On October 10 Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury will publish The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac, an illustrated ‘compendium of wizarding lists, charts, maps and all things magical’. A number of illustrators, including Peter Goes, Louise Lockhart, Weitong Mai, Olia Muza, Pham Quang Phuc, Levi Pinfold and Tomislav Tomić, will bring their artistic talents to the new tome and interpret key scenes, locations, characters and objects from J.K. Rowling’s universe. The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac features new artwork from an assortment of illustrators. Today we’re excited to share an exclusive ill ..read more

For nearly twenty years, Harry Potter Fan Zone has been my little labour of love. It’s something I do for fun — a hobby project to channel creative juices and provide a small dose of (I hope) entertainment and community for fans of J.K. Rowling’s books. Quite consciously, I’ve chosen to maintain a clear separation between my personal and professional lives and my online ‘Potter’ voice. With (a splash of) Aussie humour, I strive to objectively and authentically report on all things Wizarding World. As this year goes on, I’ve found it increasingly challenging to separate those voices. We’re all ..read more

Players of the Harry Potter AR game can catch the Knight Bus to travel to a Hogwarts Fortress. While we’re all stuck at home, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite players are likely finding themselves unable to travel to Fortress locations and participate in Wizard Challenges. To combat the issue, Portkey Games have added a Knight Bus to the augmented reality mobile game — the purple bus will transport players to a Fortress at Hogwarts Castle where they can use Runestones to battle foes. The Knight Bus feature will be available to players level 7 and above and will be rolling out soon ..read more

A (super) super sized Funko version of Harry and Hedwig is coming in July. Wizarding World Funko collectors: in the unlikely event you have any free shelf space remaining, the Pop Vinyl! giant has unveiled the finished artwork for a whopping 18-inch super sized version of Harry and Hedwig the owl. The figure was first announced earlier this year. Harry and Hedwig join a rare category of figures to get the 18-inch treatment (including this anniversary Batman) — so far we’ve only seen 10-inch figures in the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts lines. The super sized version of the Boy Wizard will ..read more

LEGO will release new sets featuring scenes from Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince. LEGO will release a number of new Harry Potter sets in June with builds themed around the Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince films. A set featuring the flying Ford Anglia escape from Privet Drive (Chamber of Secrets) and a model of Hedwig the owl complete the new lineup. Hogwarts Room of Requirement (75966) A recreation of Order of the Phoenix’s Room of Requirement scene, this set features minifigure versions of Harry, Hermione, Luna, a Death Eater and translucent Patronus figures. Th ..read more

Earlier this year we learned that Harry Potter film graphic designers Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima (MinaLima) would publish an illustrated version of the first Harry Potter book. Today, the design duo have unveiled a number of pieces of artwork from the new edition. Dumbledore in Privet Drive. The Hut-on-the-Rock. The Hogwarts Express. Hagrid and Hogwarts. Dumbledore and Harry. The MinaLima illustrated version of Philosopher’s Stone will be released on 20 October. The book can be pre-ordered over at MinaLima’s website or via Scholastic’s website if you’re based in the US ..read more

Say-zan-sha Publications Ltd are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Japanese publication of the Harry Potter books with new editions. The new editions feature cover artwork by artist Miho Satake. As is tradition in Japan, books four through seven are split over two volumes — that means double the cover artwork! The new editions can be purchased over at the publisher’s website. You can explore loads of international Harry Potter covers over in our book covers section ..read more

The Thai editions of the Harry Potter books are celebrating their 20th anniversary. To celebrate, publisher Nanmeebooks has commissioned new cover artwork by artist Apolar. You can pre-order the editions over at their website and check out the covers in glorious detail below ..read more

From filming delays to event cancellations, COVID-19 will have a significant effect on the Wizarding World in 2020. ‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ filming delayed Fantastic Beasts 3, scheduled for release in November 2021, was slated to begin filming earlier this week at Leavesden Studios in the UK. Production has since been paused indefinitely. It’s unknown at this stage when production might recommence, but it’s another blow for a film which has already suffered significant production delays. There’s no word on a further release date delay yet — given t ..read more

Bloomsbury will publish the fifth of their 20th anniversary house edition series of novels with the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on 11 June. Although the fifth ‘Potter’ book was published in 2003, Bloomsbury appear to be fast-tracking the remainder of the house edition releases ..read more