J.K. Rowling has just tweeted that her alter ego, Robert Galbraith, has finished the fifth Cormoran Strike novel.  In December, at the Hope Awards Gala in NY, she said, “I’m currently just a few pages away from completing J.K.’s thirteenth and Robert’s fifth novel, and if I hadn’t come to New York to accept this …read more!

The House of MinaLima released two new prints in honor of Miraphora Mina’s birthday today: a print of Arthur Weasley’s broom and a print of the Triwizard Tournament Golden Egg! Miraphora Mina is one half of the creative design team behind the wizarding world signs, posters, Daily Prophet spreads, Quibbler papers–and more!–featured in the Harry …read more!

Leaky previously shared the news that the theme of this year’s Harry Potter Book Night will be the Triwizard Tournament from the fourth book in the series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.  The sixth annual Harry Potter Book Night will be held on February 6, 2020.  According to Bloomsbury, the purpose of Harry …read more!

It’s no secret that Harry Potter fans love to celebrate their house pride–and now they can do so while attending Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway! For four consecutive weeks beginning in mid-February, the Lyric Theatre will host showings that honor the four houses instantly popularized by J.K. Rowling’s epic book series: Gryffindor, …read more!

In celebration of its 125th anniversary, the New York Public Library has released the list of its top 10 most checked-out books of all time.  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone comes in at #9 with 231,022 check-outs since its U.S. publication in 1998.  Given the worldwide record-breaking popularity of the Harry Potter series, prima …read more!

More Wizarding World gold for Harry Potter and Fantastic Beast cast and creative this week. On the heels of their Golden Globe wins, many familiar names from on screen and stage and behind the scenes of the Wizarding World franchise are involved with this year’s Oscar nominated films. Also this week, Leaky had the magical …read more!

Remember when Pottermore couldn’t post anything related to the films until they struck a deal with Warner Bros., and then it was still so complicated that they ended up ditching Pottermore and creating a new website, Wizarding World?  Remember the distinction between unofficial and official Harry Potter products, such as the Unofficial Harry Potter Knits …read more!

BroadwayCon, a New York City based convention brought to you by the same team behind LeakyCon, will host a Harry Potter and the Cursed Child spotlight panel with the actors currently on Broadway at the event next weekend! The panel, which will begin at 10am on Saturday January 25th 2020 on the BroadwayCon MainStage, will feature Diane Davis …read more!

The first official Harry Potter knitting book, Harry Potter: Knitting Magic will be released on January 28.  You can pre-order it here, and enter to win a copy, plus yarn for the Umbridge Cat Scarf, here.  Thanks to publisher Insight Editions, Leaky was able to chat with author Tanis Gray about Weasley jumpers, Dumbledore’s famous love …read more!

The Academy Award nominees were announced this week, and there are plenty of awards on the line for productions featuring the talent of Wizarding World cast and creative! Relevant productions to Wizarding World fans taking centre stage were Little Women, 1917 and Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood, followed by Marriage Story and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, with a few …read more!