With the excitement building for the release of J.K.Rowling’s newest installment in the Harry Potter series, it was inevitable that someone would write a book about the upcoming sixth novel to help pass the time. We at Leaky received a review copy of one such book, the Unofficial Half-Blood Prince Update: News and Speculation about …read more!

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has contributed a small quote that is included in a new children’s poetry book. Once Upon a Poem: Favourite Poems That Tell Stories is a collection of poems with introductions from a variety of authors such as Philip Pullman, Cornelia Funke, and Mary Pope Osborne. J.K. Rowling introduces a poem …read more!

Many readers have let us know in the December 24th issue of Entertainment Weekly author Stephen King, in his Pop of King column, lists his top ten movies of the year. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was ranked at number 5. Writes Mr. King : “5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban …read more!

Previously, we had told you that Scottish group Franz Ferdinand was to be in the next Harry Potter film to perform as The Weird Sisters band for the Yule Ball scene. Then in November, they decided they would not appear in Goblet of Fire after all. Scotland on Sunday has more on the reason for …read more!

Jo Rowling speaks about being called a Satanist by people who want to get her books banned here: “I ask myself first of all how they actually read the books. Can they read? And if they read the books I am truly mystified that they could say that about them.” Also on the video is …read more!

The Floo Network is proud to present a very important addition! When Floo was formed, we set out to make it easy for a fan to find any info he or she needed. A large part of that goal was the incorporation of Quick Quotes, the largest archive of J.K. Rowling interviews on the Web. …read more!

The organizers of the Academy Awards have narrowed the list of possible contenders in the category of “Best Special Effects” in a motion picture. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is one of seven films that qualify to compete for this year’s nominations. In order to make the final round to be nominated for …read more!

Thanks for the many emails letting us know that Amazon.com has cleared up its HBP notification list error from yesterday, with this email: Greetings from Amazon.com. We’re writing to correct a recent e-mail notification that we sent about “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6).” In our e-mail, we stated that this title would …read more!

As usual, you’ve astounded us. Thank you to all of our readers who have contributed to our Get a Clue charity drive, both through sticker orders and donations. In the short amount of time since the drive began, you’ve already raised a very nice amount of money for charity, with orders still pouring in! (Go …read more!

In an interview with The Independent, Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler, who writes the A Series of Unfortunate Events books, the first movie of which is in theaters tomorrow) was asked what he thought of Harry Potter: Harry Potter seems like a very nice young fictional man. If I were in the habit of befriending fictional …read more!