Bonding over Books today announced Enlightening 2007 (“E7”), the first-ever Harry Potter Camp for Families, to be held on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus on July 12-15, 2007. This immersive, interactive fantasy event for families who love Harry Potter, will coincide with the release of the film Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix. “E7 …read more!

Some of you have probably already noted this image in our latest postings, but there is some new placeholder art on the Amazon.com Harry Potter 7 page. The image is also the icon on this post. This image has been up for awhile; before questions about whether iit means something for the book start springing …read more!

We are thrilled to unveil Leaky’s Harry Potter Video Gallery! This has been a TREMENDOUS undertaking by at least half of our staff over these past few months. This is your one-stop for browsing HP-related videos. You can watch each video right on your screen, or download them in WMV or iPod-friendly format for later. …read more!

Some sites have started to report this fan-made poster (if that link no longer works, see here in our galleries) as the official one-sheet for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It is officially a fake, says WB – though most of the veteran HP fans could probably tell. We’ve officially met our …read more!

Our partners at the Harry Potter Lexicon have unveiled a new and improved Timeline of the Wizarding World in which you can easily and powerfully search the history of a particular character, a category, or even a concept. You can search the Muggle world history, the fandom history, the wizarding history, or any combination thereof. …read more!

PotterCast 55 is here, and it’s full of timely, in-depth discussion of the latest week of hot-button Potter news: to listen, just hit the “Play” button on the right side of the page (—>), or use iTunes, or direct download.) More notes: -This week, our Canon Conundrums and Fan Interview segments are both in response …read more!

The National Library of Scotland has announced plans for a “digital repository” of “blogs, journals and e-mails written by leading Scots,” including J.K. Rowling. Curators of the archive received a £1.8 million grant to launch the project, which is expected to be available to the public in 2008. Simon Bains, Digital Library Manager of the …read more!

Today is the 19th Birthday of actor Josh Herdman (Gregory Goyle). Cheers from TLC, Josh!

A new Entertainment Weekly article has dubbed Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as the 36th-best high-school movie of all time. It says: “No, we haven’t lost our minds. One of J.K. Rowling’s ingenious ideas was to blend two literary traditions, fantasy and coming-through-school fiction (Ã la Tom Brown’s School Days). That’s particularly true …read more!

Whether you know him as the coiner of “horcri,” the Chipotle-cheerleader, the inventor of Deathmunchers, devotee of Dawlish, lover of Luna Longbottom, or simply our PotterCast producer and Leaky designer extraordinaire, the time has come to wish one John Noe a very happy 22nd birthday. John, Leaky would be a far less interesting place without …read more!