No matter which religion you do or do not practice, we at Leaky wish to offer our condolences to those mourning the loss of Pope John Paul II, a religious and world leader who advocated unity, peace and love, things of which no Harry Potter fan is ignorant. In 2003, he also advocated Harry Potter, …read more!

The newest issue of the official WB Harry Potter website newsletter is being mailed out, and it includes a few items of interest. A new trailer from EA , the makers of the Harry Potter videogames, may be soon available. No further details such as when this trailer would be released were included, however the …read more!

Phew. We had to call in the Bloody Baron to get Peeves out of here, especially in the forum, where the mods are still busy cleaning up Peeves’ mess. We hope you all had fun on April Fool’s Day 2005, the craziest day in HP fandom. We had a blast…and so did Peeves, who liked …read more!

Bet you didn’t know!

*cackle* There woz this ere dingy ol’ Leaky Wot really was looking quite peaky So Peeves came along And sang a wee song And din’ even haff to be sneaky!

The raffle for the signed Goblet of Fire has been temporarily postponed because details are taking a little longer to work out than is preferable, and the organization wants to be sure it’s done right. Tickets were due to go on sale today; check here for more details in the future.

April First on JKRowling.com brings Happy Birthday wishes to Fred and George Weasley, as she’s previously announced on her site. Cheers! The countdown calendar on Bloomsbury.com wishes the twins a Happy Birthday as well. There is also a new Wizard of the Month on JKRowling.com that you can see for now on the text only …read more!

According to BBC News, David Tennant, who plays Barty Crouch Jr. in GoF, is rumoured to be the most likely candidate to play the Doctor after Christopher Eccleston announced he is leaving the show. Also

Two bits of news tonight relating to Bloomsbury, the UK publishers of the Harry Potter books. First, on the Harry Potter section of Bloomsbury.com, some fun and interesting facts and figures about the Potter books have now been posted. If all Harry Potter books ever sold were placed end to end, they would go around …read more!

We’ve got the hi-res HBP new artwork for you, which should take the guess-work out of just what or who (or maybe what AND who?) is in the new portion. And that’s all we’re saying about that until you see it for yourself! Again, if we are to keep these images unwatermarked we ask that …read more!