Yearly Archives: 2008
Humanist award for Pullman
March 21, 2008
The American Humanist Association will celebrate Philip Pullman this summer as International Humanist Awardee. “His popular and sometimes controversial works champion such humanist values as kindness, love, courage, courtesy, intellectual curiosity, and opposition to organized dogma and tyranny.” The World … Continue reading
Posted in Conventions, Philip Pullman
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2008 Oxford Literary Festival
March 20, 2008
Philip Pullman will be speaking at the Oxford Literary Festival Monday, 31st March to launch upcoming title Once Upon a Time in the North. “The book recounts the very first meeting of these two heroes – Lee Scoresby and his … Continue reading
“Because he’s the honourable cowboy, the Western hero.”
March 20, 2008
Philip Pullman speaks to free lance journalist A.S.H. Smyth in this Tuesday’s Spectator about his upcoming book Once Upon a Time in the North and especially Lee Scoresby. Moving beyond God and towards British politics, globalisation, and the environment, Pullman … Continue reading
Emmerich Appointed New Line President
March 20, 2008
New Line Cinema, the production company behind The Golden Compass movie, have a new President. Toby Emmerich, previously a New Line production chief, has been named President and COO of the company and will be reporting directly to Alan Horn, … Continue reading
Pullman speaks to Yorkshire Post
March 19, 2008
Chris Bond of the Yorkshire Post newspaper spoke to Philip Pullman recently, when Pullman visited Leeds University on World Book Day to give a lecture entitled Poco a Poco, concerning children’s literature. Bond’s article features discussion with Pullman over a … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Philip Pullman
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