Evanna Lynch and Bonnie Wright – as Lumos ambassadors – visited Haiti in July to see the amazing work the charity was doing, and to spread the word about children needing families, not orphanages. Evanna introduces the short video, published on Lumos’s Twitter feed, explaining that her and Bonnie were in Haiti to visit the …read more!

Christmas was always a lovely time of year for Harry. At a time when others might have felt abandoned in his position, he got to revel in spending the holiday with the friends who became his family, in the places that became home. And a welcome home, it was! Hogwarts was never a more delightful place to …read more!

On this Christmas Eve, J.K. Rowling tweeted a beautiful heartfelt message to her followers about dealing with difficulties during the holiday season. The sentiment seemed to be initiated by the many thoughtful Christmas wishes she has received this year. She shares her gratitude, some empathetic words and a bit of her own history with adversity. Below …read more!

J.K. Rowling’s striking propensity for being a constant source of happiness for countless children across generations is common knowledge – and she’s back on radar doing just that yet again, only choosing to do it in a much different way this time from what most of us are used to. Innumerable children across the world live …read more!

On Wednesday, Rowling tweeted a lot, revealing quite a bit! When Twitter user @sharonshh tweeted at Rowling about loving the Fantastic Beasts screenplay, she also asked about any other books being written. We don’t know whether it will be a Cormoran Strike novel (under her pseudonym Robert Galbraith), a Potter related book, or something else …read more!

To round out what has been an unbelievably busy year for J. K. Rowling and and the Potterverse, the announcement of a new jkrowling.com came yesterday via a tweet from its proprietor: https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/811319241089699841 I think it got hugged too hard and panicked. It’ll be back. — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 20, 2016 The website is polished …read more!

After our first look at Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger as Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott last month, Robert Galbraith’s Twitter has given us another look behind the scenes of the series. The photos show the office of Private Investigator Cormoran Strike, and a pile of letters with his name and address (maybe not death threats, but …read more!

Harry Potter fans have put the print versions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and more recently, the screenplay of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them at the top of many best seller lists for 2016, as reported by Leaky last week. W.F. Howes Ltd., a UK publisher of large print and audiobooks, has now released …read more!

Bana al-Abed, a petite 7-year-old girl, rose to notoriety when she began tweeting live updates of the war raging in Syria. Amid comparisons to Anne Frank, she shared fragments of her personal experiences in Aleppo and now has over 320,000 followers. As reported by Bustle, she also gained the attention of none other than J.K. Rowling, who we …read more!

After the horrific mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub June 12 of this year, comic book author and screenwriter Marc Andreyko felt moved to help. He decided to create a comic book, eventually titled “Love is Love,” that would benefit the victims. Andreyko wanted well-known, recognizable contributors–names that would draw fans and attention to his project, reaching the …read more!