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!

A new blog post has gone up on the Pottermore Insider following the latest batch of welcome e-mails which were sent out today. Several frequently asked questions about the beta process are covered in this latest update as well as the timeline for receiving welcome e-mails. The Insider also denies the rumor that welcome letters …read more!

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!