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!

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!