Today LeakyCon, our fan conference set for Boston, MA, next May (21-24), has opened submissions for presentations and programming. If you have an idea on a topic of Harry Potter canon; an idea for a presentation on a character, theme, moral, or event from the series; a tutorial on a particular Harry Potter creation; or …read more!

Over the next week, thousands of English teachers will head to a conference in one of my favorite towns in the world, San Antonio, to discuss literacy. This conference, titled “Shift Happens” and sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English, will focus the rising need for media literacy in the classroom. It’s interesting …read more!

I can’t post the link for US viewers because of rights reasons, but if you’re in the UK, you can see the new Children In Need Doctor Who trailer here. It’s freakin’ awesome! I won’t spoil you if you’d rather not know. CIN played the first two minutes of the Christmas special, basically, and it’s …read more!

We have another treat for you today. Thanks to TLC staffer Jeff, we now have a first look at some of the many fantastic original pieces of work created by Mary GrandPre for the Scholastic editions of the Harry Potter novels. New are looks at alternate covers she created for Harry Potter and the Deathly …read more!

I can’t post the link for US viewers because of rights reasons, but if you’re in the UK, you can see the new Children In Need Doctor Who trailer here. It’s freakin’ awesome! I won’t spoil you if you’d rather not know. CIN played the first two minutes of the Christmas special, basically, and it’s …read more!

For reasons of I don’t want to be sued, I can’t post you the link (though if you’re in the UK, you can see it on the BBC’s Children in Need website) but… the first two minutes of the Christmas special look fan-tas-tic! Wanna synopsis? OK, I’ll tell you, but stop reading now if you …read more!

WB has sent fan sites the links to a new Half-Blood Trailer, which will be live with Twilight NEXT Friday. Enjoy! (A special reaction PotterCast is now on our feed; subscribers, please update. You can also watch it with trailer clips at our YouTube channel.) You can now view this video in our video galleries. …read more!

I’ve been waiting for the bugs to get all worked out of the new system we’re using for blogging and then November came upon us. For those of you who don’t know, in November a writing challenge called NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) takes place. All participants have the entire month of November to write …read more!

Several months ago, we told you that author J.K Rowling would be contributing to a new book honoring the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles for his 60th birthday. This book will benefit the Prince’s Foundation for Children and the Arts charity. Today, the Guardian has an extract of the piece written by Jo, where she …read more!

On December 3, the HP Alliance is reopening its efforts for STANDFast, an activity in which participants give up a luxury item (like a Starbucks latte or a CD) and donate the money they save to help protect the Lily Potters of Darfur and the PotterWatch of Burma. About $10 can protect a whole family …read more!