One Day in the Life of Daniel Radcliffe, the new book by photographic artist Tim Hailand, may now be pre-ordered at the book’s Web site, onedayinthelifeof.org. The book is $29.95 and consists of 50 black and white and color images taken of Daniel Radcliffe taken while performing in his first Broadway show, Equus. The footnotes on …read more!

For the month of September, we have a brand new contest to bring you involving young Albus Severus and the legendary Hogwarts poltergeist, Peeves. This contest has you put yourself into young Albus’ shoes as he meets Peeves for the first time at Hogwarts, and create an original 500-word or less story about that experience. …read more!

The 203rd episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, is now online for this week with the debut of Potter Pundits, a new segment featuring a scholarly, yet entertaining, look at themes and symbolism in the Harry Potter novels. Sue’s News kicks off this episode with the rundown on the latest in Potter news, including …read more!

A quick follow today regarding extended editions of the Harry Potter films coming to DVD. Rope of Silicon is now reporting that an extended edition of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets has been rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America. This follows earlier news that an extended edition of Sorcerer’s Stone …read more!

Greetings fellow crafters,(I am rather feeling like we crafters should have some sort of hand signal to greet each other with, like the Vulcans’ Live Long and Prosper thing. Hm.. we should really consider this further at some point.)In my last post I treated you all to a little pre-school year anxiety. Sorry ’bout that. …read more!

It is September 1st, which means young witches and wizards are setting forth from Platform 9 3/4 on their journey to Hogwarts for the start of the new school year. Our Crafty Witches have chosen this occasion to inspire their September Craft Along, which involves crafting your very own Hogwarts House Scarf. Join in with …read more!

Attention Wizard Rock fans! There will be a third Wrockstock this year, where many wizard bands and fans gather in Missouri for a weekend of Harry Potter inspired music and fun. Taking place November 6-9th, Wrockstock has now released their lineup as follows: Friday, November 6th 8pm The Moaning Myrtles 9pm Justin Finch-Fletchley and the …read more!

Nominations were announced today for the fourth annual Scream Awards, which honor the “best in sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and comic genres.” The Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film, along with its actors, were nominated in nine categories, picking up nods in a number of traditional and unique categories. On the film side, the Half-Blood …read more!

« Back to Contests Albus Severus Meets Peeves Contest As summer wanes and the tonic effect of family vacations start to fade we look forward to the return to school (well, the parents do). Some who have never been before may feel a little anxious, naturally. Others with more experience often grow excited at the …read more!

After receiving many splendid entries in our Crafty Half-Blood Prince Costume Contest, Leaky’s Crafty Witches and Wizards have chosen the winners of this contest. As we told you previously, this contest put out a call for a reproduction or recreation of an item of clothing or prop from the recently released Harry Potter and the …read more!