This afternoon Bloomsbury have emailed with an update on the Vote for your Favorite Harry Potter Character campaign they are having. Voting runs until Friday 26^th August 2011. The winning character will be announced on Tuesday 30^th August 2011.

“It’s been three weeks since we launched the vote to find the favourite Harry Potter character from the books and we have had an amazing 45,000 votes in that time. Information on the first three week’s worth of votes has come in and two characters are taking an early lead. I can’t tell you who they are but a certain boy wizard isn’t quite making the grade at the moment! Interesting votes for characters not on the list include Buckbeak, Fawkes, Fang and, with a single vote, the Fat Lady in the portrait at the entrance to Gryffindor!”

You can also take part in smaller quizzes and polls by joining the facebook page at www.facebook.com/HPUKbooks