As if any more evidence was needed, researchers from Oxford University who have been studying aspects of wizarding genes, found that evidence points to Harry Potter descending from a magical bloodline. The Telegraph has a fun look this evening at ‘an analysis of wizardry’ study on the genetics of wizards from the Harry Potter novels. …read more!

More news comes today concerning J. K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books has been included in MSN‘s list of The Most Influential Women of 2007. Included along with Ms. Rowling on the list this year are such influential people as Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, writer Tina Fey, and singer Carrie Underwood. The …read more!

Cinesite, a noted visual effects and production house, is set to begin work again on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in May, 2008. Cinesite, which has contributed work to all of the Harry Potter films to date, is known for their fantastic models of Hogwarts Castle seen in the movies. In a press release, …read more!

As reported previously, last week saw the release of the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVDs, as well as a special limited edition gift boxset of all five of the Harry Potter DVDs. Many customers who purchased this gift set in the Blu-Ray high definition format had a bit of a surprise …read more!

Contests The following are contests Leaky and its podcast, PotterCast, have sponsored. In the future this page will also track ongoing HP-related contests in which fans can take part. More coming soon! To see all of our old contests, check out this page To discuss the contests, check out this forum on the Leaky Lounge. …read more!

Contests Contests Archive · Contests Discussion · Frequently-Asked Questions The following are contests Leaky and its podcast, PotterCast, have sponsored. In the future this page will also track ongoing HP-related contests in which fans can take part. The newest contests are listed first and the winners of the contests are at the end of each …read more!

This is shaping up to be quite the banner week for Harry Potter fans, because in addition to our PotterCast interview with Jo, we now have the first look at the upcoming J.K. Rowling…A Year in the Life documentary that will be broadcast later this month on ITV. (Another, showing an emotional Jo visiting her …read more!

Here are the release dates for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince We are in the process of updating this page”check back for more release dates! United Kingdom: July 16, 2005 United States: July 16, 2005 In Languages other than English: Bulgarian: December 13, 2005Chinese: October 15, 2005Czech: December 19, 2005Dutch: (as Harry Potter en …read more!

Here are the release dates for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix We are in the process of updating this page”check back for more release dates! United Kingdom: June 21, 2003 United States: June 21, 2003 International Release Dates: French: December 3, 2003 Hungry: (as Harry Potter és a FÅ‘nix Rendje) 2004 Spain: …read more!

Here are the release dates for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire We are in the process of updating this page”check back for more release dates! United Kingdom: July 8, 2000 United States: July 8, 2000 You’ll find all of our Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire information on this page.