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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!

Thanks Andie!

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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

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!

Last month, our Crafty Witches brought you their April Craft-Along Contest which asked you to create a Harry Potter themed egg out of the crafting material of your choice.  After receiving many wonderful and creative entries, the winners of the Enchanted Eggs Contest are ready to be announced.  They are:

• 1st Place - Death Eater Egg by mieljolie
• 2nd Place - Quidditch Stadium Egg by lezlishae

Two of our Book Clubs hosted over on the Leaky Lounge forums have opened up readings of two new books starting today.  First up, our Harry Potter Book Club has now started their reading of the forth novel in author J. K. Rowling's series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.  Secondly, Jo's Book Nook, home of our Non-Harry Potter book club, has chosen the Charles Dickens classic David Copperfie... Read the rest of this post

For the month of May, the newest edition of The Quibbler, which contains "all the news you won't find anywhere else," takes a slightly different tone and honors those in the Harry Potter story that have fallen.  This issue takes you behind the veil as we come upon the eleventh anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts where so many brave souls perished.  In this issue, we take you through the memor... Read the rest of this post

Attention members of Dumbledore's Army: The Harry Potter Alliance will be holding a live meeting on Ustream tonight at 8pm ET to celebrate the astonishing success of the recent Accio Book drive. Joining the call will be Winning Head of House, Ravenclaw's own Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films). No matter the results of the HPA House competition, tonight will be a celebration ... Read the rest of this post

Our most creative Crafty Witches have launched their newest and timely Craft Along Contest for the month of April.  The Enchanted Eggs Contest asks you to make a Harry Potter themed egg out of the material of your choice.  With all of our Craft-Alongs, creativity rules the day.  Those interested can make their egg out of any material they desire, as long as their completed work is in the shape ... Read the rest of this post

The Quibbler has been taken over!  Leaky's information publication giving you "all the news you won't find anywhere else," is now set to give you "all the news you need to know" with its new Editor-In-Chief: Dolores Jane Umbridge.  A new look, design, and editorial voice await you in our new "no-nonsense" issue for the month of April.  In this orderly and proper issue, Dolores sets forth the ne... Read the rest of this post

The twenty-sixth issue of Leaky's premier essay project, Scribbulus, is now online, filled with a variety of essays related to the Harry Potter novels for your reading pleasure.  Our March issue features five essays, which include a character analysis of the character of Petunia Dursley, a side-by-side comparison of the childhoods of Severus Snape and Harry Potter, an analysis of the chess game... Read the rest of this post

Everything's gone green in the latest issue of The Quibbler, published just in time for St. Patrick's Day with "all the news you won't find anywhere else."  This March edition features many stories with a St. Patrick's Day theme including: the current pleas for Fairy rights, an exclusive on the Leprechauns in Ireland, possible dark dancing at Sharon's Shamrock School, and much more.  Each issue... Read the rest of this post

Love spills from every page of the newly published Valentine's Day issue of The Quibbler!  Filled to the brim with "all the news you won't find anywhere else," this latest issue, available to download here, features an exclusive about the case of homework eating the dog, a slew of criminal goats on the prowl, an investigative report about The Love Crime of the Century, as well as a number of ar... Read the rest of this post