There may not be snow, but it is definitely Christmas at Hogwarts. Holiday festivities return today, Friday, November 22, to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter experience at Universal Orlando Resort in Florida. With festively themed décor, garland and twinkling lights adorning the streets of Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade, customers will be surrounded by simulated …read more!

Congratulations to Seth Rappaport, who submitted the winning essay in our Back-to-Hogwarts essay contest, in which we invited you to wax rhapsodic on why you look forward to returning to Hogwarts (or the wizarding school of your choice) each year. Mr. Rappaport is a writer from New Jersey who grew up with the Harry Potter …read more!

Merlin’s baggy y-fronts! Can you believe it’s only ten days until we go back to Hogwarts?!? Have you been to Diagon Alley to get your school supplies? Did you outgrow last year’s robes and get measured for a new set? Got a carrier for yer owl, toad, or cat so it doesn’t escape on the …read more!

If you were lucky enough to see Prisoner of Azkaban when it premiered in 2004, you probably remember the scene where Harry rides Buckbeak out over the lake. You see Harry’s expression change from fear to exhilaration as he begins to enjoy and appreciate the ride. Buckbeak dipping a claw into the lake as they …read more!

Happy Vernal Equinox! As the days get warmer and longer in the northern hemisphere, our thoughts wander outside, onto the castle grounds and over to the Quidditch pitch. For some of us, our thoughts may range into the Forbidden Forest or down to our friend Hagrid’s hut. On weekend mornings we can carry a stack …read more!

Feeling competitive this spring? The Hogwarts House Pride celebration is back! Inspired by the Hogwarts House Cup, the House Pride celebrations enable Gryffindors, Slytherins, Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws of all ages to show off their house allegiance and get involved with a host of specially designed online activities bringing Wizards and Witches together in a battle to win …read more!

Insight Editions is known for its lushly photographed and delightful books and related merchandise that enable us to immerse ourselves in the magical world again and again. This holiday season, they have launched another treat for Potter fans with the Official Christmas Cookbook Gift Set. The set includes a 176-page hardcover book and a brass-toned …read more!

This is our biggest giveaway ever. Insight Editions has made some whimsical and charming Harry Potter Advent calendars, and this one is their niftiest take on the concept yet. We have one Insight Editions Collector’s Advent Calendar- which sells for $150 – to give away to one lucky Leaky reader. The purple Knight Bus is …read more!

New Harry Potter Funko Pops. That sounds cute and fun. Wait, digital? What? This was a bit confusing to us at first. Are not Funko Pops real, tangible collectibles that ones buys at cons and such? We have an explanation from Funko to clarify things: “Funko Digital Pop! incorporates non-fungible tokens into digital trading cards that …read more!

19 years later, the fear that Harry’s son Albus expressed to his father on Platform 9 3/4 is realised: He is sorted into Slytherin. And he chafes in the shadow of his famous father. What happens next plays out in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, written by Jack Thorne and directed by John Tiffany. …read more!