Author Archives: Ian

About Ian

A keen fan of His Dark Materials and Philip Pullman. Assistant to Paul Temple and Sir Graham Forbes.

Pullman presents Branford Boase Award

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Ian

Philip Pullman last night presented the Branford Boase Award to author Jenny Downham at a glitzy ceremony in London. Downham’s prize for writing her debut novel for children Before I Die was a £1000 cheque and a hand-crafted silver inlaid … Continue reading →

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Pullman’s identity stolen on Facebook

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Ian

Philip Pullman writes in the latest Children’s Digest email that his identity has been stolen on popular social networking site Facebook. “I now learn that there is an entry on Facebook in my name. Someone has lifted some photos out … Continue reading →

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Pullman reports from Age Banding meeting

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Ian

As we reported last week, Philip Pullman was to represent the Society of Authors at a meeting with the Publishers Association. In an email to supporters and subscribers of notoagebanding.org, Mr Pullman has written an account of his meeting with … Continue reading →

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Pullman to represent Society of Authors

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Ian

According to The Fidra Blog, Philip Pullman along with Mark le Fanu and Celia Rees, will be representing the Society of Authors at a meeting with the Publishers Association, which is set to take place tomorrow. Pullman says: “There isn’t … Continue reading →

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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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