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'HBP' a must read for 2007    
Once again a "Harry Potter" book has topped a poll for kids. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," was chosen as the top book in Scholastic's online poll "Kids' Pick For 2007" for 4th - 6th Grade readers.
Source: PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance via Yahoo! News
Posted by Geri on Dec 5, 2006 at 10:48 AM

JK Rowling

'HBP' voted one of Scotland's favorite children's books  
Children in Scotland recently voted on their favorite Scottish books and JK Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" came in first in the 8-12 years category. While Ms. Rowling was not present at the award ceremony she did say in a speech, read by her editor, that she is busy on the last book and that it is "coming along nicely."
Source: HPANA
Posted by Geri on Nov 28, 2006 at 10:52 AM

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'HBP' paperback out today in North America  
Two million paperback versions of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" are set to go on sale today in North America. The book will cost $9.99 and is certain to be a best seller. Additionally, The Kids and Family Reading Report found that both kids and their parents credit the popular books with getting more kids to read for fun, as well as helping children do better in school.
Source: USA Today via Yahoo! News
Posted by Geri on Jul 25, 2006 at 7:20 AM

'Half-Blood Prince'

Audio version of 'HBP' inducted into APA's Hall of Fame  
The audio version of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," narrated by Jim Dale, has become the first book inducted into the Audio Publishers Association's brand-new Hall of Fame.
Source: Arizona Daily Star via Yahoo! News
Posted by Geri on May 21, 2006 at 11:19 AM

Japanese version of 'HBP'

Japanese translation of 'HBP' available May 17    
A 10-month wait for Japanese fans will finally end as the Japanese translation of "Half-Blood Prince," "Harry Potter to Nazo no Purinsu" ("Harry Potter and the Puzzling Prince") will be released on May 17.
Source: Mainichi Daily News
Posted by Geri on May 11, 2006 at 11:15 PM

Potter wins at Kid's Choice Awards    
Earlier this evening the Nickelodeon's 2006 Kid's Choice Awards was held and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" won the 'Movie of the Year' award and the sixth book in the "Harry Potter" series, "Half-Blood Prince" won for the 'Book of the Year.'
Source: HPANA
Posted by Geri on Apr 1, 2006 at 9:04 PM

Nick Kids Choice Awards

Reminder: Vote for Potter at the Nick awards    
This is just a quick reminder that you can still vote for "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" as well as "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" for this year's Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards. The awards show airs tomorrow night, Saturday, April 1st.
Source: HPANA
Posted by Geri on Mar 31, 2006 at 9:00 PM

JK Rowling at the British Book Awards

'HBP' wins 'Book of the Year'    
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" has won the "Book of the Year" award at this year's British Book Awards, which took place in London this evening with Ms. Rowling in attendance.
Source: ITV.com
Posted by Geri on Mar 29, 2006 at 2:52 PM

Dan, Emma & Rupert

New interview with trio    
In a recent interview with the "Harry Potter" stars Dan discusses "Order of the Phoenix" and the sixth book, while Emma and Rupert discuss their characters as well as how they feel about rumors of them leaving the series.
Source: Veritaserum
Posted by Geri on Mar 2, 2006 at 9:07 PM

Christian Coulson (Tom Riddle)

Interview with Christian Coulson on 'CoS,' 'HBP'    
While touring the UK's theatre stages, Christian Coulson from the "Chamber of Secrets" movie recently gave an interview with BBC Norfolk. The actor who portrayed Tom Riddle on the screen fondly reminisces about his experiences auditioning and filming for the 2nd "Harry Potter" movie, and expresses hopes to make a return for "Half-Blood Prince."
Source: BBC - Norfolk Kids
Posted by eudaemonia on Feb 23, 2006 at 6:00 PM

'HBP' sweepstakes

Scholastic kicks-off 'HBP' sweepstakes    
To help with the countdown for the paperback release of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" on July 25, Scholastic has announced a six-week online sweepstakes to win a "Harry Potter" iPod package and more.
Source: PRNewswire
Posted by Geri on Feb 23, 2006 at 11:42 AM

JK Rowling

'HBP' up for WH Smith 'Book of the Year' award  
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" has been added to the short-list for the WH Smith 'Book of the Year' award in the UK. This is the second time that Ms. Rowling has been nominated; she won in 2004 for "Order of the Phoenix."
Source: BBC
Posted by Geri on Feb 22, 2006 at 10:09 AM

Spanish cover of 'HBP'

Japanese & Spanish covers of 'HBP' online    
The Spanish translation of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" will be released on February 23rd and now the cover of "Harry Potter y el Misterio del Príncipe" ("Harry Potter and the Mystery of the Prince") can be seen online. You can also view the Japanese cover which will be released on May 17th.
Source: News Tip
Posted by Geri on Jan 20, 2006 at 6:06 PM

'HBP' thief sentenced  
Aaron Lambert, a security guard who stole two copies of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" has been sentenced to four-and-a-half-years for a firearms offence connected to the theft of the book before it's released.
Source: BBC
Posted by Geri on Jan 19, 2006 at 7:58 AM

Paperback 'Prince' to see Canada, U.S. release July 25, 2006  
Scholastic this morning announced that their paperback edition of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" will be released July 25, 2006. At 672 pages and priced at $9.99, the 2 million print run will bring the total number of "Potter" books in print in the U.S. to more than 120 million. Bloomsbury previously announced the UK edition would be released June 23, 2006.
Source: PR Newswire via The Leaky Cauldron
Posted by Cheeser on Jan 18, 2006 at 2:30 PM

'Half-Blood Prince'

'HBP' best-selling book of 2005; review of audio version  
The number one selling book in the U.S. for 2005 was "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." The book sold 7.2 million copies throughout 2005 and its first day's sales totaling 4.1 million outsold other books' yearly totals. Meanwhile, a review of the audio version describes Stephen Fry's reading as "... captivating stuff in Fry's hands and he is terrific in the way he can convey the difference between the nastiness, say, of Draco Malfoy and the truly black evil of some of the death eaters."
Source: BBC News
Posted by Geri on Jan 8, 2006 at 9:12 PM

'Potter' best book of 2005 in USA Today reader poll  
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was voted the best book of 2005 in USA Today's Readers' Choice poll. While editors placed it at eighth, they offered another interesting category: "Best book for kids not yet ready for Harry Potter."
Source: USA Today via Veritaserum
Posted by Cheeser on Dec 28, 2005 at 11:34 PM

Potter trio

Potter No. 9 on EW's '2005 Entertainers of the Year' list    
Earlier this week we told you that "Half-Blood Prince" and "Goblet of Fire" had topped their respective categories in "Entertainment Weekly's Best of 2005" poll. We can now add that "Harry Potter" has landed at the number 9 spot on their "2005 Entertainers of the Year" list and the book "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" landed at number 7 on their best fictional books of 2005.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
Posted by Geri on Dec 23, 2005 at 3:34 PM

'HBP' thief to be sentenced in January  
Back in June we told you about two British men who were arrested for trying to sell a copy of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" while armed to a reporter. One of those arrested, Aaron Lambert, admitted to all the charges, as well as two counts of trying to blackmail UK Potter publisher Bloomsbury.
Source: BBC
Posted by Geri on Dec 21, 2005 at 10:59 AM

Potter tops EW's 'Best of 2005' poll  
Entertainment Weekly magazine's "Best of 2005" year-end poll includes "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." Both "Harry Potter" entries crushed the competition in their respective categories.
Source: Entertainment Weekly via The Leaky Cauldron
Posted by Geri on Dec 19, 2005 at 2:46 PM