Today, we celebrate the birthdays of two people who J. K. Rowling and Harry Potter Please take a moment to join us here today in To mark this day, our Leaky tradition continues with this:

A series limited edition prints of the Hogwarts Castle by US Harry Potter illustrator Mary GrandPre have been released by a Washington DC art gallery which represents the official art from the Harry Potter series. ArtInsights will be releasing the print in a small print run of seventy, ten of which are artist’s proofs and …read more!

The Scotsman is tonight reporting that a rare and unpublished “hand drawn, personal horoscope and natal chart” created by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is being offered for sale for £25,000 through high end memorabilia specialists Paul Fraser Collectibles. Rowling reportedly drew the item for Jack David Buchanan after his birth in 1994 after attending …read more!

As it is now the 30th of July in the UK, the calendar on J.K. Rowling’s website has been updated to mark the 30th birthday of Neville Longbottom. Happy birthday, Neville! Three cheers for this brave Gryffindor!

The July edition of The Quibbler, Leaky’s publication for “news that no-one else will publish”, is now available for download. This issue features articles about an ominous warning from Professor Neville Longbottom, the work of a Wizarding World Naturalist and a suspected case of Stereo Elves. Also in July’s edition: Aberforth’s page three girls, Luna’s …read more!

As readers will recall, last February the estate of the late Adrian Jacobs added Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling to a lawsuit against UK Potter publisher Bloomsbury, charging copyright infringement of a 1987 work The Adventures of Willy the Wizard-No 1 Livid Land. The lawsuit, which Ms Rowling related she was “saddened” by, claims …read more!

The LA Times has a lengthy interview with actor Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) online this morning in which the young actor discuses his plans post-Potter, chiefly the forthcoming film adaptation of “The Woman in Black.” The first in a line of projects Radclifffe reveals he is “quite pleased” to begin, “The Woman in Black” will …read more!

This summer, I returned to beading. All things bead-a-licious. With the opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, I felt a certain amount of bittersweet regret. Why? Because, I was supposed to go. I felt a certain teariness as I bid my fellow Feltbeats-ers farewell, and bon voyage, and all that good stuff. And, …read more!

Emma Thompson (Sybill Trelawney) is to receive the 2,415th star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame on Friday, 6th of August. Thompson will speak in front of the Pig ‘n Whistle pub on Hollywood Boulevard, joined by “House” star and fellow University of Cambridge graduate Hugh Laurie. Maggie Gyllenhaal, who stars alongside Thompson in “Nanny MacPhee …read more!

Sorting is now open for the reading group discussion of the book that started it all: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Located in the Lily and Stag Inn section of our Leaky Lounge forums, the reading groups offer Lounge members the opportunity to come together to rediscover the many aspects of the series and …read more!