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HBO Max invited Leaky to set of new Harry Potter series! Here’s what we learned (Part 1):

Can you guess where I am?!? There’s not much that will inspire this stiff-upper-lip WASP to dissolve into hysterics of joy, but here I am sobbing, “It’s real!” Such a spontaneous expression of raw ...
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Transcript of Part 1 of PotterCast’s JK Rowling Interview

Thanks to our wonderful transcription elves, you can now read the transcript of the first part of our Harry Potter podcast, PotterCast‘s interview with J.K. Rowling (to hear it yourself, just click ...
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J. K. Rowling at Carnegie Hall Reveals Dumbledore is Gay; Neville Marries Hannah Abbott, and Much More

Note: A preliminary transcript is now at the end of this post; please note that there may be some small errors in phrasing, and all questions have been paraphrased to save time; this is not a final ...
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PotterCast 131 J.K. Rowling Interview Transcript

SU: We have to ask this, or we’ll get yelled at: Draco Malfoy. (JKR: Yeah?) did he graduate, and who did he marry? It wasn’t Pansy right? Or was it? JKR: No! God, it wasn’t Pansy Parkinson! I loath ...
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Addressing J.K. Rowling’s Recent Statements

In the past few weeks, we have taken the time to reflect as fans and as a community to the statements that J.K. Rowling recently made about transgender people. After listening to a wide variety of ...
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Harry Potter and the Mysteries of Cormoran Strike: Part 1

Dr. Beatrice Groves, Research Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Oxford, returns for another guest post, this time unpacking the mysteries of Galbraith / Rowling’s Cormoran Strike series, and ...
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Houses of Hogwarts pens Kickstarter s-t-r-e-t-c-h goals

Each stretch goal unlocks a new 38ml ink. We have a sneak peak at the first two stretch goal inks, the Sorting Hat and the Golden Snitch: Sorting Hat ink in box Look at this adorably taciturn looking ...
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Christmas in ‘Chamber of Secrets’: or, why is the crowing of the rooster fatal to the Basilisk? PART 1

How are you faring this holiday season, Potterheads? If you’re in need of some Harry Potter analysis to distract you from stress and holiday shopping traffic, we’ve got just the piece for you! In ...
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Show Off Your Wizarding Style for Back to Hogwarts Day

The Hogwarts Express is leaving Kings Cross Station on September 1 to take us back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for another year of spell casting and potion making, and we want to see ...
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All Aboard! The LEGO Hogwarts Express Hits Record Low Price on Amazon for Early Black Friday

If you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment to add an iconic piece of Wizarding World magic to your collection, this is your ticket: The LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Express and Hogsmeade Station set ...
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Magical meditations for midwinter inspiration

Do you suffer from post-holiday blues? Living in the Northern Hemisphere, it has always seemed to me that we need some holiday cheer towards the middle and end of winter, not yet at the very beginning ...