We are so touched and honored by reader Janet, who is responsible for putting Leaky up for a Lovemark, a unique Web honor where users show their appreciation for their favorite things, places and people. Janet let us know she had nominated us, and today we’re honored to be on Lovemark.com’s home page, as one …read more!

For our readers following the site through the No HBP Spoiler-way – there are updates on JKRowling.com’s Rumor and FAQ sections, though you probably want to avoid a few of the items – be sure to look at the titles first.

There’s some updating going on at JKRowling.com‘s Rumors section – check it out…she answers some questions about time travel (knocking down a very popular fan theory, sorry Milly), about Nicholas Flamel, Lupin’s papers, Snape’s Crosswords, and the Creevey brothers as Quidditch players. And the updates continue on the FAQ page with info about writing book …read more!

Update: Many of you complained that the calendars were too expensive, so Ila, our WB Rep, had their prices slashed to half, right here – just an example of how your feedback works! After almost 30 forum pages and more than 800 comments of fan speculation, the time has come to announce what we’ve been …read more!

Putting to rest recent speculation that the book would arrive as late as July 23, Amazon.com has announced that all orders of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will arrive on July 16, for no extra shipping charge. The book will be delivered via United Parcel Service Inc. and the U.S. Postal Service, and the …read more!

The organizers of CauldronCon 2005 have just informed us that five actors from the HP movies – Jamie Waylett, Devon Murray, Matthew Lewis, and the Phelps twins – will appear at the convention to sign autographs and take part in question-and-answer sessions. They will be joined by actors from the Lord of the Rings films …read more!

No matter which religion you do or do not practice, we at Leaky wish to offer our condolences to those mourning the loss of Pope John Paul II, a religious and world leader who advocated unity, peace and love, things of which no Harry Potter fan is ignorant. In 2003, he also advocated Harry Potter, …read more!

Phew. We had to call in the Bloody Baron to get Peeves out of here, especially in the forum, where the mods are still busy cleaning up Peeves’ mess. We hope you all had fun on April Fool’s Day 2005, the craziest day in HP fandom. We had a blast…and so did Peeves, who liked …read more!

Bet you didn’t know!

*cackle* There woz this ere dingy ol’ Leaky Wot really was looking quite peaky So Peeves came along And sang a wee song And din’ even haff to be sneaky!