Yearly Archives: 2006

Why Atheism? DVD due for release (updated)

Posted on April 14, 2006 by Kinders

Update: The National Secular Society has made the educational DVD Why Atheism? (which we reported the release of in December) available to buy exclusively from the NSS shop. The DVD features six films, including an extended interview with Philip Pullman … Continue reading →

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Thousands at Movie Auditions

Posted on April 4, 2006 by

The first of the open auditions for Lyra was held today, at Cambridge. Thousands of young hopefuls turned up and queuing started very early, with CBBC putting an estimate of some 1200 girls there. The auditions at Kendal have also … Continue reading →

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Film release date brought forward?

Posted on March 31, 2006 by Kinders

Dark Horizons claims that the film adaptation of Northern Lights/The Golden Compass has been brought forward several weeks from its previously scheduled release date, to November 16th, 2007 – although their source is not named.

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Flights of the Fantastic

Posted on March 31, 2006 by

In The Courier Mail today, four Australian fantasy writers discuss the His Dark Materials trilogy in a roundtable, going into quite some depth. The authors talk of Pullman's role in the trend in fantasy away from the Tolkein-style Norse and … Continue reading →

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Pullman laments bookshop merger

Posted on March 31, 2006 by Kinders

The Guardian writes: “Several of Britain's leading authors reacted with dismay yesterday after the way was cleared for HMV, the books and music group which owns the high street chain Waterstone's, to take over Ottakar's, the specialist books company. … … Continue reading →