Daniel Radcliffe is on The Observer’s list of the people poised to become the “breakthrough artists” of 2007. Citing Dan’s “Hot Career Move” of performing onstage in “Equus” next month, the Observer predicts “Radcliffe’s apprenticeship as Harry Potter taught him how to act. The boy wizard shall come of age” and goes on to say …read more!

The calendar on JKRowling.com has been updated to honor the first Wizard of the Month for 2007. He is someone who Hagrid probably admires quite a bit! 😉

And now for the last of our three wrapups of the year in Potter – our look at what has happened with the Harry Potter book series and in J.K. Rowling news. It’s been a year of anticipation, clues, teases, attempted bannings, exciting events and most importantly a lead-up to the last part of this …read more!

This has been Leaky’s biggest year of change yet; with our first full year of podcasts, a vast redesign and reconceptualizing of the site and a huge number of new sections, we are unrecognizable from 2005. We’ve also monitored more fan activity than ever before, including conventions and wizard rock. Though the Harry Potter fandom …read more!

It’s that time again, when we go over everything we’ve learned and read and done over this terrific year. We have so much big news to recap for the year 2006, that for the first time we’re splitting our year in review up into parts. Tonight we recap the year in Harry Potter movies – …read more!

Just a quick reminder that today and tomorrow are the LAST days possible to buy Leaky and PotterCast T-shirts. On January 1, 2007, these shirts will become discontinued. Thanks very much for all your support as always!

Fiona Shaw (Petunia Dursley) will return to the London stage early next year in Samuel Beckett’s “Happy Days,” at the National Theatre. The play’s director is Deborah Warner, whose past work with Ms. Shaw includes productions of “Richard II,” “Medea” and “Hedda Gabler.” “Happy Days” opens in previews on January 19 (press/opening night is January …read more!

We hope we’re not the first, and we hope we’re not the last, to wish you and your loved ones a very Happy Christmas today! We’d of course like to add to that Happy Hanukah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Birthday, Happy Anything You Celebrate At This Time of Year. We hope you decorate your tree with …read more!

Since “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” was revealed as the title to Harry Potter 7, some sites have reported that two other registered Harry Potter trademarks – Harry Potter and the Heart of Ravenclaw and Harry Potter and the Deadly Veil may have been the other two titles that J.K. Rowling said she was …read more!

Attention Fan Artists! We have a new contest for you, in honor of Jo’s announcement of the title of (the book formerly known as) Book Seven. All entries will be placed in our galleries, and the winners’ works will be posted on Leaky’s main page. Good luck! Here are the details: Design and create the …read more!