To round out what has been an unbelievably busy year for J. K. Rowling and and the Potterverse, the announcement of a new jkrowling.com came yesterday via a tweet from its proprietor: https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/811319241089699841 I think it got hugged too hard and panicked. It’ll be back. — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 20, 2016 The website is polished …read more!

Accio chocolate! The Annual Gingerbread Village in the lobby of the Sheraton Seattle Hotel rivals Honeydukes’ supply of magical sweets. From an edible Hogwarts (complete with moving staircases) to a larger-than-life chocolate Dumbledore, this exhibit deserves a feature in The Daily Prophet. The Seattle Times reports: “The event came together with more than 1,000 volunteer hours, an estimated …read more!

The holidays are one of the most popular times of year for giving and a few of the Harry Potter actors have made the media lately for doing their part. Emma Thompson offered her support to the ActionAid UK campaign, Julie Walters became an ambassador for the Midlands Air Ambulance charity, and even Alan Rickman, …read more!

Fans of the Harry Potter series have frequently wished they could dine in the magical Great Hall of Hogwarts. In the book the food magically appears and the characters have a variety of delicious food to pick from. The good news is starting October 6th fans will be able to purchase tickets to have a …read more!

From Weasley sweaters to Invisibility cloaks. From the Great Hall and its 12 towering Christmas trees to the cozy kitchens of Number 12 Grimmauld Place and the Burrow. There are many reasons and ways that make Christmas truly magical throughout the Harry Potter series. Harry spent most of his Christmases at Hogwarts–playing wizards chess with …read more!

Halloween is one of the biggest holidays within the Harry Potter books and movies. Voldemort’s first fall happened on Halloween, a troll was let into the dungeons by Professor Quirrell, , the Chamber of Secrets first opened on Halloween, Sirius Black’s first appearance within Hogwarts was also on Halloween…you get the gist. In a community …read more!

Warner Brother’s Leavesden Studio Tour is hosting a one-of-a-kind fan experience this Christmas: it’s first (promise of more in the future?) “Dinner in the Great Hall” event. On December 3, fans have the opportunity to eat in the iconic Great Hall set, just as their favorite actors did many times before them. We all get …read more!

Merry Christmas, everyone! We want to take a moment today to wish you the very happiest of holidays no matter what you celebrate – be it Christmas or Chanukah or Festivus or Kwanzaa or The Annual Day of Too Much Eating – whatever your holiday, we hope that it’s a marvelous one, from our family …read more!

From our Leaky family to yours, as we had into Leaky’s 10th year online, we hope you have the most wonderful and blessed of holidays!