Sad news today, Potter fans: We’ve just been told that the popular wizard rock band – in fact, the grandwizards of the genre and the band that many current bands claim as inspiration – Harry and the Potters has broken up. The two members will both be releasing solo albums, one from Harry Year Four …read more!

The Eye has granted me with my first prediction for these Leaky channels! I have seen it in the shadowy depths of the Orb… I have seen it in the murky waves of time not yet passed… soon our hallowed institute of magic, Hogwarts itself, shall be considered high among its Muggle peers… and the …read more!

A new report in the Scotsman says that Hogwarts appears on a list of the best schools in Scotland. It ranked 36th online, a place above Loretto, Edinburgh’s £23,000-per-year school. It scored more than three out of five in all categories “from atomsphere to discipline.” The managing director o fthe ranking site, the Independent Schools …read more!

For the past few months, we’ve been thinking a lot about the future of Leaky. We’re mostly a news site, so we usually just think about the past – what happened, how did it, how they did it and why they did it. Say it with us – B-O-R-I-N-G! So, we’ve brought on a new …read more!

The 145th episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, is now online featuring a foursome of PotterCast fantastic-ness and the latest installment of “Are You Smarter than John Noe?” In the news this week, we bring you new information on the possibility for a May debut of the “Half-Blood Prince” trailer, a teaser report the …read more!

The calendar on author J. K. Rowling’s website has been updated to reflect the April 1st birthday of everyone’s favorite redheaded twins, Fred and George Weasley. Everyone please join us in raising a glass of butterbeer to these pranksters turned Joke Shop entrepreneurs on this special day.

As some of you may know, there is a new documentary focusing on the Harry Potter fandom called “We Are Wizards.” This documentary has been described by the film makers as a piece that “tracks the influential figures leading the creative subculture surrounding the popular series. The film follows a set of individuals ranging from …read more!

There are a few announcements today regarding Terminus 2008, the Harry Potter conference set for August 7-11 of this year. Earlier we told you Scholastic’s Harry Potter continuity editor Cheryl Klein and fantasy author Tamora Pierce would be the keynote speakers at the event in Chicago, with tickets open to Terminus attendees. Today, tickets to …read more!

The publishers of the Harry Potter novels in Japan, Say-zan-sha, have released the cover art for their edition of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. You can view the cover art right here in our image galleries. This edition of the seventh novel in author J. K. Rowling’s series is set for release on July …read more!

In the lead up to the birthday of Weasley Twins Fred and George, the winners of the Ears to Fred and George Contest are ready to be announced. In February, we asked you to send us your ideas for a new, and possibly better, ear joke for George. After many amazing and hilarious submissions, the …read more!