As it is now past midnight in the U.K., the calendar on J.K. Rowling’s official website has been updated to mark Remus Lupin’s birthday. Many happy returns, Moony!

Actors from the Harry Potter films have this week been getting involved in theatre, fashion, film and Academy Awards. Theatermania reports that Alan Rickman (Severus Snape) will take part in a pre-performance Artist Talk at the Brooklyn Academy of Music‘s Harvey Theatre. The talk will take place at 6pm on the 27th of April before …read more!

Tonight, at 7:30pm EST, the recipients of the hundreds of thank you gifts for donating to Helping Haiti Heal will be drawn on the SayAHA LiveStream channel. The gift recipiants will be chosen randomly for each of the over one hundred different gifts donated as part of Helping Haiti Heal. Those gifts include the signed …read more!

PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, is here today to bring you its 216th episode of Harry Potter news, discussion, and fun. First, the PotterCasters sort through the latest news, which include stories about Jo Rowling becoming a special edition Barbie doll, “Deathly Hallows” filming news from Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), confirmation of “Deathly Hallows” in …read more!

Today’s a special day in Leaky land as we get to celebrate the birthday of Doris Herrmann, our project manager, she who makes the wheels go round around here. We hope you’ll all join us in wishing her an excellent day!

Bill Nighy has appeared in a video on ITN’s YouTube channel in which he discusses his role in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” The actor, who portrays Rufus Scrimgeour, spoke to the network briefly about the film, commenting that he was “pleased to be in it, and pleased to be working with Dan, Rupert …read more!

Both of our book clubs on the Leaky Lounge have chosen new books to read for the month of March. The Harry Potter Book Club is reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and you can find the forum at this link, where you will find all sorts of polls, prompts and more to …read more!

Yesterday, the Crafty Witches launched a brand new environmentally-conscious Craft-Along, in time for the upcoming Earth Day on the 22nd of April. The challenge for this month is to turn your favourite Harry Potter book into a small reusable bag, enabling you to better help the planet by turning down the plastic carrier bags offered …read more!

In February, our Contest Team brought you their Illustrated Scene Contest, which invited you to illustrate a scene from the Harry Potter series which you find especially moving. The judges looked for the ability to share with others, through artwork, the mood your chosen scene evokes for you. After receiving many brilliant entries, the winners …read more!

Scholastic have updated their blog to announce that they are “preparing an all new Harry Potter experience.” Although no specific details are revealed, the blog post states that the experience “will give new readers the perfect home to start their Hogwarts journey.” The Harry Potter section of the Scholastic website also hints to the arrival …read more!