Harry Potter Widget Gallery What’s a widget? NOTE: Konfabulator is now Yahoo! Widgets. Konfabulator widgets will still work on the same system, but need to upgrade your software – and will need to to make ours work. Go here to get the Mac version, here for the Windows one. If you would like to contribute …read more!

News Notifications Subscribe to the Leaky Cauldron (you get one email whenever there’s news): NEW: Twitter: Get automatic news updates to your phone, web site or other application via Twitter! Categorized News: While you can subscribe to any category of news by using the subscription link at the bottom of a news article within that …read more!

Frequently Asked Questions Below are answers to some of the as-yet unanswered questions that we find we are frequently asked, or information regarding issues about which our readers often talk. Where do you get the news? The news on this site is collected from several sources, but our top two resources are Internet research and …read more!

A reminder for those who have not yet registered for the upcoming A Harry Potter Symposium, Prophecy 2007, that registration for this event will close tomorrow July 28, 2007 at 11:59 Eastern. Prophecy 2007: From Hero to Legend will be held next week in Toronto, Ontario, Canada running August 2-5, and will feature a whole …read more!

Yesterday, we told you that the USA Today newspaper had a lengthy new interview with author J.K. Rowling. You can now listen to audio excerpts (no spoilers) of this interview, and hear Jo speaking about things such as her favorite character, the normalcy of her everyday life, and her next writing projects, which include two …read more!

In the wake of the news (see below) that actor Dan Radcliffe knew in advance some of the details involving the fate of Harry Potter, Entertainment Weekly magazine has a new interview online conducted with Dan, who speaks about his thoughts reading “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” and more. Dan gives some information about …read more!

The second part of a new interview with author J.K. Rowling was broadcast this morning on NBC‘s the “Today Show.” In this installment, Jo is reflective on how her life has changed with the success of the novels, answering what she would see if she looked in the Mirror of Erised, how she feels about …read more!

Previously, we told you that author J.K. Rowling would be going on tour here in the US this fall, making several appearances available for schoolchildren, with one event open to the general public. As a reminder, starting this Monday (July 30) a sweepstakes opens for Harry Potter fans to win tickets to the open event …read more!

Our senior programmer Alex Robbin has turned 17 today – and he spent last night putting up our redesign while we were screaming at him to take a break. Seriously. Go out tonight, Alex. In all seriousness, it’s been awesome watching this whiz kid turn into the awesome programmer he is today. Happy day, special …read more!

Image format: “Entertainment Weekly” magazine now has a brand new special issue on the world of Harry Potter. Featuring some 36 pages on the beloved magical world created by author J.K. Rowling, this collector’s issue features a photo of a young Harry Potter lookalike sitting reading “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” According to the …read more!