Harry Potter News

Evanesco! “Feasts & Festivities” contest from Insight Editions vanishes in 10 days

Mar 12, 2022

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Contests, Fun, Fun - Contests, News, Products

If you pre-order the Harry Potter: Feasts & Festivities party-planning guide from Insight Editions or from your favourite retailer before March 22 and register your purchase, you will be entered to win an upgrade to the Deluxe Gift Set. Remember to use code FEASTS to save 25% on your order. If you are placing your …read more!

First peek at nature documentary on magical creatures

Feb 24, 2022

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Fantastic Beasts, Fry

Whether or not you grew up watching Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, you probably have a soft spot for nature documentaries. Most people find their heavily edited and anthropomorphised glimpses of mammal behaviour endearing, and marvel at the amazing abilities of the most exotic sea creatures. I do not remember ever seeing an Erumpent on …read more!

More ‘Knitting Magic” from Insight Editions

Feb 20, 2022

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Book Reviews, Books, Fun – Crafts, News, Review

I love this book! When the first official Wizarding World knitting book, Harry Potter: Knitting Magic, was published in 2020, the patterns were so apt, adorable, creative, and impressive that I did not think it could be outdone. But author Tanis Gray, whom Leaky interviewed to hear about her inspiration for the first Knitting Magic …read more!

It’s “Always” a good time to send this Patronus card

Feb 14, 2022

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

News

Yeah, yeah, it’s become a bit of a cheesy Harry Potter cliche to borrow Snape’s “Always” line to express one’s undying love and devotion to someone. But so what! We will always love it and it will never stop tugging at our heartstrings no matter how many times we hear it. So, today is Valentine’s …read more!

Magic awakens in new RPG game from Warner Bros.

Feb 11, 2022

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Fun - Video Games, Games, News, Products, Video Games

Let’s hope the magic wasn’t sleeping like a dragon — remember the Hogwarts motto: A tweet from Warner Bros. delivered the news this morning that a new game, Magic Awakened, is coming from Portkey Games. This should be particularly welcome news for everyone who played the recently-defunct Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and who is hankering …read more!

Magical meditations for midwinter inspiration

Jan 27, 2022

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Education, Films, Fun, Movies, News, Products

Do you suffer from post-holiday blues? Living in the Northern Hemisphere, it has always seemed to me that we need some holiday cheer towards the middle and end of winter, not yet at the very beginning when the winter holidays occur. Of course, there are reasons why the holidays cluster when they do, such as …read more!

20th anniversary preview images are magically nostalgic

Dec 29, 2021

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

19 Years Later, Actor Interviews, Alfonso Cuaron, Columbus, Directors, Events, Film Images, Filmmaker Interviews, Films, HP Cast, HPPS/SS Film, Info, Media, Movies, Newell, News, Props-Sets, Television Programmes, Trailers, Videos, Warner Bros., Yates

If you are awaiting the special program commemorating the 20th anniversary of the release of the first Harry Potter film that will air on HBO Max on 1 January 2022 as eagerly as we are, then you have probably already seen the preview images and clips floating around the ether. There have been so many …read more!

“Puzzles & Spells” to host “Fantastic Feasts” in-game holiday event

Dec 10, 2021

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Fun, Fun - Games, Fun - Video Games, Games, News, Video Games

The holidays should be festive and food-filled in real life, so why not in virtual life too? Mobile game Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells, from Zynga, is introducing a new event in the game that brings a tasty twist to the puzzle play. Starting this week, players are invited to take part in the limited-time …read more!

Exclusive: Flying Broomsticks Cake Pops recipe from Insight Editions

Dec 09, 2021

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Products

Back in October, Leaky posted a review of the Feasts & Festivities Gift Set, both yer bog standard version and the Deluxe extra festive set. Now, courtesy of Insight Editions, we have an exclusive premiere of a recipe from the book for Flying Broomsticks Cake Pops. I admit I was skeptical when I first heard …read more!

REVIEW: Inlustret Lumine! HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Re-Opens on Broadway

Dec 08, 2021

Posted by: Gianfranco Lentini

19 Years Later, BigNews, Broadway, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Info, News, Potter News, Review, Theater

“Our journey has only just begun” … again! The Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has officially reopened, this time as a brand-new one-part play. Returning home to New York City’s Lyric Theatre, this production began previews on November 12th, exactly 20 months since COVID-19 shuttered all Broadway productions on March 12, …read more!



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