Winners of Halloween Harry Potter Costume Contest Announced

The winners of our October Harry Potter Halloween Contest have been chosen from many amazing entries and are ready to be announced.  Last month, we asked you to create a costume based on any character from the Harry Potter series.  Our Contest Crew has divided up the winners into three categories based on the type of costume they created:  Inexperienced Handmade, Experienced Handmade, Continued...

Leaky Cauldron's November Event Round Up

As it is now a new month, we have a host of new activities going on all over The Leaky Cauldron.  We have today the opening of two new book clubs, a communal holiday crafting event, and a brand new contest to bring you.

First up, our Harry Potter Book Club has started to read the sixth book in author J. K. Rowling's series, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."  Relive the magic of Continued...

Winners of the Harry Potter Decor Contest Announced

Last month, we brought you the Harry Potter Themed Decor Contest, which asked you to photograph a room which you have decorated in a Harry Potter style or theme.  After receiving many splendid entries, we now have for you the winners of this contest. 

First Place: Carmen Ruybe

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This room is decked out like the Gryffindor common room.  The fireplace is

Halloween Edition of "The Quibbler" Now Online

Just in time for Halloween, the latest issue of "The Quibbler" is here containing “all the news you won’t find anywhere else.”  This issue features the most haunting news on a possible Goblin War; Ghost Attacks and Muggle cover ups; equally shocking news about Aurors, Dementors, and Gilderoy Lockhart; and much more.  In addition to this, "The Quibbler" contains a new batch of Letters fContinued...

Boo! Ghostly Halloween Party in the Leaky Lounge

As All Hallows' Eve approaches, the Leaky Lounge forum is getting into the Halloween spirit with a few spirits and ghouls of our own, which can be found during our weekend-long event in the Ghostly Halloween Party Room.  Stop in to hang out with your fellow Lounge members and chat with a few ghostly guests who will be popping in throughout the weekend.  Also take part in our annual TriContinued...

Capture the Golden Ticket in our New Open Book Club Reading

You need not a chocolate bar containing a golden ticket to take part in our latest Open Book Club reading in Jo’s Book Nook, even though we are now set to discuss the Roald Dahl classic “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Open to all registered Leaky Lounge members, this book club features an in depth discussion and analysis of the novel in our very own forum. Join your fellow LeakyContinued...

Harry Potter Costume Contest Launches

As it is now October, a slight crispness in the air signals that Halloween is almost upon us. In order to get in the spirit of the holiday, our Leaky Contest Crew has paired up with our Crafty Witches and has come up with a new contest which we are launching today. The Harry Potter Costume Contest asks you to create a costume of any Harry Potter character, magical creature, wizardingContinued...

Leaky Lounge Update: New Forum Added

‘The times, they are a-changing’ ...so the song goes, and so goes events in our world. As such, our Leaky Lounge has added a new forum to discuss these ever changing times, the myriad of political and social events that are grabbing headlines and impacting our everyday life. The forum is called “The Muggle Underground: Politics, Current Events, and Social Issues,” and it is, as the nam

Part One of "The Chronicles of Narnia" Book Club Opens on Leaky Lounge

Through a mysterious wardrobe we go for the next round of non-Harry Potter Book Club readings which have started over on our Leaky Lounge forum. The first book in the “Chronicles of Narnia” series by author C. S. Lewis, “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,” along with its prequel, “The Magician’s Nephew,” have been chosen for part one of this open book club discussion. These populContinued...

Winners of Deathly Hallows Sorting Hat Song Contest Now Online

Last month we first brought you our latest Leaky contest, the Deathly Hallows Sorting Hat Song Contest. With this contest we had you put fingers to keys and create a song you think the famed Sorting Hat would sing either at Harry’s seventh year at Hogwarts, the year following the Dark Lord’s downfall, or nineteen years in the future when Harry’s younger son first made his first voyageContinued...

September Harry Potter Decor Contest Now Online

Just in time for this new month, our September contest is here and ready to be announced. Many of us have dreamed of having our very own Harry Potter room in our home. Now is your opportunity to make that dream a reality with our newest contest, the Harry Potter Themed Decor Contest, which asks you to photograph a room or area in which you live that is decorated in an unmistakable HaContinued...

Jo's Book Nook Opens Reading of "To Kill A Mockingbird"

It is time once again to dust off your classics, for Jo’s Book Nook is now starting to read the Harper Lee novel “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Our Non-Harry Potter Book opens up today with the reading of this book which examines life in the deep south during the 1930s. This book club is open to all registered Leaky Lounge members who would be interested in joining in the discussion and exContinued...

Winners of Two Part Riddle Contest Annoucned

After receiving many wonderful and fun entries, the winners of our Two-Part Riddle Contest are ready to be announced. Back in July, we asked you to answer the ten riddles that were picked during the first part of the contest in June. The winners of this contest, as chosen by raffle, are:

Sing the Song of the Sorting Hat

As it is now August, we have an exciting new contest to bring you today. The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Sorting Hat Song Contest asks you to provide the lyrics to the Sorting Hat song one would have heard during Harry’s seventh year at Hogwarts, the year following the Dark Lord’s downfall, or nineteen years in the future when Harry’s younger son first made his voyage across Continued...

Harry Potter Book Club Reading of "Prisoner of Azkaban" Now Open

Our Lounge wide Harry Potter book club is now open once again and has started reading the third book, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.” Join your fellow Leaky Loungers in being with Harry during his third year at Hogwarts and discussing the various aspects and elements that make up the story. This book club is open to all Lounge members, no need for sorting, and provides yoContinued...