We’ve made a quick transcript of the Evanna Lynch phone call from this morning’s

HarryPotter.nl, J.K. Rowlng’s Dutch publishers’ site, has listed the working title of the seventh book – not as the expected Harry Potter en de Dodelijke Heiligen, the literal translation, but Harry Potter en het Fatale Heiligdom. That means the title is something like “Deadly Shrine,” “Deadly Sanctuary,” or, as some readers have suggested, “Deadly Saints.” …read more!

On our 69th Harry Potter podcast, a special call-in edition to discuss the new Harry Potter title, our first caller is none other than Evanna Lynch, who will play Luna Lovegood in the fifth Harry Potter film. She joins us to talk about the title, what she did when she found out, what she thinks …read more!

It’s end-of-the-year list time, and IMDb has released its “STARmeter Top 25 for 2006.” The rankings are based on the “actual search behavior of over 42 million users of IMDb.com.” Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) is ranked at number 22 and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) came in at Number 16, even though neither one appeared in …read more!

Everyone ready to sing? OK, then, to the tune of “Bingo:” We know a wonderful actor Whose birthday is today-oh R-A-L-P-H! R-A-L-P-H! R-A-L-P-H! His birthday is today-oh! Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort) turns 44 today. Cheers, Mr. Fiennes (and, as a special birthday favor, we will remind everyone that your name is pronounced, “Rafe Fines”)!

Our special live call-in episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, will be tonight at 7:30 pm EST. To be involved, you have to send your Skype name or the number to call to [email protected] – since we can’t just simply open up lines (without killing all our computers), it’s going to be a call-YOU …read more!

We have opened a chat session in the Corner Booth to talk about the new title and what it might mean. You must be registered to take part, so register here For straight discussion, click here. You must be registered to comment. Be sure to read our last post about where parts of the title …read more!

OK, close your eyes if you haven’t gotten through the riddle on JKRowling.com and don’t want to be spoiled, but it’s now been press-released and is official: the title of book seven is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. UPDATE: We will be recording a special LIVE call-in PotterCast about the title, tonight, talking to …read more!

PotterCast No. 68, our first holiday Harry Potter podcast, is now live. To listen, just hit the “Play” button on the right side of the page (—>), or use iTunes, or direct download. In this show: -It’s part one of our annual holiday filk show (featuring all your HP/Christmas song parodies), with a little extra …read more!

Hey all: Take a look around, or refresh the page, and you’ll see what Frak, John Holt and our elves hav been up to, giving Leaky its annual holiday facelift. This year we have fairies everywhere and a very whiskery Ho-ho-Harry. Happy Holidays everyone! And big thanks to Frak and John H! Enjoy, everyone!