J K Rowling podcast at Leaky Lounge

In a serendipitous Harry Potter-themed post to follow from my last, Leaky Lounge is featuring a Christmas Harry Potter podcast, first of two parts published today. The Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet have long been J. K. Rowling's favourite Harry Potter sites, and she's shown her appreciation several times in the past. From the Leaky Cauldron's announcement about the new podcast:

"It is the first in-depth fan interview since the interview we did in 2005, and Jo's repartee was everything we knew it would be: informative, warm, funny and chock-full of canon revelations as well as statements about the writing and publishing of the series. We had such a great time recording with her and hope that you all enjoy the output!" There will be a transcript published soon afterwards

The interview was conducted just after the sale of J. K.'s handwritten book "The Tales of Beedle the Bard", so contains discussion of that topic as well as plenty of debate about horcruxes, homosexuality, Neville's role, whether "the trio" graduated from Hogwarts, how Dumbledore found out what happened in Godric's Hollow, and lots of other delightful detail. Check it out at this link.