Philip Pullman will be taking part in a discussion event at the Oxford Literary Festival in a fortnight's time. Science in Fiction will be discussing just that; amongst other topics, how accurate an author should be in a work of fiction – something Pullman has dabbled with in the titular dark matter of His Dark Materials. The event takes place on Saturday 25th March at 12, midday, in the Newman Rooms, St Aldates, opposite Christ Church College, Oxford. Read more on the festival.

Mr. Pullman also makes note of Playbox Theatre's stage dramatisation of HDM, which will be performed next month.