Update: New image from Amazon that shows the physical book below.Little, Brown Book Group has released the cover art for J.K. Rowling’s adult novel, The Casual Vacancy. You can view the cover art below or here. The company also provided more detail of the “audio reader and confirmed page extent”: ISBN 9781408704202 (hardback) price £20.00 …read more!

Potted Potter, the off-Broadway Harry Potter parody show, has extended its run at the Little Shubert Theatre until September 2, 2012, according to Broadway.com. The show opened on June 3 and was originally scheduled to finish on August 12. Tickets can be purchased at this link. In Potted Potter, Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner perform …read more!

UPDATE: Tuesday 03 July Chamber of Secrets update:This week, we’re finalising artwork for Chapter Eight, The Deathday Party. Pottermore Insider sent out a news alert with an update on the progress of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The post reads: Over the past few weeks on the Site Updates section of the Pottermore …read more!

The first pictures of Alan Rickman in the film CBGB have surfaced. The movie is currently in production in Savannah, Georgia. The pictures were taken on the set of the movie, and show Alan Rickman sporting a red, curly wig.In the film, Rickman portrays CBGB founder, Hilly Kristal.You can see the pictures here or below.

« Back to Contests 2012 Two-Part Riddles Contest Welcome to the 2012 edition of the two-part riddles contest! It is year 5 and the big change this year is the time when riddles will be posted (11am EDT instead of 9am EDT). We also upped the word limit for riddles to 80 instead of 75. …read more!

Actor Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) will make his West End debut in the play, Our Boys, according to Playbill.com. The play tells the story of the tribulations, tedium and terror that young soldiers face when recovering from injuries incurred in the line of duty. Our Boy begins performances on September 26 at the Duchess Theatre …read more!

Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson are taking part in a video clip that will be played at the end of the Olympic games. The video will be five minutes long, and played at venues as spectators leave. The video contains messages from different stars. Brent&Kilburn Times reports: Watson, who played Hermione in the Harry Potter …read more!

Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick) has joined a Bollywood cast for a film called Chingari. The film is to be produced and directed by Shrey Shrivastav, who confirmed that Davis would be playing “a journalist from an international channel, who is doing a documentary on Bihar police”, as well as have a cameo in the film. …read more!

Today marks the birthday of Dobby, a very brave house-elf and dedicated friend of Harry Potter. Join Leaky in wishing a happy birthday to this sock loving elf.Warner Bros. is celebrating Dobby’s birthday with a sale on their site. The sale ends on July 3rd and features savings up to 20% off.

J.K. Rowling made an appearance in the Royal Box during Tuesday’s Wimbledon match between Andy Murray and Nikolay Davydenko. Images of the author watching the tennis tournament can be found in the Leaky galleries.