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Our Crafty Witches and Wizard have chosen crafter Overcast as January's Featured Crafter of the Month. Overcast has used her skill with crochet hooks and knitting needles to produce crafts such as Babbity Rabbity and Her Cackling Stump, a lightning bolt scarf and even a Leaky Cauldron hand towel. One of the Crafty Witches asked Overcast some questions about her work and you can watch Overcast's... Read the rest of this post

Closing out Leaky's 2009 Year in Review is the third part of our look back at the year in Harry Potter news.  Parts One and Two are online below.  Enjoy!

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The long rumored Scottish Book project by J. K. Rowling was back in the news this month, thanks to an interview from Ian Rankin who spoke about what he believes on which Ms Rowing is currently working.  An attorney for J.K. Rowl

Here now is Part Two of Leaky's 2009 Year in Review of Harry Potter news!  Part One is posted below.  Enjoy!<>
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<><>It was quite the year for Harry Potter.  Two years following the release of the final book of the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, fans continued to express their creativity for the boy who lived in nearly every medium.  Film wise, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" appeared in theaters across the world, and production began on both installments of the "Deathly Hallows" film.... Read the rest of this post

Just in time for the holidays, an early present has arrived in the form of the December issue of The Quibbler, Leaky's publication that contains "all the news you won't find anywhere else."  This issue is packed with news regarding the plight of Christmas Elves around the globe.  An investigative report explores the current situation over these most magical holiday creatures, and discusses the ... Read the rest of this post

Our Crafty Witches and Wizard have fully immersed themselves into the holiday season and now have for you a selection of holiday crafting actives for the December Craft Along.  For this month, the focus is on small holiday gifts that can be conjured up without too much fuss.  These quick, fun, and beautiful holiday crafts include: Luna Lovegood's Radish Earrings, <>Extremely Small Hogwarts House-... Read the rest of this post

Leaky's premier source for "all the news you won't find anywhere else," The Quibbler, has just published their November issue for your reading pleasure.  This issue contains special reports revolving around the St. Andrews Day holiday in Scotland with an article on wild man-eating haggis by our own Rudius Hagrid.  Additional articles delve into such topics as the long-rumored romance between Ro... Read the rest of this post

Sorting for the reading of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in our Lily and Stag Inn Reading Group forums has been opened over on the Leaky Lounge.  Our Reading Groups offer Lounge members an intimate environment in which in-depth discussions about the Harry Potters novels take place with your fellow group members.  For the Half-Blood Prince reading group, members will travel along with H... Read the rest of this post

Both of our Leaky Lounge based Book Clubs have opened up readings for the month of October.  First, our Harry Potter Book Club is tackling the stories in The Tales of Beedle the Bard.  These five stories will be examined individually and as a whole as those who join in this reading go through these tales together.  Our non-Harry Potter Book Club, Jo's Book Nook, has before it the novel <>Northang... Read the rest of this post

The October edition of The Quibbler, filled with "all the news you won't find anywhere else," has now been published and is ready for reading via this link.  In this issue, Quibbler reporters highlight the increasing spree of disappearing people and objects across the world.  These reports include news on the mysteriously vanishing Thames River bridge, a possible disappearance of the Giant Squi... Read the rest of this post

Leaky's Crafty Witches and Wizards have a new feature to bring you today, their Featured Harry Potter Crafter of the Month.  Potter crafter Droxy is the first recipient of this title, for her many and varied contributions to the Harry Potter corner of the crafting world.  Her work, which can be seen right here, ranges from spectacularly detailed Snape, Ollivander, and Bellatrix costumes to high... Read the rest of this post

Jo's Book Nook, our very own non-Harry Potter book club housed on the Leaky Lounge, has opened a new reading for the month of September.  This time around, the Nook will be reading and discussing the first three novels in The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by author Michael Scott: The Alchemyst, The Magician, and The Sorceress.  These three thought-provoking and intriguing novel... Read the rest of this post

The ongoing efforts of the Harry Potter Alliance are featured again in the press, this time in a new article from the L.A. Times. Noting again the charitable and social awareness activities and campaigns by the group, the piece points out that the HPA and Harry Potter fans "accomplishments include signing up new voters at Wizard Rock the Vote events, collecting over 13,000 donated books to give... Read the rest of this post

While we have seen this film streamed online several times before, thanks to Snagfilms for letting us know fans everywhere can watch the We Are Wizards documentary again in full online at this link. Enjoy!

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Quick reminder for everyone that actor Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) will be making a special public appearance at the Hot Topic in Paramus, New Jersey. The event starts at 7:00pm at the Hot Topic store at Garden State Plaza, where our own Melissa Anelli and Andrew Sims of MuggleNet will host a Harry Potter fan panel with Tom. Some 750 fans are expected to attend the signing and fan event with Tom;... Read the rest of this post

Our on-scene reporter for today's London premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be live-tweeting the action, quotes and more from our Twitter account, @leaky. Follow and enjoy!

Leaky has joined the family of Examiner.com, posting news articles and commentary on this Harry Potter blog. Examiner family, with a blog that you can follow here. The large-item news will get reported there just as here on Leaky, but we're planning a lot of discussion and commentary that we don't do on the Leaky main page: for instance, six things that will make HBP awesome. Add your own!

Our two book clubs are ready to start out the month of July with two new selections for you to read and discuss with your fellow Lounge members.  First, the Jane Austen classic Emma is the next selection in our own non-Harry Potter book club: Jo's Book Nook.  With discussion open to all registered Lounge members, this book club delves into a classic novel, dissecting its characters and story, w... Read the rest of this post

This afternoon, our wonderful Lily and Stag Inn Reading Group Organizers will be hosting a live UStream chat featuring discussion of a number of topics from the first three chapters of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.  Kicking off at 4 p.m. Eastern this afternoon on the PotterCast UStream Channel, this event will bring together all those who wish to discuss this parts of the fifth Har... Read the rest of this post

We are celebrating an anniversary here at TLC, the one year anniversary of The Quibbler. A lighthearted humorous look at all thing Harry Potter, the June edition of our interactive online magazine is now available. As summer is here and students are home from Hogwarts, travel themed stories abound this month. This issue is packed with advice on Wizarding holidays and adventures, whether they be... Read the rest of this post

Happy Birthday wishes go out today to our very own Harry Potter Crafts section, which is today celebrating its third year here on TLC.  Our HP Crafts section, which can be accessed right here, contains projects and plans for crafts across most every medium imaginable.  Selections abound in our crochet, jewelry, and knitting sections, as well as in the Woodwork, Needlework, Quilting, Fabrics, an... Read the rest of this post

Jo's Book Nook has opened up the reading of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers over in the Leaky Lounge.  The reading of this J. R. R. Tolkien classic fantasy novel is open to all registered members of the Lounge who wish to take part in a communal reading of a non-Harry Potter book, focusing on the characters, plot, and message of a particular book.  All are welcome, so do not delay in join... Read the rest of this post

Hey all: Quick admin notice that we're aware that some of our sites (including PotterCast.com and large parts of MyLeaky) are undergoing some shortages. Thank you for your patience as we get this ironed out. We are waiting for drives to be added to our servers and it is making a fix take longer than it usually does. Hang tight and we'll be running swiftly as usual in no time!