Happy holiday season 2021, everyone! If you were a visitor of this site around the release of the last book and in the few years thereafter, you might remember Jingle Spells, the set of five charity holiday/winter-themed albums full of HP-themed music. The wizard rock community donated songs themed around the holidays and we raised …read more!

Last month was LGBTQ+ History Month, and to mark the occasion, we interviewed three LGBTQ+ community members about their experience in the fandom: Gianfranco Lentini Gianfranco Lentini is a New York-based LGBTQ+ journalist and playwright. Journalistically, he’s written for Grindr, Time Out New York, LGBTQ Nation, Backstage, Broadway Spin, Samuel French, TheatreMania, NYTheatre, and The Leaky Cauldron – that’s right, he’s on the team! …read more!

Anybody who pre-ordered These Bewitching Bonds knows the excitement felt when you received the email celebrating its release this weekend, and must have been just as excited as I was to see just how beautiful and how long this anthology is! An anthology by Black Girls Create in collaboration with literary zine experts Wizards in …read more!

Whether you’re looking for a bedside candle to gift a loved one, a print for your friend to hang on their wall, or hand-knitted House scarves for your kids, independent creators, with their multitude of talents in crafting unique gifts, offer some of the best options when looking for gift-giving inspiration. This piece may be …read more!

Wizards In Space Magazine have been publishing wonderful collections of poetry, art and short stories for years now, and they’ve recently announced an exciting collaboration with Black Girls Create to publish an anthology of stories and poetry by Black writers, celebrating magic and community! The submission criteria asks for content by Black writers, including people …read more!

The Harry Potter Alliance are throwing an all-out virtual Yule Ball FESTIVAL this year, and we cannot WAIT for you to see this incredible line-up! That’s right, FOURTEEN bands are putting on a show for this year’s Yule Ball, and the good news is that fans will be able to join no matter where in …read more!

It’s Giving Tuesday again, which means it’s time to take a look at all the brilliant organizations within the fan community helping to make the world a better place, and consider giving your money, time and resources to these organizations to help them make an even greater impact! 1. The Harry Potter Alliance The Harry …read more!

The Harry Potter series is remarkable for the amount of fan activism and fan creativity it has inspired. Check out the first post in our new Creators’ Corner series, profiling crocheter Bumble and Be. Whilst we can bake and knit and sew and paint and carve and write, etc., all year long, for many of …read more!

A group of pro-trans rights Harry Potter fans and artists came together to create an extra special project for National Coming Out Day (officially celebrated on October 11th): a wrock compilation titled Transfiguration: A Wrock Comp for Trans Rights. Made by three trans and gender-nonconforming long-time Harry Potter fans (CG Matovina (25), Jami Schafer (26) …read more!

Here at The Leaky Cauldron, we believe in the power and magic of community, and have always loved hearing from people who have made the Harry Potter fandom such a joy for the past two decades. Our new, regular fan profile column will aim to highlight the people of the Harry Potter fandom: their passions, …read more!