Banned Books Week Celebrating the Freedom to Read September 27’October 4, 2008 Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. ~Voltaire As we approach Banned Book Week, I’ve been asking readers to take the opportunity to read at least one book on the list. Today, I’d like you to consider …read more!

I’m cross-posting today, to show you an entry on the site for my book about the Ministry’s Veil, and why the characters heard what they did when they approached it. This was one of my favorite bits from the JKR interview of last fall, and one of the bits I tried hardest (and failed) to …read more!

The second part of our live PotterCast from Terminus is now online for your listening pleasure! Episode 166 of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast contains the rest of our live show from the Harry Potter conference that took place last month in Chicago, Illinois. Continuing where we left off from last week, our lovely Chloe …read more!

Actor Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) will be the feature of an episode of UK television show “Jack Osbourne’s Celebrity Adrenalin Junkies.” The ITV program is a reality type show, where guests “go back to basics to embark on death-defying challenges around the globe. Adventures for this series will include a mixture of endurance challenges, adrenaline-filled …read more!

AOL Moviefone has posted their latest list, this being “25 Under 25: Hollywood’s Hottest Stars.” Included on the list are Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Robert Pattinson (Cedric Diggory). Remarks on each of the three are as follows: “Emma Watson. What She’s Done: As Hermione in five ‘Harry Potter’ pics, Watson …read more!

Here is the tale of The Monks of St. Norbert the Hedwig, or more accurately a cool story from the Hexham Courant I saw one day pop up in the gazillion google alerts I get each day. While I did not think this was not particularly a front page of Leaky News worthy item, it …read more!

Previously we told you of the special prequel to the Harry Potter series written by J.K. Rowling for charity. This prequel was then published in a book called “What’s Your Story,” with the book rapidly selling out in the first days it was available. Thanks to TLC reader Roonwit, we can report that Waterstone’s has …read more!

Leaky was on hand at yesterday’s cover-to-cover celebration of the 10-year-anniversary of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone; in addition to the many great photos sent to us by readers, we have now added a bunch of our own starting on this page in the gallery. Also, enjoy the following video of the event, edited …read more!

The National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, MD is hosting a special Harry Potter display, called Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine. The NLM website says this exhibit “using materials from the National Library of Medicine, explores Harry Potter’s world, its roots in Renaissance science, and the ethical questions that affected not only …read more!

New scans from the 2009 UK Slim- Line Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince calendar are now online. While some of the photos we have seen before, these scans are much larger, and there are several new photos, including this one of Luna Lovegood. UPDATEYou can now see these scans, including ones of Snape, Hagrid, …read more!