Pottermore, J.K. Rowling’s official website for all things Harry Potter books, made a startling announcement on Facebook.  The final House Cup for Pottermore members will be awarded on September 9. This is the latest in a series of changes to the Pottermore website that began in April 2015, with the closure of Pottermore Insider and …read more!

It came down to a classic and historic rivalry: the French versus the British. There were a few casualties–the French first string keeper broke his shoulder–but the “really tough, really intense” game ended on a fair Snitch snatch, leaving the French with the champion title after a 90-50 win. Representatives from each team spoke to …read more!

Today, thousands of girls aged 8-12 years flocked to the Excel Centre in London to audition for the role of ‘Modesty’ in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, due for release in November 2016. J.K. Rowling also tweeted about her excitement to find the girl perfect girl to play the ‘haunted young girl with an …read more!

Over 18, live in Western Australia, and free on 27th June? Enter Brisbane Times’ competition to win tickets to Supanova – a VIP event in a secret location in Perth, Australia. Members of the Harry Potter cast such as Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) and Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) will be there, along side many others, …read more!

J.K. Rowling has taken to Pottermore to release new content about the Dursleys in celebration of Dudley’s 35th birthday today. This was in line with the reveal of new content in Deathly Hallows chapters on the interactive reading website. Time reports: ‘Rowling gave insight into the backstory of Vernon and Petunia, including the origin of their names, both …read more!

In celebration with Harry Potter week in Orlando’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Pottermore announced a contest to earn 1 million house points for “the house that celebrates its pride the most vociferously” last week. Today Pottermore outlined the rules of the contest that will be this Friday. The rules, as can be seen on Pottermore …read more!

Can’t wait to get to Diagon Alley this summer? Neither can we. And now we are happy to announce that Universal is sending a winner from the Leaky Cauldron and three of his or her friends to Universal Orlando Resort to check it out early. Entry is free and easy and all the info is …read more!

No more waiting, let’s get right to it! LeakyCon 2014 will be July 30 to August 3 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. You know what that means? We’re celebrating both Harry Potter’s birthday AND Esther Day together! There are four levels of registration: LeakyCon Lit (only): $100 General LeakyCon Registration: $150 LeakyCon …read more!

In just about one hour we are hosting a livestream at the LeakyCon YouTube channel kicking off LeakyCon 2014! We will debuting all sorts of videos from this year’s LeakyCons and be bringing by a bunch of special guests including Joey Richter, Scarlet Byrne, Paul DeGeorge, Lauren Fairweather, all the hosts of PotterCast, more members …read more!

If you are a UK or European Harry Potter fan: listen up:Though we are very close to our first ever conference in the UK (yikes!) we are also planning a special event alongside it, and you don’t have to be registered for LeakyCon to go: it is just for the most dedicated Harry Potter fans, …read more!