North Shire announced a magical opportunity for Harry Potter fans to win a holiday stay in their Grounds Keepers Cottage, inspired by Hagrid’s Hut as imagined by J.K. Rowling and brought to life onscreen in Warner Bros. film adaptations. For only £1, fans can enter the competition for a chance at one of the top prizes …read more!

Two lucky fans will receive an unforgettable trip to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando Resort, with the chance to showcase your love for J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World as part of the entry on social media! Universal Orlando Resort recently added the incredible Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, and is home to both …read more!

We have some big news in the theater world this week! J.K. Rowling reunited with Cursed Child collaborators John Tiffany and Jack Thorne to discuss the production’s move to San Francisco–and the magical heritage it possesses. Harry Potter alum Evanna Lynch also sat down for an interview with costar Calum Callaghan and London Live to …read more!

It may have been a quiet post-holiday week where you live, but not in the Wizarding World! Leaky had the chance to see Emma Watson in conversation with Denis Mukwege on women’s rights and treating victims of sexual violence, we shared the return of the the Dark Arts at Hogwarts to Universal Hollywood and Wizarding …read more!

No, our beloved author has not joined the Death Eaters.  Killer Women is an author collective of female crime writers.  They are launching a mentoring scheme for aspiring female crime writers from minority and working-class backgrounds.  Writers who fit the demographic requirements can submit synopses and sample chapters of work in the crime, psychological thriller, or …read more!

We recently wrapped our competition with Classic Stills to win $1000 of Philosopher‘s Stone prints, and now The Leaky Cauldron readers are being offered yet another exclusive chance to win an incredible prize from the London and Los Angeles-based purveyor of iconic photographs. Classic Stills have partnered with Warner Bros. Consumer Products to bring Potter fans collections of …read more!

Yes, you read that correctly. It may be for Comic Relief, but it’s no joke–we’re about as serious as Voldemort in the Priori Incantatem stance. Thanks to their 2019 prize draws for Red Nose Day, you have a chance to win tickets to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre in London …read more!

No, they’re not opening for the Weird Sisters.  The Wizarding World Wands are not a band; they are 15-foot wands that look as if they were made for giants, if giants were magical and could fit inside Ollivander’s to have an enormous wand choose them.  What sort of core would a giant’s wand have?  Hippogriff tail …read more!

Wizarding Wednesdays are back! Those magical midweek giveaways we looked forward to leading up to the release of Crimes of Grindelwald last fall have returned in celebration of the arrival of the DVD and Blu-ray release next month and some pretty spellbinding prizes are being offered each week through April 10. #WizardingWednesdays returns with the …read more!

Seems like we were just writing about last year’s Harry Potter Book Night.  How did the year fly by so quickly?  It must have been the excitement of the release of Crimes of Grindelwald and a new Cormoran Strike mystery that kept us busy.  Have you begun revising for your O.W.L.s yet?  Not too soon …read more!