On July 17th 2005, the day after the publication of the Half-Blood Prince, Lev Grossman published a write up of his interview with J.K. Rowling in Time Magazine. On July 13th 2005 Grossman had an extensive, two-hour interview with Rowling but, as he has documented, only a small percentage of what Rowling said in that …read more!

As the Wizarding World grows ever-larger, The Leaky Cauldron is becoming busier and more exciting by the day. We’re looking for volunteer writers, editors, designers and reporters from across the world to help us deliver timely, accurate and creative news, exclusives and features to a global audience. Think you’re the witch or wizard (or non-binary magical human) we’re …read more!

The 72nd annual Tony Awards took place last night (June 10th) at Radio City Music Hall, and broadcast live on CBS. After sweeping the Olivier Awards on the West End, the cast, crew and creative on Cursed Child once again proved their might, by clearing out at the Tonys! The production received TEN nominations in total, including …read more!

Exciting news for LeakyCon attendees: Devon Murray (Seamus Finnigan) will be attending the biggest every Harry Potter convention  this year in Dallas! Since the announcement that LeakyCon 2018 would be held in Texas (now at Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center) guests have been regularly announced. Devon Murray will join a lineup of other Harry Potter …read more!

Yesterday, PotterCast returned for their 279th episode, and covered everything from Cursed Child to Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery… New episode! #279: Semiregular! is now in your feeds… can you refresh like a hippogriff? https://t.co/VHwycmF1n0 — PotterCast (@pottercast) May 14, 2018 Charlie (Weasley?) appears on the episode to give his thoughts on Part 1 of Cursed Child, after he and …read more!

After waiting countless months and being teased with trailers, exclusive demos and familiar faces from the Potterverse since the announcement of Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, the free-to-play mobile role-play game has finally arrived on iOS and Android! The interactive and customisable game allows you to personalise your own character, choose your Hogwarts house, which many have already had …read more!

If you had to choose your favorite Weasley character, who would it be? Recently we asked readers to do just that as part of our Weasley giveaway with Fun.com, and were not disappointed with the results! We had the absolute pleasure of reading hundreds of entries to win our Weasley haul, and seeing as we could …read more!

Thanks to the kind folks at Fun.com, we’re bringing you an exciting giveaway with a Weasley theme. It is the month of Ron’s birthday, after all, and the week of Fred and George’s birthday! One lucky winner will be sent a haul of Weasley-themed goods, check out the grand prize below:   So, what’s included? First off, two …read more!

We’ve been plotting and theorising (and mainly hyperventilating) since the Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald trailer dropped, but nothing beats first reactions. So, without further ado, here’s a selection of first reactions from some of The Leaky Cauldron staff. You might want to watch the trailer first, if you somehow haven’t already! We’d like to give special …read more!

Last month, Dan Fogler took part in a Q&A panel at LeakyCon 2017 in Dublin to talk about Fantastic Beasts, and certainly did not disappoint! Between telling us that he’ll be rocking his moustache for the next few years (‘I’ve become a real moustache connoisseur’) and inviting Q&A host Josh Wittge to do a podcast with him, Dan …read more!