Firstly, the Crafty Witches and Wizard have announced the April 2010 Crafters Go Green! Contest. Earth Day is coming up on the 22nd of April and the Crafty Witches are continuing in the same vein as last month’s eco-friendly Craft-Along. You can enter in either of the two categories. The first category, Transfiguration à la …read more!

We’re so happy to re-add to our front-page-birthday list Nick Poulden, our programmer extraordinaire, who is back with Leaky’s senior staff after an absence and has been working hard to do a lot of improvements you’ll be seeing here soon. He was also the programmer of yesterday’s Glee-fest, and if you liked that and want …read more!

Universal Orlando has released the first official photo of Hagrid’s Hut from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park, set to open on June 18. This is the first photo in a series of new shots which are set to roll out over the coming weeks, previewing the many different elements of the expansive …read more!

As the new month rolls in, our fantastic Contest Team have announced a brand new contest for April, the Letter to Teddy Lupin Contest. This month’s contest asks you to write a letter to Teddy Lupin as either Remus or Tonks to be given to Teddy on his eleventh birthday. The letter should be no …read more!

Just in time for Easter weekend, the April and Easter-themed issue of The Quibbler is now available for download. The Quibbler is Leaky’s monthly publication for “news that no-one else will publish”; April’s issue features articles on Quibbler staff members’ success in bringing springtime to the U.K., a reported sighting of Gilderoy Lockhart, a possible …read more!

A new video has been posted on the Ellen DeGeneres Show website, featuring more of the talk show host’s visit to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction. As we’ve been reporting, two episodes were recently taped at the Universal Resort, and started airing across the country in syndication. This new video, six minutes in …read more!

Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling will be reading a selection from her Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone novel as part of the Annual White House Easter Egg Roll, reports the official Scholastic On Our Minds blog. The author will be reading “at two separate times (1:30pm to 1:45pm ET and again at 2:00pm …read more!

As it’s now April 2nd, we should probably come clean: As awesome as Glee is, we could never abandon that bespectacled boy wizard named Harry Potter and are still very much hosting LeakyCon 2011 in Orlando, Florida from July 13-17. April Fools’ Day is Leaky’s traditional outlet for a day of well-mannered frivolity and, this …read more!

As a crafter I can’t tell you how many times I hear the phrase “I’d love to learn that, but I’m just not crafty!” in a month. It seems to be a mantra for people, a way to protect themselves from the inevitable failure of a failed art project. Well, folks, I’m here to tell …read more!

Harper Collins has published, via PDF available for download, the first look at a series of interior pages from the Harry Potter Film Wizardry book, set for release on October 19, 2010. The full collection, available to view right here in our Image Galleries, features ten full high res pages of previews, showcasing such new …read more!