The Pottemore Insider has been updated to say that a new batch of Welcome e-mails for Pottermore beta access were sent out today, August 25th, from 2:45pm BST (9:45am EST). Welcome e-mails were also sent out yesterday to a lucky few. You can read Leaky’s first thoughts on Pottermore at this link. If you already …read more!

A very happy birthday goes out to actor Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) who turns 23 years old today. Cheers to you, Rupert, from everyone at Leaky!

Birthday wishes go out today to Stephen Fry, notable British actor, Tweeter, and narrator of the UK Harry Potter audio books. We hope you’ll join us at Leaky in wishing Mr. Fry a happy 54th birthday!

This past weekend Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) attended the V Festival and was interviewed by Absolute Radio. The interview covers the musicians he most wanted to see during the festival, saying good-bye to Harry Potter, and his upcoming film “Comrade.” You can watch the video here or below.

Several storyboards created by artist Adam Brockbank, who has helped create the design of the Harry Potter movies since the first film, have been released and are available to look at here in our galleries. The storyboards feature several scenes from both movies, that includes an up close look of the Magic is Might statue …read more!

Everyone join us today wishing our Galleries manager Kimmy a very happy birthday! She’s been waiting patiently for her Pottermore email, maybe if we all cross our fingers it will show today…

Rediscover your favorite moments in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince with Leaky’s Lily and Stag Inn Reading Groups! The Lily and Stag Inn is a subforum set apart from the rest of the lounge, allowing members a more intimate area to post and discuss our favourite books. By sorting into the Reading Groups you …read more!

August 22nd marks the 35th birthday of Percy Ignatius Weasley, Headboy extraordinaire and 3rd eldest Weasley brother. We hope you’ll join us at Leaky in wishing Percy a most excellent birthday!

Actor Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) attended V Festival over the weekend in Hylands Park and spoke to the Press Association about his life now that the final Harry Potter film has been released. “It’s going to take a while to really sink in – it was quite a shock really. It all seemed to end …read more!

We have some of the first images from LEGO Harry Potter Years: 5-7 available to look at here in our galleries. The new stills give us a look at scenes from the last three parts of the Harry Potter series, though the majority of images we have so far seem to be from Order of …read more!