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Enid Jones, 1920-2013

Posted on: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 / 00:00 hrs
Enid Jones was a remarkable lady, and quite the best teacher I ever knew. I was lucky enough to be one of her pupils at secondary school; she encouraged my interest in her subject, English, and praised my work without ever, as she said, giving it more than 8 out of 10. I sent her all my books (which I expect she would have marked in the same way) and I was privileged to know her as a dear friend. She died recently at the age of 92, physically frail, but mentally as sharp and alert as she had ever been. My work in future will have to go unmarked, but I shall never forget the example she set me of care and accuracy in the composition of English sentences, and even more of the love of poetry, which she communicated so well. Thank you, Enid.
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"I Was a Rat!" at The Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham from the 12th February

Posted on: Friday, February 08, 2013 / 00:00 hrs
My story "I Was a Rat!", adapted by Teresa Ludovico, will open at The Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham on 12 February, and then tour to Ipswich, Liverpool, Nottingham, Bury St Edmunds, Truro, Cambridge, Salford, Exeter, Leeds, and Hereford.
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Philip Pullman novel to become children's opera

Posted on: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
Philip Pullman's novel The Firework-Maker's Daughter is to be turned into an opera for children. Five singers and two puppeteers will tell the tale of Lila, a girl who wants to make fireworks like her father. Pullman, a former teacher, originally wrote ...
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Fairy Tales From the Brothers Grimm

Posted on: Saturday, December 08, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
As Philip Pullman points out in his succinct introduction to his new selection from their "Fairy Tales," the Grimms' decision "to collect and publish fairy tales was not an isolated phenomenon, but part of a widespread preoccupation of the time." But ...
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Official Trailer for Brothers Grimm

Posted on: Friday, October 12, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
Philip Pullman's Tales from the Brothers Grimm - Official Trailer
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Grimm Tales for Young and Old by Philip Pullman - review

Posted on: Monday, October 08, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
Grimm Tales for Young and Old by Philip Pullman Review
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Interview: Philip Pullman on Grimm Tales

Posted on: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
Philip Pullman has radically reworked the Grimm tales for all ages. He talks to Nicolette Jones.
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The challenge of retelling Grimms' fairy tales

Posted on: Monday, September 24, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
The characters are conventional, the imagery obvious and there's very little description - but the stories are irresistible. Philip Pullman on rewriting fifty of his favourites
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GRIMM TALES - Events

Posted on: Monday, September 17, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
My version of fifty of the tales of the Brothers Grimm is published this September, and I'll be doing various talks and events to go with it.
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Authors to celebrate 200th anniversary of Grimms' tales

Posted on: Monday, September 03, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
Five leading writers including Philip Pullman are to celebrate the tales of the Brothers Grimm in a series of readings and insights to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
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The end of September sees a new version of 50 of the tales from Philip Pullman

Posted on: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
Extreme hunger is a theme that runs through many of Grimm's fairy tales, and was all too real for the brothers themselves.
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The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman - review

Posted on: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman - review 'I recommend this to a person who likes an extremely action packed book with emotion but doesn't mind a challenge'
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Phillip Pullman on Library Closures

Posted on: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
HE has captivated millions of children with his fantasy novels - and now best-selling author Philip Pullman has branded Bolton's library closures 'very sad'.
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For Kids: Gang of kids tackles mysteries

Posted on: Friday, June 29, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
British author Philip Pullman long ago established himself as a master storyteller, achieving international fame with the His Dark Materials trilogy of fantasy novels: Northern Lights, published in North America as The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.
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Children's authors in phonics row

Posted on: Sunday, June 17, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
Authors including Philip Pullman have criticised the exclusive use of the phonics method of teaching, in which words are broken down into individual sounds, claiming it risks undermining children's love of books.
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Philip Pullman leads list of authors honoured at Coventry Inspiration Book Awards

Posted on: Friday, June 15, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
AUTHOR Philip Pullman was among a galaxy of stars of the book world to be honoured at this year's Coventry Inspiration Book Awards.
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Philip Pullman Signs Up For Coventry Book Festival

Posted on: Friday, June 08, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
BEST-SELLING author Philip Pullman will be heading to Coventry for the city's first book festival.
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The Millionaire Authors' Club

Posted on: Friday, May 18, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
Carl Wilkinson introduces the Millionaire's Club, an exclusive band of authors whose books have sold more than a million copies, including Philip Pullman.
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X Factor for authors

Posted on: Saturday, May 12, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
Seven hopefuls had been judged by writer Kate Clanchy, who is Oxford's city poet, to be worthy of presenting extracts of their work in front of author Philip Pullman.
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Philip Pullmans His Dark Materials in Lorna's top 25 classic books every child should read

Posted on: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
Philip Pullmans His Dark Materials in Lorna's top 25 classic books every child should read. Lorna Bradbury presents another 25 classic books every child should read, based on readers' suggestions.
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Philip Pullman is set to put the grim back in Brothers Grimm

Posted on: Monday, April 02, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
Best-selling writer Philip Pullman is following the popular His Dark Materials trilogy by creating new, darker versions of the Brothers Grimm tales that have become well-known through Walt Disney films like Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
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Philip Pullman gives garden talk

Posted on: Thursday, March 22, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
The children's author Philip Pullman is narrating a new audio tour at Oxford's Botanic Gardens.
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Author adds voice to Botanic Garden guide

Posted on: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
IN THE last chapter of Philip Pullman's award-winning novel The Amber Spyglass, Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry promise to meet on a bench in Oxford's Botanic Garden at Midsummer's Day each year.
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Grimm outlook: Philip Pullman's fairytales to arrive in September

Posted on: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
Philip Pullman will retell 50 of his favourite Grimm tales - some of them deliciously creepy - in 'clear as water' new versions.
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The Inventory: Philip Pullman - Interview by Hester Lacey

Posted on: Friday, March 16, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
'I got a third at Oxford. They'd stopped giving fourths, or I'd have got one of those'
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Philip Pullman: We're failing our children by closing public libraries

Posted on: Monday, March 12, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
The most common ­tribute to the public library is when ­somebody says: 'It opened up the world for me when I was a child"
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Philip Pullman shows caution to Oxford Libraries Ebook Scheme

Posted on: Monday, March 05, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
Oxford author Philip Pullman last night gave the scheme a cautious welcome. The His Dark Materials author said: 'If it means more books are available to more people then I think that's a good thing.'
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Philip Pullman and Stephen Fry are to judge this year's Dundee International Book Prize

Posted on: Friday, February 17, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
Philip Pullman and Stephen Fry are to judge this year's Dundee International Book Prize, which at £10,000 for the winner, offers the biggest cash prize for any unpublished work in the country.
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Brent library campaigners denied further closure challenges

Posted on: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
The final appeal to supreme court against halving the London borough's libraries provision will not be heard. Backed by literary names including Philip Pullman, Jacqueline Wilson, Zadie Smith and Alan Bennett, Brent residents have been campaigning for more than a year to save six local libraries.
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Debate: Ebooks and the future of democracy

Posted on: Thursday, February 02, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
Novelist Philip Pullman, author of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy among other books, owns a Kindle and allows that it may signal "we're on the cusp of a revolution as great as Gutenberg's, but then maybe we're not."
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Pullman offers school textbook authors a vital lesson: rebellion for beginners

Posted on: Thursday, January 26, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
The novelist Philip Pullman is among thousands of writers condemning government proposals to restrict the fees they receive from their books used by schools, colleges or universities.
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'Library' checks out writers' bookshelves

Posted on: Monday, January 23, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
In Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books (Yale, $20), a new collection of photographs and interviews, editor Leah Price asks 13 authors, including Philip Pullman about the books and bookcases in their homes.
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Lion Eyes works with Pullman and Morpurgo on BBC documentary

Posted on: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 / 00:00 hrs
The documentary, which airs on Thursday (12th January), was shot over 2 days and features contributions from Michael Morpurgo (War Horse author) and Philip Pullman (author of Dark Materials trilogy).
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Writers and Their Books: Inside Famous Authors' Personal Libraries, Featuring Philip Pullman

Posted on: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
As a hopeless bibliophile, an obsessive lover of bookcases, and a chronic pursuer of voyeuristic peeks inside the minds of creators, I'm utterly spellbound by Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books-a vicarious journey into the personal libraries of thirteen favorite authors, who share their collections of childhood favorites, dusty textbooks, prized first editions, and beloved hardcovers, along with some thoughts on books, reading, and the life of the mind.
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Campaigners Including Philip Pullman, Alan Bennett And Zadie Smith Fail To Prevent Brent Libraries Closure

Posted on: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
A list of high-profile campaigners including playwright Alan Bennett, authors Zadie Smith and Philip Pullman and musicians Nick Cave, Depeche Mode and the Pet Shop Boys have lost a court of appeal bid to prevent the closure of six libraries in Brent, north-west London, reports the Guardian.
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Theatre by the Lake's Firework-Maker's Daughter is an explosive festive adventure

Posted on: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
Adapted by Stephen Russell from Philip Pullman's The Firework-Maker's Daughter, this explosive festive adventure has all the best elements of a traditional British pantomime.
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Pullman on fairy tales, England on war and Clee on an ebook Christmas.

Posted on: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
In the Critics section of this week's double issue New Statesman, author Philip Pullman takes on our guest-editor Richard Dawkins and muses over why fairy tales are good for children.
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Philip Pullman's early work comes to the London stage

Posted on: Thursday, December 08, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
And this Christmas, one of his fairytales and earliest works, The Firework Maker's Daughter, is to be staged at the Bloomsbury Theatre.
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The Firework-Maker's Daughter

Posted on: Monday, December 05, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
A spectacular overhead firework finale ends what should prove to be a successful Christmas production as essential elements blend to satisfy an audience of all ages. Despite a slow pace at times, Stefan Escreet's production of Stephen Russell's clever adaptation of Philip Pullman's novel has everything.
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The Adventures of the New Cut Gang by Philip Pullman - review

Posted on: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
The Adventures of the New Cut Gang by Philip Pullman, contains two stories: Thunderbolt's Waxwork and The Gas-Fitter's Ball.
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Residents fight library closures

Posted on: Friday, November 11, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
Brent residents crowded into the Court of Appeal yesterday for the latest stage in their legal attempt to prevent the closure of six "treasured" libraries by the local authority.
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Exploring the world book map

Posted on: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
Text and pictures illustrate each location, giving a whole new insight...
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Pullman and Díaz to reveal reads for Yale

Posted on: Monday, October 31, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
Yale University Press will be nosing around authors' bookshelves with the publication of Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books next month, with authors including Philip Pullman, Jonathan Lethem and Junot Díaz revealing which titles they treasure.
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Philip Pullman declares war against 'stupidity' of library closures

Posted on: Monday, October 24, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
Author backs library campaigners and blasts Brent council for saying that closing half of its libraries would help it fulfil 'exciting plans to improve libraries'
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Philip Pullman and Julia Donaldson join battle to save hundreds of British libraries

Posted on: Saturday, October 22, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
Philip Pullman and Julia Donaldson are among the children's authors who are joining a new campaign that aims to fight the closure of up to 600 of the UK's libraries.
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Children's authors join campaigners in fight to save UK's libraries

Posted on: Saturday, October 22, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
Philip Pullman and Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson to attend conference after Brent residents held vigils over library closures.
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Philip Pullman: Using the internet is like looking at a landscape through a keyhole

Posted on: Friday, October 21, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
Philip Pullman is one of the "liberal whingers" campaigning to save our libraries. Here he explains why.
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THE BALLOONIST BY MAcDONALD HARRIS

Posted on: Friday, October 21, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
MacDonald Harris, as Philip Pullman writes in his introduction to The Balloonist, is 'too good to be neglected'.
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Don't wait for councils to privatise everything you hold dear

Posted on: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
Philip Pullman has backed the campaign to save Oxfordshire's libraries.
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Protesters set up own library as Pullman joins campaign

Posted on: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
The campaign against the closures is gathering pace. Author Philip Pullman is to join protesters at the weekend, while a round-the-clock vigil outside Kensal Rise library aimed at stopping workman boarding up the buildings entered its sixth day.
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Page in the Life: Philip Pullman

Posted on: Monday, October 17, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
The novelist Philip Pullman tells Helen Brown about his Victorian adventures - and reveals he is working on two new His Dark Materials stories.
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Bloomsbury makes fireworks this Christmas

Posted on: Thursday, October 13, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
Birmingham Stage Company's adaptation of Philip Pullman's The Firework-Maker's Daughter will play the Bloomsbury theatre this Christmas.
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Illuminating idea wins Forgotten Spaces Sheffield

Posted on: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
The idea for the avatars was inspired by Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.
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Children grow up far too fast

Posted on: Monday, September 26, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
Author Philip Pullman, above, joined a string of experts warning that children are growing up too quickly.
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Pullman to speak at Library Campaign conference

Posted on: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
Author Philip Pullman will speak at an October day conference for library user groups, hosted by The Library Campaign in association with Voices for the Library.
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Oxfordshire Libraries

Posted on: Thursday, January 27, 2011 / 00:00 hrs
Many parts of the country are discovering that their local authority is planning to close a large number of public libraries. Not surprisingly, people are very angry about this, and many local groups have been set up to protest.
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The Firework-Maker's Daughter

Posted on: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 / 00:00 hrs

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Volcanic ash

Posted on: Monday, April 19, 2010 / 00:00 hrs

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The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ

Posted on: Saturday, February 27, 2010 / 00:00 hrs
List of forthcoming events
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Oak Tree Fine Press

Posted on: Saturday, November 28, 2009 / 00:00 hrs
A beautifully produced limited edition
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Jesus and Christ

Posted on: Monday, September 14, 2009 / 00:00 hrs
There's a new book coming ...
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JOHN BLAKE

Posted on: Friday, March 20, 2009 / 00:00 hrs
Some of you may have been following the fortunes of John Blake in the DFC, a weekly comic that began publishing in May 2008 and which sadly has fallen victim, like many other things, to the current financial situation.
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The Subtle Knife

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