Leaky the First Fan Site to Win Webby Award

Well, guys, thank you! Because of you, Leaky has become the first fan site to win the Webby Award, considered the "Oscar of the 'Net." We took the People's Voice award in our Celebrity/Fan category; the official site for Prince took the judge's award. Other People's Voice winnersContinued...

Patronus 2006 Keynote Speaker Announced

Patronus 2006, the European Harry Potter Conference set for this summer, has announced their first keynote speaker. Steve Vander Ark , founder of our floo partner The Harry Potter Lexicon, will be addressing the conference which will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark July 7-9. Steve will also be part of a panelContinued...

Last Day for Webby Votes

Thanks to you all, the last time we checked, Leaky had an astounding 65 pecent of the vote going into the final days of the People's Voice Webby competition. However, there are now about 36 hours left to vote, and as such we have absolutely no idea what's going on, because the tracking stats have been turned off.Continued...

New Essays - Scribbulus Issue #3 Now Live, Plus Text-Only Page

Issue 3 of Scribbulus, Leaky's essay project, is now available, containing 12 new essays for your perusal. We also have a new text-only page for the essay section, as some of you have browser trouble or wish to print the pages for keeping. Enjoy!
In this issue, Clunycat "stoppersContinued...

Order of the Phoenix Countdown Now Desktop Item and Widget

As promised, our Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix countdown and news reader (seen at right) is now available for you in yet more convenient ways; now can get it as a widget, as a item on your desktop, or for your MySpace, Blog, or other Web site (except LiveJournal). Chris ChangContinued...

Galleries Update

Our galleries have been updated to include screengrab collections from all four films; some of you might recognize them from the popular Impervius site, which was unfortunately hacked recently. Mary Hamm, our image manager, has brought all that content in here for you all to enjoy - to the tune of some 26,000 images so far. AwesomeContinued...

Leaky on Your Phone: m.leakynews.com

While savvy TLC users know that our text-only page is compatible with most mobile phones, we've gone a step further and opened up LeakyMobile, your on-the-go Harry Potter resource at the very convenient-to-type m.leakynews.com. In this extremely scaled down Leaky page that fits just right on your phone youContinued...

J.K. Rowling on Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential Poll

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is included in a new poll being conducted by Time Magazine asking who are the most influential people for 2006. Each week they have been asking readers to vote on different categories; this week the category is "Artists & Entertainers." AlongContinued...

Reading Group Signup Re-opened

We had a technoquirk in our signups for the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone reading groups in LeakyLounge the other day, so now that everything's working the process is repoened again. If you wish to sign up, go here. As a reminder, if you're already in a group or if you were on a waiting list beforeContinued...

PotterCast #35 Ready for Download

PotterCast #35, the second part of our call-in show from this weekend, is now available for download! First, a reminder: Our impersonations contest is still going on, and at stake is $30 at The Cauldron Shop. For more, click here.

In this show:
-A quick news discussion with the PC trio precedes the call-in show,Continued...

Leaky Presents: Quizzes! And the HP IQ Test

Leaky is proud to present a new section: our Quizzes section, for all you HP quizmasters who love trying your hand at trivia and testing your personality in an HP-related way. This section will be expanded greatly upon in the near future: for now, we've got one, hard test for you to take. It scoresContinued...

Leaky Text Chat Open Tonight, Saturdays

Our text chat will be opening tonight from 9pm to 12am EST, just for some general chatting and fun; LeakyLounge staff and PotterCast regulars will be around, so make sure to come say hi and discuss some Potter! You must be a LeakyLounge member to take part; click here to register.
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Harry Potter Reading Groups Reopen Tomorrow Morning

Since they filled up so fast last time, we are re-opening sorting for our LeakyLounge Reading Groups tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. EST. (See the announcement here.) This will be to discuss Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone; if you signed up for the waiting list lastContinued...

Order of the Phoenix Countdown Clock and News Reader, for Leaky and You

Leaky Nominated for Webby Award; People's Choice Open Now

Today, Leaky is greatly, greatly honored to say that we've been nominated for a Webby Award, the most prestigious Web accolade, in the Best Celebrity/Fan Site category. To say we're excited is a ... well it's a bit of an understatement.
And this time, THIS time, we've rememberedContinued...