Rediscover Deathly Hallows with the Lily and Stag Inn Reading Groups

The Lily and Stag Inn reading groups at the Leaky Lounge invite you to join their discussion of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows starting today, the 17th of March. Once sorted into a reading group, you will be "Rediscovering the Magic" of the seventh Harry Potter book in a close-knit, family-like environment. The small groups dissect one book at a time, chapter by chapter, looking beyond the...

St. Patrick's Day Event in the Leaky Lounge

The Leaky Lounge, our discussion forum, is today holding a St. Patrick's Day celebration. The designated forum will remain open for the rest of the week and features discussions about Irish actors, green crafts, limericks, Irish recipes and more. You can find the St. Patrick's Day forum at this link.

St. Patrick's Day Edition of The Quibbler Now Online

As it's St. Patrick's Day today, the brand new March issue of The Quibbler is aptly themed and now available for download. The Quibbler is The Leaky Cauldron's monthly publication for "news that no-one else will publish" and March's edition covers a Dark plot to interfere with Earth's weather systems, bewitched footwear, the dangers of mixing politics and food, as well as another of Aberforth's...

New Books for Harry Potter Book Club and Jo's Book Nook

Both of our book clubs on the Leaky Lounge have chosen new books to read for the month of March. The Harry Potter Book Club is reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and you can find the forum at this link, where you will find all sorts of polls, prompts and more to discuss as you read the third book in the series. Secondly, our non-Harry Potter book club, Jo's Book Nook, has selected...

March 2010 Craft Along Now Open

Yesterday, the Crafty Witches launched a brand new environmentally-conscious Craft-Along, in time for the upcoming Earth Day on the 22nd of April. The challenge for this month is to turn your favourite Harry Potter book into a small reusable bag, enabling you to better help the planet by turning down the plastic carrier bags offered in shops.

MyLeaky points will be awarded to everyone who participates...

March Featured Crafter of the Month: Pren Wilcox

Our Crafty Witches and Wizard have chosen crafter Pren Wilcox, a.k.a archerpren, as March's Featured Crafter of the Month. Pren has used her talent with sewing and knitting to produce crafts such as a hand sewn Beauxbatons costume, a Golden Snitch ornament, a Fereverto charm and some Shrinky Dink stitch markers. An interview between one of our Crafty Witches and Pren has already taken place and...

Valentine's Day Edition of The Quibbler Now Online

This Valentine's Day, we have a brand new issue of The Quibbler for you, Leaky's monthly publication for "news that no-one else will publish." February's edition is packed with articles on a breach of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, a kerfuffle involving mixed up Love Potions and the notorious Mundungus, along with Aberforth's page three girls, games, a new batch of "Dear Luna"...

Talk Persuasion with Jo's Book Nook

This month our non-Harry Potter book club, Jo's Book Nook, is reading Persuasion by Jane Austen. All MyLeaky members are welcome to take part in the discussions, quizzes and more! Whether you're reading Persuasion for the first or the seventeenth time, talk with fellow members about film adaptations, favourite characters, alternative endings and so on right here on the Leaky Lounge.

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February 2010 Craft Along Now Open

Yesterday, the Crafty Witches launched a brand new Craft-Along, this time inviting you to join them as they finish crafting all the WIPs (works in progress) or UFOs (unfinished objects) they have lying around. Dust off your unfinished Harry Potter-related craft projects, finish them and show them off on the Craft-Along thread at the Leaky Lounge. If you have no such WIPs or UFOs, design something...

February Featured Crafter of the Month: hermione_jean_7

Our Crafty Witches and Wizard have chosen crafter hermione_jean_7 as February's Featured Crafter of the Month. Hermione_jean_7 was nominated for her skills in quilting, knit and crochet. Some examples of her fine work include a Harry Potter quilt and a Gryffindor messenger bag. A short interview with hermione_jean_7 will be available on the Crafty Witches and Wizard YouTube channel shortly.

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January Issue of The Quibbler Now Online

Today we bring you a brand new issue of The Quibbler, The Leaky Cauldron's monthly publication for "news that no-one else will publish." In this issue you will find articles on the remarkable discovery of a common herb cure for Dragon Pox, baffled Muggles on New Year's Eve, as well as Aberforth's page three girls and a new installment of "Dear Luna" letters. Along with all this we have games, recipes...

Lily and Stag Reading Group Weekend of Fun

The Lily and Stag Inn, host of the Harry Potter Reading Groups at the Leaky Lounge, invite you to join them in their discussion of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The Lily and Stag are collapsing the walls between their rooms, allowing you to move between the private reading groups and back again as you discuss the sixth book in the series. If you're not already in a reading group, you...

Leaky Nominated in 2010 TotalFilm.com Movie Blog Awards

Five Awesome Years on the Lounge

Today is a special day for Leaky and all its loyal readers. Five years ago today the Leaky Lounge, our forum, was born, and Leaky itself changed forever: from a small news-posting blog to a worldwide community, from a one-way news posting service to a great depository of ideas, writing, theories, reading groups, creativity, laughter, parodies, essays, and much, much more. The Leaky Lounge blew...

Winners of 2009 Leakies Announced