"LeakyMug Live" Officially Set for July 29
We're happy to announce that our next "LeakyMug Live" podcast is officially set for July 29 at a tentative 6:30 p.m. start time, at the JW Marriott in Las Vegas, Nevada. Attendees who are registered for Lumos 2006 will be given seating preference at the event.
Registration is very close toContinued...
Admin Notice: Galleries Down Until Late Tonight/Early Tomorrow
Just a quick note: Our Gallery will be undergoing some construction tonight, so that we can add some features, take away others, and fix some bugs. Thanks for your patience.
And Mac users: we're on fixing what's wrong with the site for you (our programmers are -blech- WindowsContinued...
Goldenberg and More to Discuss Adapting Harry Potter
On April 11, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix screenwriter Michael Goldenberg, Salon.com critic Stephanie Zacharek, and Monica Edinger, teacher from the Dalton School who has authored of a number of books and articles on children's literature, will take part in "HarryContinued...
Leaky Wins Yahoo! Search Find of the Year People's Choice Award
Thanks to you all, Leaky has been voted People's Choice in the Yahoo! Search Finds of the Year Awards 2005.
The news has now hit the AP (apparently NASA's site was also up for the award), and BBC (and now we feel guilty for winning over the school site! Hey, all right, here'sContinued...
THE NEW LEAKY
WELCOME to the new and very much improved Leaky Cauldron!
We have been absolutely dying to get this version released and out to you (yes, this is the project code named Fiddy Five). We don't even know where to start telling you what's new about it - but we think there are several things you're going to notice right away.Continued...
Leaky Shortlisted for Yahoo! UK Entertainment Find of the Year
Well, it only took us two weeks to remember to tell you and there are only five days left to vote, but at least we're in under the deadline: Leaky is very thrilled and honored to have been chosen by a panel of judges as one of the finalists in the Yahoo! UK and Ireland 2005 FindsContinued...
HP News Widget Now Available for Windows; Floo Search Widget Now Available, Period!
Chris Chang has been up to it again: you can now have a Harry Potter News Widget on your Windows or Mac machine (please note you will need the latest version of Konfabulator/Yahoo Widget software, whether on Mac or Windows. The Dashboard version is still availableContinued...
Ask Arthur Levine Your Questions
As mentioned on a previous PotterCast, on Jan. 12 TLC will interview Arthur Levine, co-editor of the Harry Potter books and publisher of the Scholastic (American) edition, and we just can't wait. Part of the interview will consist of fan questions, so if you have one, call (in the U.S.) 1.702.42.LEAKY (1.702.425.3259)Continued...
Get A Clue Donation Update
Many of you have asked how to donate to "Get a Clue," our annual charity drive benfitting Book Aid International, without buying a shirt; please do so using this button, which will go on top of our page for a week. Thank you!
Potter Fan Sites in the News
Many readers have emailed us to let us know about a nice mention of The Leaky Cauldron and other Harry Potter fansites included in this article in Entertainment Weekly. Also, The Orlando Sentinel has an A to Z listing of all things Harry Potter. This editor admits she enjoyed the entry for letter 'L' veryContinued...
A Report Direct from the Scene of the Podcast...
Greetings from NYC! MuggleNet and The Leaky Cauldron have successfully entered both the Ziegfeld Theatre for the US Premiere of Goblet of Fire and the Barnes & Noble Union Square in preparation of tonight's live podcast! We plan on updating this newspost as the night goes on, but already weContinued...
TLC Hosts Goblet of Fire IMAX Showings in Select Cities
We're happy to announce that TLC will once again play host to IMAX events to coincide with the release of the newest HarryPotter film. We'll be presenting events in select cities, featuring hosts from TLC as well as some of your favorite sites, including Fiction Alley, DanRadcliffe.comContinued...
Welcome, Heather!
Hey everybody!
John here - making my inaugural news post here to give an exciting announcement! We've been expanding Leaky's staff lately, and that means more editors, more helpers and...an assistant for me!
So, it is time to reveal the new mystery staffer mentioned on the latest PotterCast. Many of you know her as MakaniContinued...
Vote for Leaky on the TriWizard Tournament
TLC is taking part in this year's WB-sponsored TriWizard Tournament, run on Dissendium.com. Over the past six months fans have been voting on which webmasters of which sites will be elected as one of three "School Captains." Leaky came in the top 10. Now you vote to put us in the top threeContinued...
Julie Comes to Leaky!
As those of you who were around here an eon ago remember, we not-so-recently put out a call for editors. We're very proud to announce our first new editor from that bunch, Julie Tynion, who was just too sweet, too persistent, too knowledgeable, and too enthusiastic for us to turn away. We hope you'll join us in welcomingContinued...