The Leaky Cauldron and MN Interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling July 16, 2005: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince publication day Edinburgh, Scotland Part One | Part Two | Part Three JKR‘s report here! Melissa’s report here! Discussion here! WARNING: The entirety of this interview is colored by book six – which means if you don’t …read more!

At long last, we are proud to announce the winners of our Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban sweepstakes! Thirty-five people – less than .5 percent of entrants – will receive prizes for their creativity, ingenuity, wit and charm in answering to our challenge to pick one Harry Potter character and write about his …read more!

We’re having issues with your comments not appearing. We’re aware of the problem and we’re working to resolve it, as well as to get Leaky moved over to the new server. We’ll have the everything up and running again as soon as we can (trust us, it’s as frustrating for us as it is for …read more!

UrbanWire has released a list of “The Essential Guide to Harry Potter Web Sites,” a list of 15 top Harry Potter sites (including probably the best write-up of TLC to date); J.K.Rowling.com, of course, tops the list. Our Floo Network companion, The Harry Potter Lexicon, also made the cut. We’re all very proud! Much thanks …read more!

UK optical firm Graham Coates is making parts to be used as special effects for the movie “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”. One part has already been sent out,with more to follow. Editors Note:We are not certain that this has anything to do with ‘Mad-eye Moody’, but it is encouraging to know that …read more!

Over the next few weeks, TLC will be working with the Lexicon and Quick Quotes to continue updating The Floo Network to keep our information consistent new canon. As changes are made, we will announce them here, so keep an eye out. One of the first and most exciting of these changes is an addition …read more!

Hey all – as you might have noticed, we’ve undergone a bit of a redesign. You’ll see above that we are now part of The Floo Network, the most exciting thing to ever happen to this site. The Floo Network is composed of four sites: The Harry Potter Lexicon, run by the incomparable Steve van …read more!

You may notice a FEW changes with The Leaky Cauldron. We’ve moved on from Blogger and YAACS, the commenting system which we incredibly overwhelmed. We’re now using a system called MovableType. So it’s new to us, (and setup generously by YAACS creator Hossein Sharifi), bear with us as we figure out how to use it.