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Happy Birthday, Alex!

Jul 27, 2008

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Alex Robbin first came to this site by showing us he was the world’s most eager 15-year-old, ready to do anything to help out. Now he just about runs the development show over here, and we frequently forget his age. Today, that’s impossible: He’s 18 years old, a full-fledged adult. He’s still the baby of …read more!

Reminder: Live Comic-Con Panel and LeakyMug Tomorrow in San Diego

Jul 27, 2008

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Don't forget, two things tomorrow: If you’re going to Comic-Con, join us in Room 2 at 10:30 am for a discussion on all things Potter. And later, at 7pm: PotterCast and MuggleCast will hold a live Leaky Mug in San Diego! The event location is as follows: Borders Books and Music 1072 Camino Del Rio …read more!

New Statues at Comic-Con International

Jul 26, 2008

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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This weekend at Comic-Con, Harry Potter merchandisers NECA and Gentle Giant have unveiled a couple of new products, which you can see here in our galleries (starting here). Included is a picture of a new Snape statue as well as new Harry and Ginny figurines. Enjoy!

Harry, A History! Announcements and More

Jul 26, 2008

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Tonight, at long last, I get to debut the website for and make some announcements about my upcoming book, Harry, A History. This book has been such an important part of my life for so long that I am almost unable to believe it will only be a few months until I can walk into …read more!

What if it was HP?

Jul 25, 2008

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Hi everyone: I am here at Comic Con, an event that makes Harry Potter conferences look like garden parties. Yesterday I fought and scraped to get into the Twilight panel, and my ears are still ringing. Now, this is mostly fellow blogger Candace’s territory, so I won’t talk about Twilight often; plus which, while I’m …read more!

HBP Trailer to Debut on AOL on Tuesday

Jul 25, 2008

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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The first Half-Blood Prince trailer will debut online exclusively on AOL in the USA on Tuesday, July 29, according to a reliable source. This has been a rumor all day through other countries’ outlets (thanks BlogHogwarts for the tip), but we asked around a bit and are positive about it here as well. Get ready, …read more!

PotterCast Tour Details!

Jul 25, 2008

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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If you’ve been listening to PotterCast you know that we are about to embark on a small tour prior to Terminus 2008 in Chicago; the shows will be joint with sets from the bands The Remus Lupins, The Whomping Willows and The Mudbloods. The following are our currently booked dates and locations; we’ll update this …read more!

Live LeakyMug This Weekend!

Jul 25, 2008

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Hey, since Sue, John and I are in San Diego for Comic-Con this weekend, we’ve met up with Andrew Sims of MuggleCast and have managed to put together our first LeakyMug in over a year! This live podcast will take place SUNDAY, the one that’s coming in, oh, two days! Sorry for the late notice! …read more!

Presenting: Leaky Blogs!

Jul 23, 2008

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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We’re happy to present one of our newest and most exciting feature here at Leaky: Leaky Blogs! We’ve created a section to allow for more voices to be heard here on Leaky, for commentary about Potter: on canon, on fandom, and more; to allow for further commentary on news items, for posting set reports, for …read more!

One year ago today…

Jul 21, 2008

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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A year ago today, most of us were gulping down pages of Deathly Hallows. Some of us had waited 10 years for it, and though we were sad that the end was nigh we were too excited to fput down the book. We wondered what Harry’s end meant for us: for us as fans, as …read more!



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