The Philip Pullman endorsed His Dark Materials guide book, The Definitive Guide to Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, by American scholar Laurie Frost, is due to be fully released in the UK and Ireland this June by Scholastic.

It was previously available from Fell Press and since last November from Scholastic but only as an exclusive to the UK book chain Waterstone’s, but from June forwards all readers in the UK and Ireland will be able to get their hands on their very own copy of the book. American readers can still buy the Fell Press edition and there should hopefully be a revised edition on the way.

The latest edition will come with a number of revisions by the author, along with a fresh new binding. Initially it will be released only in hard back, with ribbons and tail-bands and a particularly eye-catching cover design (which you can see on the right). Philip Pullman is reported to be impressed by the new edition. The following will feature on the back cover of the book:

“The extraordinary world of Philip Pullman’s bestselling trilogy is explored in all the detail any fan of the books will ever need. With in-depth, chapter-referenced sections on characters, places, creatures, sciences, languages, and much more, this brilliant work by Laurie Frost has become the official – and definitive – reference guide to Pullman’s books.”

Please note, contrary to what we wrote earlier this week, the new edition will not be released in the USA this June. Apologies if we misled anybody!