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Stroll Through the Haunted Pumpkin Patch on the Leaky Lounge

Sat Oct 31 10:32:00 -0400 2009

The ghosts and ghouls of Halloween are out and about over on our Leaky Lounge forum which is now celebrating this holiday with fun and games at the Haunted Pumpkin Patch. Join in with your fellow Lounge members and your favorite Harry Potter characters for this spooky event of Halloween fun. Check out the special forum on our Leaky Lounge and take part in Harry Potter Halloween discussions, s...

Winners of Albus Severus Meets Peeves Contest Announced

Sat Oct 10 00:58:00 -0400 2009

Last month, our Contest Crew brought you the Albus Severus Meets Peeves Contest which asked you to create an original 500-word or less story about the young Albus Severus Potter meeting Peeves, the Hogwarts poltergeist, for the first time. After receiving many splendid entries, the winner of this contest has now been chosen. The winners are:

First Place: KatetheKeeper

Second Pla

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New Books for Harry Potter Book Club, Jo's Book Nook

Sun Oct 04 23:53:00 -0400 2009

Both of our Leaky Lounge based Book Clubs have opened up readings for the month of October. First, our Harry Potter Book Club is tackling the stories in The Tales of Beedle the Bard. These five stories will be examined individually and as a whole as those who join in this reading go through these tales together. Our non-Harry Potter Book Club, Jo's Book Nook, has before it the novel Northang...

TLC's Harry Potter Crafts Presents: First Featured Crafter of the Month

Thu Oct 01 12:36:00 -0400 2009

Leaky's Crafty Witches and Wizards have a new feature to bring you today, their Featured Harry Potter Crafter of the Month. Potter crafter Droxy is the first recipient of this title, for her many and varied contributions to the Harry Potter corner of the crafting world. Her work, which can be seen right here, ranges from spectacularly detailed Snape, Ollivander, and Bellatrix costumes to high...

Talk Nicholas Flamel in Jo's Book Nook

Sat Sep 05 19:17:00 -0400 2009

Jo's Book Nook, our very own non-Harry Potter book club housed on the Leaky Lounge, has opened a new reading for the month of September. This time around, the Nook will be reading and discussing the first three novels in The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by author Michael Scott: The Alchemyst, The Magician, and The Sorceress. These three thought-provoking and intriguing novel...

Read "The Return of the King" in Jo's Book Nook

Sat Aug 01 21:58:00 -0400 2009

The reading of the third book in author J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Ring series has now begun over in Jo's Book Nook, Leaky's non-Harry Potter book club. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the final installment in the classic fantasy novel series by Mr. Tolkien, and takes readers through the final legs of a long and harrowing journey in a lush fantasy world. Join in with ...

Fight Back with the DA in Lily and Stag Inn Event

Fri Jul 31 11:03:00 -0400 2009

The Lily and Stag Inn, home of our Harry Potter Reading Groups, requires the assistance of a few good DA members this weekend, for the Inn has come under the control of one Dolores Jane Umbridge. According to a new proclamation issued by the High Inquisitor, groups of all kinds are to be disbanded. Therefore, Members of the Lily and Stag Inn are rallying together in their Reading Group Forum ...

Two New Selections for Leaky's Book Clubs

Sun Jul 05 09:27:00 -0400 2009

Our two book clubs are ready to start out the month of July with two new selections for you to read and discuss with your fellow Lounge members. First, the Jane Austen classic Emma is the next selection in our own non-Harry Potter book club: Jo's Book Nook. With discussion open to all registered Lounge members, this book club delves into a classic novel, dissecting its characters and story, w...

July Half-Blood Prince Film Craft Along

Fri Jul 03 19:31:00 -0400 2009

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 instruction videos ...

Lily and Stag Reading Group Live UStream Chat Today

Sat Jun 27 18:31:00 -0400 2009

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 fifth Har...

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

Sat Jun 20 08:21:00 -0400 2009

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 can gathe...

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

Sat Jun 06 12:00:00 -0400 2009

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 delay in join...

Leaky Lounge Book Club Reading Updates

Sun May 03 15:04:00 -0400 2009

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 Copperfie...

Join the "Fellowship" in Jo's Book Nook

Sat Apr 04 15:15:00 -0400 2009

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 lush and laye...

Freaky Friday Fun in the Lily and Stag Inn

Fri Mar 13 00:27:00 -0400 2009

The Lily and Stag Inn on the Leaky Lounge, which house our Harry Potter Reading Groups, is hosting a fun and communal event for Inn members to mark Friday the 13th. This weekend, Reading Group members will have access to all the rooms in the Lily and Stag Inn for fun discussions and much more. Inn members can stop into other rooms to see what fun things the other groups have going on. To joi...