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 weatherContinued...
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 youContinued...
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 plasticContinued...
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 DinkContinued...
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 andContinued...
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, favouriteContinued...
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-AlongContinued...
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 interviewContinued...
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 threeContinued...
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 againContinued...
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,Continued...
Winners of 2009 Leakies Announced
Read I Capture the Castle with Jo's Book Nook
Our non-Harry Potter book club, Jo's Book Nook, has chosen to read Dodie Smith's timeless novel I Capture the Castle for the month of January. Jo's Book Nook is open to all MyLeaky members, providing the opportunity to discuss the chosen novel with others who are discovering or rediscovering it at theContinued...
Back to the Start for Harry Potter Book Club
Our very own Harry Potter Book Club has chosen to open the decade by revisiting the very first novel in the Harry Potter series. Join the Book Club in this section of the Leaky Lounge as they spend this month rereading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone/Sorcerer's Stone. The Harry Potter Book ClubContinued...