Emma Watson recently commented on her transition from playing Hermione Granger to playing Sam from The Perks of Being a Wallflower. She talked to Entertainment Weekly about meeting Stephen Chbosky (author, screen writer, and director of Perks) and being convinced to play the role: “At our initial meeting, he said, ˜Okay, not only is this …read more!

We are pleased to announce that next summer you can find LeakyCon in not one, but two wonderful cities! LeakyCon announced on Wednesday that they would be coming to Portland next summer. During today’s Leaving Feast our founder Melissa Anelli announced that – in association with Alohomora – there will also be a LeakyCon in …read more!

Today, August 11th, marks the date of Ginny Weasley’s birthday. Please join Leaky in wishing the youngest member of the Weasley clan a very happy birthday. Happy birthday, Ginny!

We have two new clips which will appear in the special features of the Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection. The first clip shows how the actors dealt with Chris Columbus leaving after directing the first two films, and how they got along with director Alfonso Cuaron during “Prisoner of Azkaban.” You can watch that clip here …read more!

Tom Felton is set to be a guest at this year’s New York Comic-Con, which runs from October 11th to October 14th: You love to hate him and you hate to love him. The actor responsible for the portrayal of the intolerant, bigoted Slytherin, Draco Malfoy, will be stopping by NYCC! You heard me, Tom …read more!

J.K. Rowling will be in attendance at a special event to launch her new novel, The Casual Vacancy, on September 27 at London’s Southbank Centre. Ms. Rowling will read a passage from the book before taking part in a conversation with journalist and author Mark Lawson and answering questions from the audience. A book signing …read more!

BBC News is reporting that J.K. Rowling will appear at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on October 6, 2012 to talk about her first adult novel, The Casual Vacancy, and sign copies of the book afterward. The talk with Ms. Rowling will be moderated by documentary film-maker James Runcie. She will sign copies of The Casual …read more!

The Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection site has released another sneak peak at the special features of the collection (for a full list of what’s to be included look here), and this time the focus is on our favorite half-giant, Hagrid. This video takes a look at the effect of making Hagrid look “too big to …read more!

The Pottermore Insider has announced that the Harry Potter eBooks are now available to purchase in Japanese. The Japanese editions of the Harry Potter eBooks are published in EPUB3 format and can be read on any EPUB3 device or reading service, with Japanese font enabled. Pottermore.com does not currently have Japanese enabled as one of …read more!

Foreign publishers will not receive a copy of the manuscript for The Casual Vacancy until the book is published in English on September 27th. France and Germany have received advanced copies but countries viewed at a high risk for piracy, including Finland, Italy and Slovenia, have not, meaning they will have to rush the translation, …read more!