Harry Potter 2008 Conferences Updates: Terminus, Convention Alley, Portus and More
With a new year comes a new series of Harry Potter conferences, and we have some updates on the following events due to be held in 2008.
Terminus, the Harry Potter conference to be held August 7- 11th in Chicago, Illinois, has now announced a unique fandom challengeContinued...
2007: A Year in Review for Leaky and the Fandom
A new film and the final book: 2007 was a banner year for Harry Potter fans. But before we look back at the book and movie changes over this remarkable year, let’s take a look back at the changes here at Leaky and the fandom as a whole. This is the first of our traditional in-depth Year inContinued...
Sectus Announces New UK Harry Potter Conference for 2009
Good news for Harry Potter fans as there is a new conference in the UK to tell you about. Sectus will hold a new conference at Bodelwyddan Castle in Wales from June 26-29, 2009. This new conference for adults will feature a mix of academic presentations and informal discussions of canonContinued...
Live PotterCast Coming to Terminus, August 2008
Chicago surely is turning into our kind of town as we are thrilled to announce that PotterCast will be broadcasting at Terminus. PotterCast, the official podcast of The Leaky Cauldron, is to be part of a special Artists and Authors Night to be held at the Harry Potter conference on Saturday, AugustContinued...
Portus Announces Snapefest and Registration Discount
Calling all Snape fans! Portus 2008 has released their monthly newsletter and has news that there will be a special Snapefest day during the Harry Potter conference to be held next summer in Dallas, Texas. This Snapefest will include "presentations, roundtable discussions, panels, trivia contests,Continued...
PotterCast 125: "Conference Call"
Fan conferences are the talk around town in this week’s PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast. In our 125th episode, Sue and John chat with Becky from the organizers of Portus, the fan conference in Dallas, Texas, and to Amy, from Terminus , set to be held during the summer of 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. InContinued...
Registration Opens for Accio 2008
An update for you today regarding one of the Harry Potter fan conferences set for next year. Registration is now open for Accio 2008, a three day conference set to take place in Oxford England July 25-27. Due to space constraints at the site of the conference at Magdalen College at Oxford, attendance at the conferenceContinued...
Wizards to Wrock the House at Terminus
Get ready to wrock and roll, wizard style, as Terminus has announced a very cool musical event to kick off their Harry Potter conference next summer. Wrock Chicago, an all day wizarding rock concert, will feature 25 groups in this special event to be held on August 6, 2008. Taking place the day before theContinued...
Portus, Terminus, Accio 2008 Updates and More
While we still have several months to go in 2007, many of you are planning your Harry Potter travels for 2008. As such, we have a few updates regarding the various Harry Potter conferences set for next year.
First, Portus 2008, the Harry Potter symposium set for Dallas Texas July 10-13 2008 has now announcedContinued...
Sue Upton, Head of House
The team at Terminus 2008, the Harry Potter conference happening next August in Chicago, have announced today that our own Sue Upton will serve as Head of Pampero House, one of the four houses the conference has created inside its fictional Aeolian University. Pampero is the house of mischief makers, its colors HufflepuffContinued...
Leaky Mug from Prophecy 2007 Now Online!
Our live Leaky Mug podcast (a joint show produced between MuggleCast and PotterCast) from Prophecy 2007 is now available! Join us for over an hour of Deathly Hallows discussion, pajama contests, and much more!
To download, subscribe to the Leaky Mug feed available right here in iTunes. If you can’tContinued...
Reminder: Registration for Prophecy 2007 Closes Tomorrow
A reminder for those who have not yet registered for the upcoming A Harry Potter Symposium, Prophecy 2007, that registration for this event will close tomorrow July 28, 2007 at 11:59 Eastern. Prophecy 2007: From Hero to Legend will be held next week in Toronto, Ontario, Canada running AugustContinued...
Special Harry Potter Alliance Podcast Now Live
We’re very happy to bring you today a very special podcast, released through PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast. Thanks to Andrew Slack of the HP Alliance and a horde of dedicated Harry Potter fans, wizard rockers, podcast editors and more, we present Becoming Dumbledore’s Army: HarryContinued...
Harry Potter Fans Unite to Save Darfur: Special Podcast, Activities and More
We have a very special announcement today, one we hope you’ll pass on to as many of your friends and colleagues as you can. As we approach the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and fans around the world come together to celebrate, fans are yet againContinued...
Borders' 'Harry Potter TV' Channel
Borders, who have recently covered a number of events from last May’s Phoenix Rising conference, now have a new feature on their website, ‘Harry Potter TV’, or simply, HPTV. This channel currently features four new videos, from conference of last May, where we get to experience some fantastic wizardContinued...