Issue 60; Vol. 2; July 31, 2007

Owl Post: Bringing you the best in Harry Potter

The Official Newsletter of LeakyNews.com!

Big News! Name of Character Given Reprieve Stated by JKR, Says She Will Write Hogwarts Encyclopedia and More

The post Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows publication news has been coming in a steady flow stemming from a few new interviews with author J.K. Rowling. The biggest of the news was perhaps revealed during a Today Show interview with Meredith Vieira, that Jo revealed she will indeed write a sort of Hogwarts, a History type of book, by penning an encyclopedia about the beloved magical world of Harry Potter. In the "Deathly Hallows" SPOILER-FILLED interview, which was rebroadcast on Dateline NBC (and can be seen in our video galleries,) our favorite author gives details on a great number of other subjects including additional details on post deathly hallows careers and lives of some of the characters from the series. This new information also included the naming of the character which Jo gave a reprieve to in the seventh book, and much more. The transcript of the "Today Show" interview can be found here.

In addition, the Today Show website has released further information from their exclusive with J. K. Rowling where she gives new insight and her reasoning why she chose the fates of certain characters. Please be advised this is an article about death, and more importantly gives a great many spoilers for the final Harry Potter novel, so readers are cautioned.

On a related note, in two other interviews Jo revealed even more information about the seventh Harry Potter novel. In a USA Today interview, the author briefly mentions that she is "sort of writing two things at the moment" and gives even more "Deathly Hallows" details. This article also features a lovely new picture of Jo, which you can see in our image galleries. An yet another USA Today article, Jo goes on to reveal the two characters that she had not planned to have die in the final installment. Jo also gives more insight about her decision not to revisit or continue on with the Harry Potter series, as well gives additional information on other characters and their outcomes in the final book. This interview can be read here.

As with all of these interviews, and in interviews to come, they do contain book spoilers. Readers who have not yet finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows should be cautioned.

J.K. Rowling Web Chat Transcript

J. K. Rowling has just answered a whole onslaught of post-DH question in a Web chat on Bloomsbury.com. We have reordered the questions so that it reads top-down; answers are here about the characters' future lives, the state of the wizarding world, the other two title potentials for Deathly Hallows, and much, much, more. More than 120,000 questions were sent in; and as it's the first time J. K. Rowling has been able to answer questions so freely in a fan chat, there are spoilers and details GALORE.

You can read the entire web chat, right here.

More Big News...

Even More New "Deathly Hallows" Info from J. K. Rowling and "Today Show" Interview
J. K. Rowling "Today Show" Interview Transcript, Web Only Video Extras
Audio of J. K. Rowling USA Today Interview Now Online
One of "Deathly Hallows" Alternate Titles Revealed and More from Midnight Launch in London
Report from Jo's Signing at the Natural History Museum
"Deathly Hallows" Shatters Sales Records

What's HOT in the Leaky Lounge

Now that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been published, our Leaky Lounge has the premier forum for readers to discuss the book and all of its contents with thousands of readers just like yourself. The newly created Deathly Hallows Unfogged area on the Lounge features this sort of discussion. If you have not yet finished reading the book, be warned; this forum DOES contain spoilers from the book. Enter at your own risk. For those who have finished the final novel, come in and enjoy the abounding discussion of this literary work.

New from PotterCast

PotterCast 112 is now online. This show is live post Deathly Hallows release in Naperville, Illinois, where the PotterCasters are joined by eager fans who like them, just finished reading the book. We discuss many details from the book and take questions from the audience as well as uncover a few revelations along the way. As always, with any Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows discussion, it will contain spoilers. Enjoy!

The latest in HP essays!

As July comes to a close, the month's issue of Scribbulus, our own Essay project keeps it open with further discussion on many topics of the Harry Potter canon. In this issue, essays detail Severus Snape, Nymphadora Tonks, the significance of Halloween and speculates on some of the fates of a number of minor characters. Be sure to check out this issue today.

New and featured items

Every household needs a few special touches to round out its decor, you can how add your own touch of Harry Potter with a these new items now available in our own Cauldron Shop. First, the famed clock that is in the Weasley house is now available from NECA along with a spectacular 'Leaky Cauldron' metal sign. You can also be proud to hang a Hogwarts Express Wooden Sign as well as your choice of four Hogwarts house Crest banners including this glorious Hufflepuff scroll. Finally, our Cauldron Shop features an all four house Hogwarts Scroll plus much more, all available in Home Furnishings. Be sure to browse around today!

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New Pictures
Harry Birthday JKR and Harry Potter Artwork 2007

J. K. Rowling Midnight Reading of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Reader E-mails

Dear Leaky Cauldron,

In Deathly Hallows, it say that James and Lilly Potter died on the 31st October 1981 when Harry Potter was about 1 years old. Doesn't that now make Harry 27, not 17?

A Devoted Reader

Dear Devoted Reader,

Deathly Hallows takes place in '96/'97 - not '06/'07.

-Kristin for TLC