New Hi-Res Images of JKR at British Book Awards, Goblet Film, in Gallery
Our Gallery, which now has more than 20,000 images, now has an album of 67 hi-res images JKR at the British Book Awards, thanks to our image manager, Mary. There are now also several thousand screencaps from Goblet of Fire and the DVD. Enjoy!
Phew. Leaky's Back.
Oh, we know we had some of you. For like a second.
We tried working with the great boys over at MuggleNet, but the small interactions we usually have are enough. We couldn't stand how they kept replacing our coffee thermoses with chocolate milk, and insisting on video game consoles in the conference rooms. Not cool with thisContinued...
HP Reading Groups Open on the Lounge
Update: The response has been so overwhelming that we've had to create a waiting list; in three weeks those on this list will be formed into two (or more, depending on demand) groups, for additional book one discussion. Those on the list will be notified when their group gets going; use the links belowContinued...
TriWizard Tournament Update, Contest and More
Hey all - got some updates for you Beauxbatons over at the TriWizard Tournament (if you're not a Beauxbaton, you're not on Leaky's team! Sorry, guys).
Lots of info below, but first: Leaky is also announcing a contest related to this event: Once the tournament begins properly, the studentsContinued...
Leaky Presents: First Fan DVD Commentary
We're happy to bring you the first-ever Harry Potter fan DVD audio commentary track. Now that you (in the US anyway, we know) have your DVDs, we hope this track will provide you with some entertianment and even information (in the form of tidbits from TLC's set visits) on Harry Potter and the GobletContinued...
Leaky Presents the Harry Potter Quote Conjurer
We've got a great, fun, just-plain-cool-if-I-do-say-so-myself widget for you: The Harry Potter Quote Conjurer for Mac AND Windows.
The conjurer is the latest from our Truly Awesome Widget Guy, Chris Chang, and today, its first day online, it has been named a featured widget by Apple.com!
So whatContinued...
Exclusive Leaky Reader Designed S.P.E.W. T-Shirts Now Available, More Noble Collectibles
The spew - that is, S.P.E.W. - shirts that Leaky readers designed are here! You can get them in hoodies, adult tees, kids' tees and women's fitted tees sizes.
Last year, you all created an "I Solemnly Swear" shirt with a WB rep in our CauldronContinued...
"LeakyMug Live" Officially Set for July 29
We're happy to announce that our next "LeakyMug Live" podcast is officially set for July 29 at a tentative 6:30 p.m. start time, at the JW Marriott in Las Vegas, Nevada. Attendees who are registered for Lumos 2006 will be given seating preference at the event.
Registration is very close toContinued...
Admin Notice: Galleries Down Until Late Tonight/Early Tomorrow
Just a quick note: Our Gallery will be undergoing some construction tonight, so that we can add some features, take away others, and fix some bugs. Thanks for your patience.
And Mac users: we're on fixing what's wrong with the site for you (our programmers are -blech- WindowsContinued...
Goldenberg and More to Discuss Adapting Harry Potter
On April 11, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix screenwriter Michael Goldenberg, Salon.com critic Stephanie Zacharek, and Monica Edinger, teacher from the Dalton School who has authored of a number of books and articles on children's literature, will take part in "HarryContinued...
Leaky Wins Yahoo! Search Find of the Year People's Choice Award
Thanks to you all, Leaky has been voted People's Choice in the Yahoo! Search Finds of the Year Awards 2005.
The news has now hit the AP (apparently NASA's site was also up for the award), and BBC (and now we feel guilty for winning over the school site! Hey, all right, here'sContinued...
THE NEW LEAKY
WELCOME to the new and very much improved Leaky Cauldron!
We have been absolutely dying to get this version released and out to you (yes, this is the project code named Fiddy Five). We don't even know where to start telling you what's new about it - but we think there are several things you're going to notice right away.Continued...
Happy Birthday, Leaky Lounge!
It's a historic day here at Leaky; today, our forum, Leaky Lounge, turns one year old!
It's been a whole year since we opened the floodgates to nearly 30,000 of you and more than 500,000 of your posts. It's been a whole year since that first day, when 2,000 of you signed up, leaving all of us staffers whoContinued...
JKR Donates Handwritten Item to BookAid International for Auction
We're really happy to revisit history a bit on this page, to announce J.K. Rowling has donated a handwritten, signed item to Book Aid International for its fundraising auction.
Bloomsbury Auctions of Mayfair, London, will play host to the auction, which is also supported by JeremyContinued...
Leaky Shortlisted for Yahoo! UK Entertainment Find of the Year
Well, it only took us two weeks to remember to tell you and there are only five days left to vote, but at least we're in under the deadline: Leaky is very thrilled and honored to have been chosen by a panel of judges as one of the finalists in the Yahoo! UK and Ireland 2005 FindsContinued...