Outages at the Lexicon, Quotes and Shop
Some of our sister sites on the Floo Network - The Harry Potter Lexicon, Quick Quotes and The Cauldron Shop - are having some server burps and giggles this week, and have been unable to update; please be patient and it will all be fixed shortly. Thanks much!
Patronus 2006 Keynote Speaker Announced
Patronus 2006, the European Harry Potter Conference set for this summer, has announced their first keynote speaker. Steve Vander Ark , founder of our floo partner The Harry Potter Lexicon, will be addressing the conference which will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark July 7-9. Steve will also be part of a panelContinued...
Lexicon Page for W.O.M.B.A.T. Assistance
If you, like many, found the JKR W.O.M.B.A.T test (for instructions on how to get to it, click here) less than, er, how shall we say...easy, you're in luck; our partners over at the Harry Potter Lexicon have made an info sheet for you. They don't claim to have the right answers - this is just a GUIDE,Continued...
Lexicon Introduces Knight Bus Tours
Our partners at the Harry Potter Lexicon have a great new feature: Knight Bus Tours. These guided tours will zoom you through the Lexicon so you can discover things you never knew about Harry Potter; it will include commentary from Lexicon staffers and links to interesting pieces of Potter arcania and more.
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HP News Widget Now Available for Windows; Floo Search Widget Now Available, Period!
Chris Chang has been up to it again: you can now have a Harry Potter News Widget on your Windows or Mac machine (please note you will need the latest version of Konfabulator/Yahoo Widget software, whether on Mac or Windows. The Dashboard version is still availableContinued...
Lexicon: HBP Mystery Person Revealed?
The Lexicon has received information that may reveal the identity of someone mentioned at the end of HBP via initials. (For the unspoiled, we'll refrain from posting them.) It should be noted that this, while it comes from a reliable source, is still rumor until confirmed or denied by Jo & Co. It is,Continued...
On the Lexicon - Replay the JKR Door Openings
Our Floo team has come up with something amazing again; the crew at the Harry Potter Lexicon has unveiled a major update, including full working archives of the door openings on JKR.com - this means if you've been out of town and missed it, or just want to do it again, you can got to the Lexicon andContinued...
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: Subscriptions, Preorders and Floo, Oh My
We've been tidying up behind the scenes here on Leaky and you'll notice a few changes (for those of you on the text-only version of the site, come to the main page to see everything. All of this will be made text-version-available in the near future).
So let's do a quick tour.
1. First, lookContinued...
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...
Floo: French HP Lexicon Debuts
We are very happy to announce that the official French version of our Floo partner, The Harry Potter Lexicon, called 'Encyclopédie Harry Potter is live and ready for perusal by our friends in France.
The site was translated from the English version by no fewer than 20 fans, and joins the Spanish version,Continued...
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...
JKRowling.com: "No News is Good News" (Except there's lots of news)
Our favorite author has updated her site, explaining why "No News is Good News":
I have nothing noteworthy to report, because I have been spending nearly all my time sitting in front of my computer writing, re-writing and taking the occasional break to bang my head off theContinued...
Floo Partner HP Lexicon's Massive HP Timeline Update
Steve Vander Ark of the Floo partner The Harry Potter Lexicon has informed us in a very bleary way that after four solid days of work, the Lexicon's master timeline has been updated to include all new bits of information we've recently learned from J.K. Rowling.
For instance, the timelineContinued...