Reading Group Signups Reopened on the Lounge

Signups for the next reading group at the Leaky Lounge are going on right now; this time the groups will be discussing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkban. There is a limit on signups so be sure to get sorted if you want in - check them out here!

Fan Meeting with J.K. Rowling at Radio City Music Hall

The story of two lucky fans from California who meet J.K. Rowling at Radio City Music Hall last week has been published in the EdhTelegraph. The article, which includes a new photo of Jo getting out of her limo, details their encounter, which also included getting an autograph from our favoriteContinued...

Phoenix Rising Announces Keynote Speakers; Event Tickets Now Available

Phoenix Rising, the Harry Potter Conference set next year in New Orleans, has now announced their guests of honor and keynote speakers. Among those speakers will be our own Melissa Anelli, who will be part of a special panel on Transformation: From Fan to Fandom, which also includesContinued...

Issue Six of Scribbulus Now Online

Issue Six of Scribbulus, our essay project, is now online for your perusal. In this issue are ten essays ranging from topics such as "Money, Money, Money," to "Keep Your Mouth Shut and Your Mind Open," to "Seven DADA Teachers=Seven Missing Lords?". Our own Doris Herrmann also hasContinued...

Leaky and MuggleNet to Face Off in Trivia Battle at Podcast; More Vegas and Podcast Updates

The rumors are true: the PotterCast team from Leaky and the MuggleCast team from MuggleNet will face off in the ultimate Harry Potter trivia battle at the end of the LeakyMug podcast on Saturday. It will be hosted and moderated by the Harry Potter LexiconContinued...

Welcome, Emily and Susan, New Scribbulus Organizers

As you heard on this week's PotterCast, we're proud (and late, but still proud) to welcome Emily Bytheway and Susan Faust to Leaky as the new organizers of Scribbulus, our essay section. These two have been writing essays - mostly on Harry Potter - for years and having them here to guideContinued...

Scholastic Harry Potter Experts Podcasts Coming Wednesday

Scholastic has now updated their website to offer subscriptions to the Harry Potter Experts Tour Podcast. These podcasts are part of the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in paperback on Tuesday, and feature our own Melissa Anelli, Emerson Spartz from MuggleNet, and CherylContinued...

USA Today Talks HBP Paperback, Book Seven

USA Today has a new article about the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in paperback, which comes out tomorrow. In addition to the anticipation by booksellers of brisk sales of the book ("It is going to be crazy," says one seller), the paper also mentions the Scholastic sponsoredContinued...

Leaky and PotterCast Announce New Fan-Fiction Contest

As PotterCast is making our way out to Lumos and Las Vegas, we at TLC thought we would kick off the fun by joining Harry Potter in Sin City...well, sorta. TLC is proud to announce our first Fan-Fiction Contest where you, the always creative reader, writes a story about Harry and Co. in LasContinued...

The All-New Chamber of Chat

Chamber of Chat, Leaky's graphic chat experience (MMRPG, as some call it), has been given a complete overhaul; check it out at this link; besides the new design, there's a news and announcements system as well as downloadable wallpapers for your computer. The system has been moved to its own dedicated server,Continued...

Matt Lewis Returns to PotterCast (and you get to talk to him, too)

PotterCast will soon welcome back its guest of a year ago, Matt Lewis (aka Neville Longbottom), for a long chat about the changes of the past year, Order of the Phoenix and more; and we want you to talk to him too.
We'll be talking to Matt this Tuesday, and want to open the linesContinued...

Vegas Day in the Leaky Lounge!

Today is the July meet-and-greet at our forum, Leaky Lounge, and in honor of all the Las Vegas activities happening later this month, it's themed Viva Las Vegas.
The festivities start at 9 a.m. EST, when the Shrieking Shack opens up with arcade/casino games. There will be Wizard Hold'em Poker ( a scavengerContinued...

Leaky and PotterCast Present: Chamber of Secrets Fan Commentary

Leaky and PotterCast present the second fan DVD commentary track! This time, the PotterCast trio meets Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, where Dobby is very freeeee.
First things first, some housekeeping:

-Time is running out to vote for PotterCast in the Podcast Awards; nominationsContinued...

M. Night Shyamalan: "I would be the greatest protector" of Rowling's work

Director M. Night Shyamalan would treat J.K. Rowling's source material as "sacred," he told PotterCast earlier today.
"I would be the greatest protector of an author's stuff," he said when asked how much liberty he'd take with Harry Potter plotContinued...

Fan Made Video of Kreacher

We have been getting many emails about this fan made video making the rounds on youtube, showing what is supposed to be Kreacher from OotP. This video, which is neither official nor from OotP, was made a few years ago by an artist named Julian Johnson-Mortimer who said he made this on his own.

Christa: Do you have a favoriteContinued...