Fans can now win tickets to attend an evening with JK Rowling at Carnegie Hall on Friday, October 19th at 7 pm. She will read from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, answer questions about the entire series, and sign copies of her book 7.

Starting July 30th, U.S. fans (ages 7 and older) can enter the sweepstakes by printing out and completing an entry form available here (starting July 30th) or by printing their name, home address and phone number on a sheet of paper and mailing the entry to:

Scholastic
Attn: J.K. Rowling and the Open Book Tour Sweepstakes
557 Broadway
New York, NY 10012

Entries must be received by August 31, 2007. (Please remember that the rules allow only ONE ENTRY PER PERSON; multiple entries will be disqualified.) One thousand lucky winners will be selected by a random drawing and winners will be notified on or about September 14, 2007. The complete rules are available at www.scholastic.com/harrypotter.

Read the full Press Release HERE!

I got an email today about a great cause, Eco-Libris, they plant trees to replace the ones that are chopped down for paper for making books. They have decided to have a promotion type thing for Harry Potter fans:

Send us a picture of you posing with one of the books in the series to this email by following the instructions below. The first 50 people that will send us a picture will receive a special gift – the Green Wizards will plant 7 trees for each one them, in honor of the 7 books in the series, and they will receive 7 Eco-Libris stickers saying “One Tree was Planted for This Book” to be proudly displayed on their books sleeves.

Best of all, our esteemed judges will pick the best photo of all and we’ll send a free copy of the new Harry Potter, printed on 100% recycled paper, to the gifted photographer.

To Participate: Send us your full name, mailing address, and the picture as an e-mail attachment to harrypotter@ecolibris.net

Read all about it HERE!

Today and yesterday I made some RIP Wallpapers for the gallery. If you haven’t read the book don’t go to the link I will post. There are separate ones for each character and then one for all the good characters that have died throughout the series.

Click HERE to see them. Please comment!!!!

Just wanted to put out a reminder about the new movie that Dame Maggie Smith and Julie Walters are in. It is called Becoming Jane and is about the life of famous author Jane Austin.  Maggie plays Lady Gresham; and Julie plays Mrs. Austen.

It has been out in the UK since March 9th (not sure if it is in theaters anymore) and comes out in the US in limited theaters on August 3rd and everywhere on the 10th.

The Today Show put up part one of their interview with JK Rowling.

Rowling said her original epilogue was “a lot more detailed,” including the name of every child born to the Weasley clan in the past 19 years.

“I’m dealing with a level of obsession in some of my fans that will not rest until they know the middle names of Harry’s great-great-grandparents,” she said. Not that she’s discouraging the Potter devotion! (that would be me)

Click HERE to read or click Read More for the full thing and watch the interview HERE.  BEWARE OF SPOILERS!

Pictures from a photoshoot Emma did in France are now online. They are really great!

Check them out HERE thanks to IHeartWatson.