Q & A's

Latest Q & A's

I am privileged to have so many of you send through your questions about my work – thank you. I am afraid that I will not be able to answer all of them, but please still send your questions and I will do my very best to answer as many as I can.

Question:

Dear Mr Pullman, I was wondering if you sell prints of your illustrations. They are beautiful Sasha

Asked on 30/06/2012 19:13:09

Answer:

Thank you. To be honest, I hadn’t thought of that, but now you’ve put that idea into my head I’ll have something else to get in the way when I’m supposed to be writing The Book of Dust...

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Hello Mr Pullman, I am just curious to know if any music impacted/inspired you in writing His Dark Materials? May I just say too that by being an avid reader of your fantasy work that you really go into describing alot which really brang the books to life, so top marks on that facet, I'm a teenage reader and I've read the Harry Potter Series and the Inheritance Cycle and many others (except LOTR which I found boring and confusing at times) and I'm just wondering what I should read next? How can I broaden my reading horizons? Cheers -Luke

Asked on 27/06/2012 11:51:16

Answer:

Music is so important to me that I don’t listen to it when I’m writing, because I can’t concentrate on my work. I can only listen to it when I’m doing something that doesn’t involve words. And I love all kinds of music – jazz, classical, pop, everything. As for reading, the best thing I can suggest is to go to a library and browse until you find something that looks good.

Question:

I was happy to see that you are planning to write more in the Sally Lockhart series! Any news on when book 5 might be out? A lot of us are really looking forward to her next adventure! Thank you. Carol

Asked on 20/06/2012 02:34:18

Answer:

One day, when I’ve finished The Book of Dust, I shall turn back to Sally and her friends with great pleasure.

Question:

Dear Philip, For my English homework we have been asked to find out as much about you as we can i.e where you were born,where you grew up. I've found the answers to all of the questions apart from who are your favourite authors and i was wondering if you can answer this for me ? Thankyou James.

Asked on 17/06/2012 17:01:06

Answer:

Too many to list!

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Hello, Philip Pullman. I know you must be tired of hearing the same question, but I would like to know if you have any estimate of when the book's dust will be ready. I greatly admire his work. I also write my stories, and I must say that you inspired me a lot. I also take very seriously the daemons. I have one since I was 12 years. Today I am 14 and he is still here beside me. You have no idea how much he helped me in life ... You have a daemon? How did you know about this? And one more question: Do you believe that dust can indeed exist, and it is real, as some people argue on your forum, or you think it's just fictional? Thank you. Giuseppe 14 years, Brazil.

Asked on 13/06/2012 01:03:50

Answer:

As I say in an answer to a question above, I can’t say when it will be published, but it’s growing vigorously, because at last I’ve got time to concentrate on it. Dæmons? Yes, everyone has one. Dust? It’s a metaphor. But I’m going to say a lot more about it in The Book of Dust.