Congratulations to Seth Rappaport, who submitted the winning essay in our Back-to-Hogwarts essay contest, in which we invited you to wax rhapsodic on why you look forward to returning to Hogwarts (or the wizarding school of your choice) each year. Mr. Rappaport is a writer from New Jersey who grew up with the Harry Potter …read more!

It’s that time again! Time to shop in Diagon Alley for your school supplies, get new robes if your ankles and wrists are showing, and pack your trunk for the train journey to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Warner Bros. official Back to Hogwarts events return to King’s Cross Station on 1st September for their …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!

Our next community member to get involved in our fan profile features is Sarah (She/Her), a Slytherin who says she’s been a fan of Harry Potter for around 20 years! A fan fiction writer, Potter blogger and animal enthusiast (specifically rat enthusiast – she said her Patronus is a Borzoi according to Pottermore, but she’d …read more!

As the second in our new fan profile feature, we interviewed the delightful Ravenclaw Jennifer Sanders (She/Her). Jennifer’s Instagram channel is a celebration of being a fan, and there’s nothing we love more than that! Her Patronus is a dolphin, and she’s also a huge Disney fan. Read on, and we hope you love her …read more!

Johnny Depp has been asked by Warner Bros. to stand down from his role as Gellert Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts film series, after losing his legal battle against The Sun newspaper. In a statement on Instagram, Depp said the following on his resignation from the role:  “Firstly, I’d like to thank everybody who has …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!

The Harry Potter Alliance recently hosted multi-day streaming event Fall Into Democracy to help mobilize and educate people before Election Day in the U.S., and the organisation just launched a collection of new resources to help get Potterheads to the polls come November 3rd, all themed around the brightest witch of her age, Hermione Granger! …read more!