The Room of Requirement has always had different uses throughout the Harry Potter series, from a training room for Dumbledore’s Army to a room full of chamber pots for Professor Dumbledore. For our September contest, Leaky is asking how would you, as a Hogwarts student, utilize the room’s enchantments to your benefit? To enter the …read more!

« Back to Contests Other Uses for the Room of Requirement Contest Many secrets lie hidden in the hallowed halls of Hogwarts. One is known by some as the Room of Requirement. Harry and his friends used it many times to their advantage, first as a training room where they could practice defensive magic, then …read more!

In a report released by PCWorld today, Sony’s updated eReader lineup will feature a special model eReader which includes a “free download voucher for the first Harry Potter ebook title, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” The article, available to read here, goes through the latest line up of Sony eReaders which will include the …read more!

USA Today is reporting that Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling has written the foreword for the US version of “Dear Me: Letters to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self,” set for publication in the States on October 25. The report notes: More than 70 writers, actors, celebrities and musicians including Kathleen Turner, Suze Ormond, James Franco and …read more!

The August 30th edition of The Quibbler, Leaky’s monthly publication “for all the news you won’t find anywhere else,” is now available for you to read! This month’s Quibbler includes some back to school advice for all Hogwarts students. More significantly, Quibbler investigative reporters have discovered a major conspiracy to seize control of the commercial …read more!

Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) recently did an interesting photo shoot together for Band of Outsiders clothing. The photos feature Felton and Grint at the Magic Castle in Los Angeles. You can view the images here in our galleries. Enjoy!

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On October 25th, Harpercollins will be releasing Harry Potter: Page to Screen, a new in-depth look at the making of the Harry Potter films: Harry Potter: Page to Screen…is packed with spellbinding details and hundred of never-before-seen photographs and illustrations that provide an insightful, in-depth look at the inner workings of the world of Harry …read more!

As readers will recall, Bloomsbury, the UK publishers of the Harry Potter novels, asked fans of the series to vote for their favorite character from author J. K. Rowling’s series. Voting concluded late last week and the results are in: Severus Snape was voted as the favorite character form the Harry Potter novels. Hermione Granger …read more!

Forbes.com has released their annual ranking of most powerful women in the world and, once again, Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling has made the list. The author is among such government officials, corporate executives and media figures as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, PepsiCo’s chief Indra Nooyi, and Oprah Winfrey. Ms Rowling ranks at …read more!