeze or something, it would always cross my mind and I’d think, ‘what have I let happen?’
At the very final stages of seven, I did take everything off my PC completely and it was just on the laptop, and I even resented having to think like that, but this was the last book, and I so wanted people to get it in paper form to read, and not from a scam or a spoiler. So i did get a little bit more security conscious right at the end.

MA: So it was never connected to the internet?
JKR: Yeah. Actually, no, that’s not true. I did connect it to the Internet – what am I saying? [laughs] I did. But I did treat it all with a little bit more reverence. But actually, yes, I did connect it to the Internet so what’s the difference? Oops. It’s so nice to be able to say these things now.

MA: It must be a relief…
“Yeah, it’s so liberating. I wouldn’t ever willingly go back to that. Definitely people would find that hard to believe. ‘Come on. Look at the money you’ve made.’ You know what? I wouldn’t ever want to live with that kind of stress again. I miss writing Harry so much, but still, to an extent, what makes me resistant to the idea of a book eight or a novel eight, is the knowledge of stepping back into that hothouse.
“People will be vomiting to hear me say this because I know how lucky I was to be published, and I know how lucky I am to have had the success, and I thank God every day for it, and unpublished writers everywhere will be throwing things at your book if they read this, but still…they haven’t lived with the stress of it. It was sometimes a lot of pressure.”

Warner Brothers Switzerland have confirmed that the Zurich screening will take place on July 10th at around 6pm local time at the Arena Filmcity.  Matthew Lewis and Evanna Lynch will be in attendance!

A competition to attend the premiere is still open, here.

Hot Topic is holding a contest where one grand prize winner will be able to attend the New York premiere of Half-Blood Prince. The winner will receive flights, hotel accommodation for 3 nights, 2 tickets to the premiere and meetwith Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy). The premiere is on July 9th.  To enter go here. You must be a resident of the United States and over the age of 13 to be eligible. The contest closes June 26th.

Thanks FeltBeats!

Don’t forget to order your Half-Blood Prince tickets at Fandango!

Amazon UK is running a competition to win two tickets to the London premiere of Half-Blood Prince, which will take place on July 7th.  Go here to enter and leave your details, entries are due by June 30th.  You must be over 18 and a resident of the United Kingdom to enter!

A Half-Blood Prince behind-the-scenes program will air later this month in France on TF1 on June 27th at 7pm. It is 50 minutes long and includes a tour of the set, a look at the special effects, and interviews with Dan Radcliffe and David Yates.

Thanks Pottersphere!