TLC is proud to present our interview with Edmund Kern, author of The Wisdom of Harry Potter: What our favorite hero teaches us about moral choices. Edmund Kern is n Associate Professor of History at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. He’s also one of the critical Harry Potter thinkers that got Ben Mcintyre of the …read more!

The Official WB Harry Potter website now has a trailer up for the Prisoner of Azkaban DVD. Shown are new glimpses of the features and games to be included on the DVD including an updated Hogwarts Timeline, as well as scenes from the making of the movie. There is also a brief clip of JKR …read more!

TLC reader Stacey wrote of news of possible filming locations for scenes from the Quidditch World Cup in the Goblet of Fire film. According to her newspaper, the scenes would be filmed near St. Bede’s School in Eastbourne, near the seafront. Filming is scheduled to start in the autumn for one week. Please Note: This …read more!

CBBC is running a contest for a Newsround viewer to win a chance to cover the JKR Edinburgh Festival. All you have to do is submit a question you’d ask JKR by tomorrow, and be available this Saturday and Sunday to be in Edinburgh. Only 500 tickets were given out for this reading. The reading …read more!

We’re having issues with your comments not appearing. We’re aware of the problem and we’re working to resolve it, as well as to get Leaky moved over to the new server. We’ll have the everything up and running again as soon as we can (trust us, it’s as frustrating for us as it is for …read more!

According to the calendar on Jo Rowling’s site, today (yes, today – it’s August 11th in Ottery St. Catchpole) is Ginny Weasley’s birthday. Thanks to all the Leaky readers who emailed, particularly Bonnie and Christine!

The Noble Collection, known for their beautiful jewelry and sword replicas, has now launched a Harry Potter collection. One item of interest is Hermione’s Time Turner. Please Note: This is the same Time Turner as some of the winners to Leaky’s PoA sweepstakes will receive. We need one ourselves, as we are not yet done …read more!

Since we crashed, Mugglenet has posted a few GoF filming reports -check them out! Tracy has also sent us hers, which details the scene she saw filmed to the best of her ability. It’s a great reconstruction and we thank her for it – read below! Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire filiming: Ashridge …read more!

If you’re on the beach today, keep an eye on the sky: among the many ways in which Scholastic is pumping today’s release of the OotP paperback in America is via airplane… so look up now and then! They will fly over Cape Cod, Long Island, Lake Michigan, the New Jersey Shore and Los Angeles …read more!

We’re back up and running for the moment but that may not last, so hang tight for this week, guys. We are in the process of moving over to our new server, and will let you know how that’s going soon. Fingers crossed that it was just one last crash for old times’ sake! Update: …read more!