July Half-Blood Prince Film Craft Along

With the release of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince less than two weeks away, our Crafty Witches have a Craft Along Project to get you in the mood for the release of the sixth Potter film.  The July Craft Along asks you to get your crafting supplies of choice at the ready, and create some original T-Shirts to celebrate the film's release. A number of tutorials and instructioContinued...

Celebrate the Chamber of Chat's Fourth Anniversary

The Chamber of Chat, our interactive 3D Harry Potter chat, today celebrates its fourth birthday here on TLC.  To mark this occasion, the Chat is hosting a celebration filled with fun games and activities for all.  Starting today at 2 p.m. EST, the celebration will take place right here and run through 9 p.m. this evening.  An abundance of games, trivia matches, Pictionary rounds, treasContinued...

Lily and Stag Reading Group Live UStream Chat Today

This afternoon, our wonderful Lily and Stag Inn Reading Group Organizers will be hosting a live UStream chat featuring discussion of a number of topics from the first three chapters of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.  Kicking off at 4 p.m. Eastern this afternoon on the PotterCast UStream Channel, this event will bring together all those who wish to discuss this parts of the Continued...

From the Leaky Lounge: Reading Groups for OotP Start Today, Icon Contest Underway

The Leaky Lounge is our forum where you can join in and talk to Harry Potter fans all around the world. A site of continual activities relating to Harry Potter, we have a few updates today.

First, the Lily & Stag Inn Reading Groups, will begin sorting today at 9am Eastern as they prepare to read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. These groups are small private groups where you Continued...

Anniversary Edition of the Quibbler

We are celebrating an anniversary here at TLC, the one year anniversary of The Quibbler. A lighthearted humorous look at all thing Harry Potter, the June edition of our interactive online magazine is now available. As summer is here and students are home from Hogwarts, travel themed stories abound this month. This issue is packed with advice on Wizarding holidays and adventures, whetheContinued...

TLC's Harry Potter Crafts Celebrates its Third Birthday

Happy Birthday wishes go out today to our very own Harry Potter Crafts section, which is today celebrating its third year here on TLC.  Our HP Crafts section, which can be accessed right here, contains projects and plans for crafts across most every medium imaginable.  Selections abound in our crochet, jewelry, and knitting sections, as well as in the Woodwork, Needlework, Quilting, FaContinued...

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Reading in Jo's Book Nook

Jo's Book Nook has opened up the reading of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers over in the Leaky Lounge.  The reading of this J. R. R. Tolkien classic fantasy novel is open to all registered members of the Lounge who wish to take part in a communal reading of a non-Harry Potter book, focusing on the characters, plot, and message of a particular book.  All are welcome, so do not delaContinued...

Recent Down Time

Hey all: Quick admin notice that we're aware that some of our sites (including PotterCast.com and large parts of MyLeaky) are undergoing some shortages. Thank you for your patience as we get this ironed out. We are waiting for drives to be added to our servers and it is making a fix take longer than it usually does. Hang tight and we'll be running swiftly as usual in no time!

Winners of April Enchanted Egg Craft-Along Announced

Last month, our Crafty Witches brought you their April Craft-Along Contest which asked you to create a Harry Potter themed egg out of the crafting material of your choice.  After receiving many wonderful and creative entries, the winners of the Enchanted Eggs Contest are ready to be announced.  They are:

• 1st Place - Death Eater Egg by mieljolie
• 2nd Place - Quidditch Stadium Egg by l

Leaky Lounge Book Club Reading Updates

Two of our Book Clubs hosted over on the Leaky Lounge forums have opened up readings of two new books starting today.  First up, our Harry Potter Book Club has now started their reading of the forth novel in author J. K. Rowling's series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.  Secondly, Jo's Book Nook, home of our Non-Harry Potter book club, has chosen the Charles Dickens classic David Continued...

May Issue of "The Quibbler" Now Online

For the month of May, the newest edition of The Quibbler, which contains "all the news you won't find anywhere else," takes a slightly different tone and honors those in the Harry Potter story that have fallen.  This issue takes you behind the veil as we come upon the eleventh anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts where so many brave souls perished.  In this issue, we take you through Continued...

Live HPA Alliance Meeting Tonight with Evanna Lynch and More

Attention members of Dumbledore's Army: The Harry Potter Alliance will be holding a live meeting on Ustream tonight at 8pm ET to celebrate the astonishing success of the recent Accio Book drive. Joining the call will be Winning Head of House, Ravenclaw's own Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films). No matter the results of the HPA House competition, tonight will be a celContinued...

April Enchanted Egg Craft-Along

Our most creative Crafty Witches have launched their newest and timely Craft Along Contest for the month of April.  The Enchanted Eggs Contest asks you to make a Harry Potter themed egg out of the material of your choice.  With all of our Craft-Alongs, creativity rules the day.  Those interested can make their egg out of any material they desire, as long as their completed work is in tContinued...

Join the "Fellowship" in Jo's Book Nook

Jo's Book Nook, the home of our non-Harry Potter Book Club, has now opened the communal reading of the first novel in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring.  Located in our Leaky Lounge forum, Jo's Book Nook offers all registered Lounge members the opportunity to join in with their fellow Book Clubbers to discuss the many details of this most lushContinued...

Hem, Hem! April Edition of The Quibbler Online

The Quibbler has been taken over!  Leaky's information publication giving you "all the news you won't find anywhere else," is now set to give you "all the news you need to know" with its new Editor-In-Chief: Dolores Jane Umbridge.  A new look, design, and editorial voice await you in our new "no-nonsense" issue for the month of April.  In this orderly and proper issue, Dolores sets forContinued...