Kylie Peterson and Marshall Griffin Selected to Run for Lumos in 2011 London Marathon
We let you know at the end of October that Lumos, the children's charity founded by J.K. Rowling, was looking for committed fundraisers to take one of its two Gold Bond places in the 2011 Virgin London Marathon. Leaky reader Kylie Peterson emailed in to let usContinued...
The 2010 Leakies: Nominations Announced, Voting Open!
The nominations for our second annual Leakies are now ready to be announced and awaiting your votes! Our annual award ceremony highlights the most popular, most interesting, and most talked about stories and people from the past year in Harry Potter. Help us wrap upContinued...
Happy Harry Holidays with Digital Wizard Rock
It's near Christmas and you haven't gotten Jingle Spells! For shame! Never fear, if you didn't manage to get a physical copy in time (the next shipment goes out in January), you can download a dose of your favorite Potter-themed Christmas music from iTunes. Check it out:
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Arthur Levine to Keynote LitDay 2011!
This summer at LeakyCon 2011, Leaky's second charity Harry Potter conference, we are presenting a special, new type of event: LitDay, a mini-literature conference bringing together some of the brightest lights in the publishing industry, taking place on July 13, 2011. Tonight we are thrilled to announce thatContinued...
Last Chance to Get Your Jingle Spells CD BEFORE Christmas
We only have about 200 left, and the last shipment before Christmas is going out TOMORROW - so order your Jingle Spells 4 (or JS4+LeakyCon CD package!) now - before midnight eastern time! While Jingle Spells 4 AND the live CD are on iTunes (JS4 / Live CD disc 1, disc 2), this isContinued...
Free Holiday Wizard Music! Merry Christmas!
For this year's Jingle Spells charity compilation, we gave our readers the option of sending in entries to "win" a slot on the album. We got a fantastic response, 25 quality wizard rock songs from which it was nearly impossible to choose. As promised, the ones that didn't make it onto Jingle Spells 4 (which you can buyContinued...
EBay Auction Underway for Signed First Edition of Deathly Hallows to Benefit MS Charity
A signed first edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is being auctioned off on eBay at the moment to raise money for The Bristol and Avon Multiple Sclerosis Centre (BrAMS). The auction will end in just under five days. The copy was signed by J.K.Continued...
Jingle Spells 4 available for order now!
It's that time of year! Jingle Spells, The Leaky Cauldron's annual holiday fundraising album of wizard rock, is here! This album is currently being printed and will begin shipments in a week. We are only making 1,000 of these albums - historically they have gone very quickly so do not wait to get yours.Continued...
HP Alliance Launches Deathly Hallows Campaign: Fight the Starvation Wages Horcrux
Yesterday, at a two hour long LiveStream event, the Harry Potter Alliance officially launched The Deathly Hallows Campaign, which will span nine months and calls Harry Potter fans to help destroy seven real world horcruxes.
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Children's Charity Lumos Calls for 2011 Virgin London Marathon Runners
Lumos, the children's charity founded by J.K. Rowling, has put out a call for committed fundraisers who would like to take one of two Gold Bond places in the 2011 Virgin London Marathon. The charity passed along a press release about participation in the Marathon, which says:Continued...
Reminder: Jingle Spells 4 Submissions due TODAY!
Quick reminder to all of you wizard rockers: TODAY is the last day to get in an entry to our The Great Jingle Spells Contest - read the rules here, remember to send your file to jingles@leakynews.com and that it must be in WAV or AIFF format. We've gotten a bunch of amazing entries so far and can'tContinued...
Singing Our Song at Hogwarts: Potter Puppet Pals to Perform at LeakyCon
The Harry Potter Alliance's Five Year Anniversary Blow Out
Our wonderful friends at the Harry Potter Alliance are celebrating their five year anniversary with a party on 10/10/10 from 5pm to 9pm! The all ages event will be held at The Centre for Arts at the Armory in Somerville, MA and will include performances from Harry and the Potters, the WhompingContinued...
The Great Jingle Spells Contest
Every year, Leaky produces an album of wizard rock Christmas music, the profits of which benefit charity. We have raised more than $50,000 with this effort so far. This year is our fourth charity wizard rock compilation, Jingle Spells 4. And this year, we are opening things up a bit.
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Win a Set of Signed J.K. Rowling Books!
Hey everyone: a quick reminder that the books that J.K. Rowling donated to the HP Alliance's "Helping Haiti Heal" effort are back up for a drawing, and you can win them! This time the proceeds will benefit the scholarship foundation set up by the Association of Electrical Contractors for New York City, and KampContinued...