From our Leaky family to yours, as we had into Leaky’s 10th year online, we hope you have the most wonderful and blessed of holidays!

PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, has its holiday episode online, just in time for Christmas. Our 211th episode starts off with the latest in Potter news, including a preview of the One Day in the Life of Daniel Radcliffe book from photographer Tim Hailand, a teaser of the Harry Potter LEGO game, a report from …read more!

Novels from the Harry Potter series by author J. K. Rowling have been included in six of the ten spots on USA Today’s list of the Top Ten Books of the 2000s. Miss Rowling’s novels placed along side the popular Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer and the Dan Brown novel The Da Vinci Code on …read more!

(Hi guys, Melissa here: Just a quick note that we hope you’ll join us in welcoming Rosi Halse, our newest News Editor, as she makes her first post on Leaky. Rosi is a longtime Leaky reader, prominent vlogger, university student and longtime Harry Potter fan. We are thrilled to have her and hope you are …read more!

In a fun nod to the house from the Harry Potter series, The Telegraph reports that students at Oxford University’s Magdalen College have changed the name of their Junior Common Room to Gryffindor House. The article, which can be read at this link, suggests more Harry Potter related name changes are to follow if students …read more!

So many of you e-mailed this we had to post what is undoubtedly one of the funniest HP parodies in an age: Hermione Granger does good in the wizarding ‘hood!style=”padding:5px 0; text-align:center; width:400px;”>See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. (Parents: There is one PG-13-level word in here and it starts with B. Happy …read more!

Just in time for the holidays, an early present has arrived in the form of the December issue of The Quibbler, Leaky’s publication that contains “all the news you won’t find anywhere else.” This issue is packed with news regarding the plight of Christmas Elves around the globe. An investigative report explores the current situation …read more!

Hello all! Leaky is looking for some help in the programming department. If you’d like to build your portfolio with work on a major web site, and especially if you have experience with or would like to learn Ruby on Rails, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you very much!

There are a series of new construction photos from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction at Universal Studios, Orlando from Orlando United and OrlandoParkNews online today. First, Orlando United has a series of high res shots showcasing up close views of the many towers, turrets, and buildings that comprise the Hogwarts castle; the fine …read more!

The Telegraph has ranked Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling in the number one spot of their list compiling the top 100 bestselling authors of the decade. With over twenty-nine million copies sold, Miss Rowling’s novels beat out books by such other authors as Dan Brown, John Grisham, J. R. R. Tolkien, William Shakespeare, and …read more!