MuggleNet Wins Movies.com Fan Site Award
Our friends over at MuggleNet.com recently won the Movies.com award for best unofficial movie site for the second year in a row; congrats guys! And thanks to everyone who voted for Leaky; if nothing else changed from the last time I checked the voting, which was a few weeks ago, we came in second (but weContinued...
Potter Fans Not Just Children
In the wake of the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the media seems to be catching up to what we already knew; that Harry Potter is not just for children. The Washington Post has a nice article about one such adult fan who loves Harry Potter, Jennie Levine (or Zsenya, as she is known in the fandom),Continued...
Fans 'Band' Together to Honor Friend, Support Creativity
FictionAlley.org, the largest online archive of HP fanfiction, is holding a fundraiser to endow a scholarship fund for one of their former members, a teenaged writer who died of leukemia earlier this year.
The site is selling wristbands (similar to the popular, yellow, Lance Armstrong variety)Continued...
When sagas end, what do the fans do next?
Yesterday NPR's Talk of the Nation focused on the end of the Star Wars movies with a discussion of fan-generated works, including fanfic, fan art, fan films and vidding. Harry Potter was prominently discussed along with the two Star Wars trilogies and other
fan-intensive entertainment like Lord of theContinued...
New issue of Movie Magic focuses on HP Books, Movies, Fandom
The Spring 2005 issue of Movie Magic Magazine has just hit newsstands with about 40 pages of stories on Harry Potter, with a focus on Book Six, Movie Four and various fandom projects as well (thanks to Jenna at DanRadcliffe.com for the Table of Contents scan). The issue includes my follow-upContinued...
The Floo Network Announces: The Cauldron Shop!
Update: Many of you complained that the calendars were too expensive, so Ila, our WB Rep, had their prices slashed to half, right here - just an example of how your feedback works!
After almost 30 forum pages and more than 800 comments of fan speculation, the time has come to announce what we've beenContinued...
JKR's site is "Cool," says Netscape
Netscape has awarded J.K. Rowling's website the cool site of the day award for today, March 29th - and our sister-site, the Lexicon, is also highlighted. We always knew JKR was cool!
ADMIN: Spoiler-Free for HBP? Get Your News from TLC.
As the release of book six gets closer, we have noticed a lot of fans making concerted efforts to stay away from fan sites, including TLC, because they don't want to even risk finding out any more about the upcoming tome, even official information...even the slightest hint ofContinued...
HP Lexicon's Lovey Makover
Our Floo Network partner, the Harry Potter Lexicon, has had a bit of a Valentine's makeover, thanks to the talented Laura Freeman. Laura did the artwork for the Lexicon's winter theme as well, and is justifiably famous in the fandom for being the artist whose picture of the Marauders Jo Rowling once had on herContinued...
More Scam Links and Bits
There is an email going around from a "Voldemort" suggesting that if you follow a series of steps, you will receive HBP for free. We are unsure whether it means for free on the day of release, or is purporting to give it to you early (it says you'll have it "first"): either way don't do it. ThisContinued...
HP Fanfic a Top Search on YAHOO
Yahoo's BUZZ reported yesterday that Harry Potter fanfic regularly pops up into the top searches list on Yahoo, but on January 14, it spiked 147% (this editor wonders if that was because of LiveJournal being down for much of Friday and Saturday).
2004: The Year in HP: A Leaky Cauldron Review
Happy New Year everyone! Because 2005 is going to be such a big year for Harry
Potter fans, we thought now was a good time to look back at 2004, which
wasn't too shabby either where we're concerned. Editor Sue scoured our archives
and found all our 2004 highlights, so we hope you enjoy this littleContinued...
Devotion to a book, movie or series can enrich your life
Today's Mercury News in San Jose has a set of articles about fans and fandom, and includes a discussion of the Harry Potter fandom and fansites. The main article quotes MIT's Dr Henry Jenkins, a longtime expert on fan behaviour:
"Fandom is a community that supports grass-rootsContinued...
TLC's Prisoner of Azkaban Sweepstakes Winners!
At long last, we are proud to announce the winners of our Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban sweepstakes!
Thirty-five people - less than .5 percent of entrants - will receive prizes for their creativity, ingenuity, wit and charm in answering to our challenge to pick one Harry Potter characterContinued...
"Candle for Care" Charity Fundraiser
DanRadcliffe.com and DanRadcliffe.co.uk have launched their "Candle for Care" charity fundraiser for Demelza House, a Children's Hospice in England. This fundraiser is being held for the Harry Potter actor who has requested a donation to this charity in lieu of sending him a holiday gift. Also,Continued...