The calendar on JKRowling.com for October 4 now reads “Happy Birthday, Minerva McGonagall.” Cheers Professor McGonagall!

As we told you, September 23-30 was Banned Book Week, and J.K. Rowling noted on her website that she considers “annual inclusion on the list as a great honour. ” Now the American Library Association reports that the Harry Potter series was the top vote-getter in a poll of over 5,000 readers voting for their …read more!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire will premiere on cable channel HBO Sunday, November 19 at 7:00pm (EST). The station will also be showing the behind the scenes special “The Making of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” starting Tuesday, November 7. Both of these programs will air multiple times during the month …read more!

When we rain, we pour: In addition to PotterCast #57 being released (all info here), you can now listen to our live Leaky Mug podcast from last Thursday at the Borders in Westwood, California. Get it via iTunes, direct download it here. Visit our site at LeakyMug.com to read all the blogs and listen to …read more!

PotterCast 57, our is Broadway Filkcast is up! To listen, just hit the “Play” button on the right side of the page (—>), or use iTunes, or direct download.) More notes: -The trio talk all about the latest Jo updates, the Podcast Awards, California, England and more. -Our first PotterCast Blog Challenge winner, and the …read more!

Back in August we first told you that author J.K. Rowling donated a purse to Handbag Heaven, a charity auction to be held this month. This black bag, which you can see in this photo of her at the London premiere of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, is part of the event that is …read more!

We at Leaky have received many frantic emails from readers regarding the slew of media reports trumpeting Emma Watson’s supposed impending departure from the role of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies. This recent spate of inflammatory media reports all stem from the Newsweek interview that we posted about on back September 24 . …read more!

PotterCast will be back on the road again as we make our way south to the Big Easy for a live podcast next May in New Orleans. The podcast will be featured as part of Overture, the opening night event, with the podcast taking place after dinner. The show will be held in the Grand …read more!

Prophecy 2007, the Harry Potter convention to be held next August, has issued a Call for Papers. The conference is seeking proposals for programming involving “individual presentations, discussion panels, round tables, workshops and poster sessions addressing topics relevant to the books and/or the fan community.” Some possible topics include Literature & Media Studies, Science,Education & …read more!

The latest issue of Scribbulus, Leaky’s essay collection, is now online. This issue features six essays from the Scribbulus editors, including one from co-manager, Emily Bytheway who wrote “The Sorting Hat Ideology,” which was also featured in her presentation at Lumos. Co-manager Angua also wrote “If the Author is Dead, Who’s Updating her Website?” There …read more!