She has only tweeted nine times, and mostly to say she is spending her time with paper and pen as a better companion than digital communication. With yesterday’s announcement that she will be publishing something not-Harry-Potter-related for the first time, J.K. Rowling sent out another tweet to confirm the story and indicate that it would …read more!

A small update this morning from J.K. Rowling’s Twitter indicates her book will be out this year:As you may have heard, I have a new book out later this year. Very different to Harry, although I’ve enjoyed writing it every bit as much.

Though it would seem that a new novel by J.K. Rowling, brought to a new publisher, would incite the mother of all bidding wars, an Associated Press report has indicated that there was no auction for the book. Rowling’s agent, Neil Blair, would not disclose financial details of the deal but said there had been …read more!

In an Associated Press story about the new adult J.K. Rowling book, Bloomsbury has revealed future plans for the Harry Potter novels: “…we intend to publish illustrated editions of all seven Harry Potter books in a rolling program from 2013 onwards in addition to our partnership on e-books with the Pottermore website,” the publisher said …read more!

UPDATE: jkrowling.com is being “refreshed and redesigned” and will be opened again later this spring. An e-mail list has been added to the Web site’s interface for readers to subscribe to updates. J.K. Rowling’s agency, the Blair Partnership, announced this morning that the Harry Potter author will be releasing a new novel for adults. The …read more!

Our video galleries guru is having a birthday today! Please everyone help me wish Chris Dotson, who makes sure Leaky’s one-of-a-kind video galleries stays that way, a very merry day!

Good morning! We are live from Universal Studios in Southern California where everyone is wearing house scarves under a baking sun. Guess it’s time to hear about a new JAWS ride!Wait.. no, that’s not right. No, this is about Harry Potter. Bet your butterbeer we are going to have details about the soon to be …read more!

Hurrah! Leaky’s fifth wizard rock holiday album, JINGLE SPELLS 5, is here! And we’ve got a couple of great deals to celebrate! First, every purchase of a disc also gets you a digital download so that you can start listening to your music right now. Go here to get your holiday music! Second, we are …read more!

Every year, Leaky produces an album of wizard rock Christmas music, the profits of which benefit charity. We’ve raised a ton of money for good causes using the very simple magic of rocking as hard as possible. Last year, we opened half the album to submissions and it made it one of our best ever. …read more!

We hear it over and over again about behind-the-scenes stuff with Harry Potter: It’s the detail, it’s the detail, it’s the detail. Right? Probably kinda boring right now to hear it again. The thing is? It is the detail that makes this set of movies special. Take it from us: We have visited set for …read more!