Barnes and Noble Opens HBP Discussion Forum, Led by TLC Staff
Barnes & Noble.com has announced that it will be opening up, for the first time, free online Harry Potter Reading Groups, and we're proud to announce that Leaky staff will be helping to moderate the discussions.
The exhaustive forum will be moderated by staff from the main TLCContinued...
Bloomsbury Announces Edinburgh Castle Details
Some more details today from Bloomsbury regarding the big Edinburgh release party:
- The cub reporters will arrive at the Esplanade outside Edinburgh Castle by horse-drawn carriage.
- About 2,000 Edinburgh school children and their parents will be seated in the Esplanade outside Edinburgh Castle to cheerContinued...
Polls - Ask Jo, Daily Lounge Polls and Romance
Many of you have reported a not-found error when accessing our "Ask Jo" poll; it should be right here; be sure to look at the right side of your page! A lot of you are also asking why you can't vote more than once here: we restrict by IP, which changes often if you're an AOL user butContinued...
"Ask Jo" Contest Polls Open!
All right! Sorry for the delay guys, it's a busy time both here and on MuggleNet - but we are finally ready to present you with the top 10 questions chosen from our "Ask Jo" contest. Vote here!
At the Leaky Lounge we had more than 1,500 posts and 4,100 questions submitted before deadline. I read every singleContinued...
ADMIN: Poll feature returns
Hi all: we've reimplemented our poll feature on the main page, to prepare for Friday's posting of the top 10 questions chosen in our "Ask Jo" contest. In the meantime, do some Snape speculating on the right, there.
Leaky Beta: Chamber of Chat, TLC's First Game!
Presenting Leaky's first-ever game, a current work in progress we like to call Chamber of Chat!
This is also our first ever chat. When the folks at ISO Interactive came to us with this chat game, we had so much fun with it, we knew you would too, even though it's not the type of fare Leaky usuallyContinued...
The 'Ask Jo' TLC/MuggleNet Contest: Ask Jo a Question!
As most of you are aware, on July 16, Emerson of MuggleNet and I will be in Scotland, interviewing Jo Rowling to celebrate the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. With less than 40 days to go, it's time we get down to business!
We know you're all dying to get a question asked.Continued...
ADMIN: Editors Update
We're getting more and more e-mails on this, so hopefully this will put some speculation to rest: We did not yet announce the results of our editor search - we had planned to have done so by now but a certain lady whose name we won't mention (but whose initials are JKR :), has made life around these parts even moreContinued...
ADMIN: Serverus and Storgé, Working Together
As you can probably tell, our second server has been installed and is working: Storgé has officially joined forces with Serverus to bring Leaky to you faster and better than ever before.
To clarify: Storgé is the name of our second server, that runs our forums. Serverus runs everythingContinued...
The FSA Revisited, the Call from Jo, the Past 10 Days
All right. Here's where I do what needed to be done in the Fan Site Award post, but sometimes emotions are simply too much:
Thank you. Not only to Jo (we'll get to you later, my dear), but to all of you who come here every day and have fun with us. We can't express how much fun itContinued...
Last Call for Leaky Editor Submissions
Your submissions have been in the hundreds and they're all amazing, but we have to stop them from coming into our inboxes eventually: If you want to apply to be a Leaky editor, do so by tomorrow, Tuesday, May 3, by 5pm Eastern (10pm Greenwich, etc.) time. For more info, see our original posting here. NoContinued...
Happy Birthday BK!
Everyone join us in wishing a very happy birthday to our technoguru, BK! We know it'll be a great one.
Job Openings: TLC Seeks Editors
Have you ever wanted to work for TLC? Now's the time! Leaky is looking to expand its news-posting team. In this period of movie and book releases, all our editors are working on so much around the Floo Network that we're running a bit thin, and we've decided it's time to find some more enthusiasticContinued...
Extra! TLC Editor Gives Birth to Healthy Baby Girl
Everyone, we're so happy to announce that editor Heidi's third baby and first little girl was born today at 2:42 p.m. - mom, dad and baby are all doing well. Welcome, Catherine Sabrina Tandy, and congrats Heidi from everyone here at TLC!
See the new one right here, in her first shot withContinued...
New issue of Movie Magic focuses on HP Books, Movies, Fandom
The Spring 2005 issue of Movie Magic Magazine has just hit newsstands with about 40 pages of stories on Harry Potter, with a focus on Book Six, Movie Four and various fandom projects as well (thanks to Jenna at DanRadcliffe.com for the Table of Contents scan). The issue includes my follow-upContinued...