About The Common Room

This is a small, independent Harry Potter fan site. It is written and built by people who still check the post around their eleventh birthday, on the off chance.

It started because the things we wanted did not exist: a Sorting Hat that actually speaks, an acceptance letter you can send to somebody else, a daily exam paper the whole world sits at the same time. So we built them, and the site grew around them.

The artwork is ours

Every drawing on this site is original: the castle silhouette, the hat, the crest, the wax seal, the glyphs in the navigation. Nothing here is traced from or lifted out of the books or the films, and no stills or copyrighted text are reproduced. The letter the Owlery sends is written from scratch, in the spirit of the books rather than copied from them.

How the site pays for itself

Advertising and affiliate commissions. When you buy something through one of our links we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. The affiliate disclosure spells out exactly how that works, and the privacy policy covers what is and is not collected.

The disclaimer

The Common Room is an unofficial fan site and is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or approved by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., J.K. Rowling, or Wizarding World Digital. "Harry Potter" and all related names, characters, and indicia are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.