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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 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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