His Dark Materials fan Ian was lucky (and persistent) enough to get an interview on behalf of the entire fan community with none other than Philip Pullman at the Gothenburg book fair in Sweden last month. The interview is distinct for its enthusiastic asking of the questions we'd all love to ask (after all, he plumbed the fan community for ideas), and ranges from questions on armoured bears and Dust to Pullman's post and English cricket. Read it all here.