Category Archives: Philip Pullman

Pullman celebrates plans for UK’s largest ever lending library

Posted on April 4, 2009 by jessia

Responding to news of plans to build the UK’s largest ever lending library in Birmingham, Philip Pullman was quoted, “At a time when more and more libraries are under threat, it is very heartening to hear of one that is … Continue reading →

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Author website revamped; residential course on his books

Posted on March 21, 2009 by jessia

Philip Pullman and his web team recently revamped the author’s official website with a new interface and new materials, including links to his lectures, presentations, and essays not otherwise available in print. The site also contains newly compiled information on … Continue reading →

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Why Pullman’s so angry about God

Posted on March 19, 2009 by jessia

Alan Franks from the Times recently spoke to Philip Pullman at his home outside Oxford upon the re-opening of Nicholas Wright’s stage adaptation of His Dark Materials at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. “For a moment it looks as if you … Continue reading →

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Philip Pullman at the Oxford Literary Festival

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Kinders

Several events at this year’s Times Oxford Literary Festival will feature or reference Philip Pullman: The Lyra’s Oxford walk, on April 1st at 2pm, is “a walk of under two miles, broadly based on Oxford author Philip Pullman’s Northern Lights … Continue reading →

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Pullman marks the Convention on Modern Liberty

Posted on February 27, 2009 by jessia

In the Times today is an article by Philip Pullman on the state of liberty in modern Britain. “We do not know what is happening to us. In the world outside, great events take place, great figures move and act, … Continue reading →

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