As promised Pottermore delivers their final cast photos for the upcoming play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Tuesday we got a sneak peek at the Potter Clan, Wednesday we met the Granger-Weasley crew, and today we get our first look at the Malfoys. Alex Price will play the role of Draco and his son Scorpius …read more!

Yesterday Leaky reported on the first cast photos from Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, revealing a family portrait of Harry, Ginny, and Albus. Today Pottermore has provided us with more cast photos, this time of the Granger-Weasley Family. Ron (Paul Thornley), Hermione (Noma Dumezweni), and Rose (Cherelle Skeete). ‘It’s 19 years later when the play begins,’ Paul explained. ‘Ron is …read more!

This morning, one Potter fan on Twitter had a very important question for J.K. Rowling: ‘Will the Cursed Child make me cry?’ J.K. Rowling tweeted back pronto, and now it’s official: if you don’t cry, they haven’t done their job right! With preview performances starting next month, we’ll be able to test Jo’s statements and confirm whether …read more!

It seems sort of symbolic that JK Rowling, who made her fortunes writing a story about the good and bad outcomes of being an orphan, would then take that immense wealth and create one of the most impactful organizations on the planet. Lumos was started to eliminate orphanages on a global scale. One of our …read more!

19 years ago the publishing house, Bloomsbury, released the first book in the Harry Potter Series. Today they are still finding success with this beloved story. Now, thanks to last year’s publication of an illustrated version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Bloomsbury is seeing great growth in their children’s book division. Check out our review of …read more!

As Leaky reported previously, J.K. Rowling intended to attend the PEN gala and was shortlisted for an award. J.K. Rowling has been honored by receiving PEN’s Literary Service Award. PEN is a literary and humanitarian organization that focuses on various issues, including free speech. Rowling has long been an advocate for  free speech over censorship. …read more!

Robert Galbraith’s (aka J.K. Rowling) Career of Evil: A Cormoran Strike Novel has won the Audie Award for “best audio in the mystery category”. Rowling is giving the credit to Robert Glenister the voice behind the audio book.   Very pleased, but biggest congratulations due to Robert Glenister who reads these so wonderfully! https://t.co/m4RxKtgMaU — …read more!

Okay, J.K. Rowling tweets a lot. She is the Queen of Twitter. So what makes this week so special? In addition to announcing a Gala event of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (parts I and II) to support her children’s charity, Lumos (learn more here), J.K. Rowling also retweeted photos from the Harry Potter …read more!

J.K. Rowling announced this morning that a special Gala performance of her Harry Potter play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, will take place September 15, in support of her children’s charity, LUMOS. J.K. Rowling will be in attendance for this event. All proceeds from ticket sales that night will benefit LUMOS, which helps deinstitutionalizes …read more!

Following the election of Sadiq Khan as Mayor of London, Emma Watson and J.K. Rowling have signed a petition to erect a statue in honour of suffragettes in Parliament Square. The square outside the Houses of Parliament in London, U.K. currently only boasts male statues, celebrating bravery, knowledge and contributions to the U.K. This petition states that suffragettes should …read more!