Philip Pullman is to speak in a talk entitled The Golden Compass: A Conversation With Philip Pullman at the Times Centre in New York City on October 30th. This is a limited ticket venue, and it is believed there are only about 400 tickets for this event which are already sold out. This is one of a select number of engagements Pullman is carrying out in North America.

He will also be appearing at Trinity College, University of Toronto on October 26th to partake in a discussion entitled Particles of Narrative, which “will explore the richness of scientific words and concepts for interpreting the power of children’s books to engage our minds”. This talk is also sold out.