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A Very Different April Fool’s

Mar 31, 2011

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

Charity

Hey everyone. Every year since 2003 Leaky has taken part in April Fool’s celebrations, transforming, in some cases, the entire site: We have been hacked by Peeves, we have discovered the wizarding version of Twitter, we have hired Sybill Trelawney as a disastrous news editor, and we have turned into a Glee-lover’s paradise, for just …read more!

Happy Birthday, Doris!

Mar 09, 2011

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

Birthdays

Leaky’s project manager, Doris Herrmann, has a birthday today! We are forever grateful since Doris came to the site and started helping us get the trains running on time. Sometimes she drives them herself. Today, we are making her take a day off and celebrate a fabulous day! Help us wish her a great one …read more!

Happy Birthday Edward!

Feb 28, 2011

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

Birthdays

Today is a special day in Leaky land! It is the august birthday of our very wonderful Edward Drogos, a man who keeps the news ticking along here on the main site and is one of our top LeakyCon ninjas! Please join us all in wishing the best of days to someone who, quite literally, …read more!

Potter Park Not in the Cards for Leavesden

Feb 27, 2011

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

Movies

An article ran in the UK newspaper the Mirror today that claims that WB have earmarked a portion of Leavesden studios to become a UK rendition of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, the Orlando Harry Potter theme park. We can confirm this is not true. WB has plans for the space on Leavesden, as …read more!

Helping Haiti Heal Anniversary LiveStream and Signed JKR Books Prize Pull!

Jan 23, 2011

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

Charity

It has been a year since the Harry Potter fandom came together to raise $123,000 for the victims of the Haiti earthquakes, and we are celebrating by, finally, raffling off the full signed set of J.K. Rowling books – which means you have about TWO HOURS to enter to win this unbelievably rare set of …read more!

Signed JKR Books Raffle Livestream – starting soon!

Jan 15, 2011

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

Charity

Today at 2pm eastern, join PotterCast and the Harry Potter Alliance for the live charity event benefitting the of the complete set of signed Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling. Starting at 2pm EST, the LiveStream event via this link will feature our own PotterCasters, the HPA’s Andrew Slack, musical performances by Alex Carpenter, …read more!

Merry Christmas!

Dec 25, 2010

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

Holidays

Merry Christmas, everyone! We want to take a moment today to wish you the very happiest of holidays no matter what you celebrate – be it Christmas or Chanukah or Festivus or Kwanzaa or The Annual Day of Too Much Eating – whatever your holiday, we hope that it’s a marvelous one, from our family …read more!

Happy Harry Holidays with Digital Wizard Rock

Dec 22, 2010

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

Charity

It’s near Christmas and you haven’t gotten Jingle Spells! For shame! Never fear, if you didn’t manage to get a physical copy in time (the next shipment goes out in January), you can download a dose of your favorite Potter-themed Christmas music from iTunes. Check it out: Jingle Spells 4Jingle Spells 3Jingle Spells 2Jingle Spells …read more!

Happy Birthday, Chris!

Dec 21, 2010

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

Birthdays

Today is a special day! Our very own Chris Dotson is celebrating a birthday – if you’ve ever watched a video here at Leaky (and so many thousands of you have!) or enjoyed our Leaky Park mobile app then please join us in offering Chris the happiest of times! Happy birthday, Chris!

Arthur Levine to Keynote LitDay 2011!

Dec 15, 2010

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

LeakyCon

This summer at LeakyCon 2011, Leaky’s second charity Harry Potter conference, we are presenting a special, new type of event: LitDay, a mini-literature conference bringing together some of the brightest lights in the publishing industry, taking place on July 13, 2011. Tonight we are thrilled to announce that Arthur A. Levine, American editor of the …read more!



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