Yearly Archives: 2008

Philip Pullman writes in Guardian

Posted on June 7, 2008 by Ian

Philip Pullman writes in the ‘Review’ section of today’s Guardian newspaper about the impending categorisation of children’s books which we wrote about a few days ago. Pullman describes how he felt when he was first informed of this developement, and … Continue reading →

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Birmingham Rep to stage His Dark Materials

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Ian

The Birmingham Repertory Theatre is to stage the His Dark Materials stage play next year (2009) according to the Birmingham Post. The play which will have a respectable run of four weeks between March 13th and April 11th next year, … Continue reading →

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Pullman protests age categorisation for children’s literature

Posted on June 4, 2008 by krebbe

From the autumn, leading publishers plan to introduce labelling to the covers of all children’s books indicating whether they’re intended for ages 5+, 7+, 9+, 11+ or 13+/teen. Outraged at the move, Philip Pullman is leading a group of over … Continue reading →

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Humanist Videos

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Ian

The website of the British Humanist Association features a number of videos by Philip Pullman in its educational section discussing amongst other things The importance of human nature ‘What do we mean by behaving well?’, ‘Humanists and the Golden Rule’, … Continue reading →

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DFC Scans

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Ian

As promised, here are the scanned images from last Saturday’s Guardian newspaper preview of the DFC comic. Simply click on the thumbnails to enlarge them. The DFC are currently offering 4 issues of the comic absolutely free. Click here for … Continue reading →

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