Search results
My Books. As a passionate believer in the democracy of reading, I don't think it's the task of the author of a book to tell the reader what it means. The meaning of a story emerges in the meeting between the words on the page and the thoughts in the reader's mind.
His Dark Materials is an epic trilogy of fantasy novels consisting of Northern Lights (1995, published as The Golden Compass in North America), The Subtle Knife (1997), and The Amber Spyglass (2000).
About Philip Pullman. I was born in Norwich in 1946, and educated in England, Zimbabwe, and Australia, before my family settled in North Wales. I received my secondary education at the excellent Ysgol Ardudwy, Harlech, and then went to Exeter College, Oxford, to read English, though I never learned to read it very well.
Jun 1, 2017 · Today sees the publication of my latest book The Adventures of John Blake: The Mystery of the Ghost Ship. Beautifully illustrated by Fred Fordham, the story first appeared in The Phoenix, the weekly comic published by David Fickling Books.
Illustrations from Philip Pullman's books. Some of the great Peter Bailey’s illustrations for the Folio Society’s edition of His Dark Materials.
The Golden Compass. People who are interested will probably have seen the film by now. If they're very interested, they'll probably have read about how the film didn't do as well as the studio had hoped at the American box office.
In Lyra’s universe Dust is a source of great anxiety to the Authority, that is the church. Dust, it believes, is the physical evidence of original sin. Dust comes to us when we grow up and become corrupted by the wickedness of the world, of knowledge.
Dec 17, 2012 · Dear Mr Pullman, I've read that the first Sally Lockhart Book - The Ruby in the Smoke - started life as a play. Has this been published, or is there an adaptation for the stage, and why did you choose to turn it into a novel?
The His Dark Materials books of Philip Pullman. His Dark Materials is based on the notion of parallel worlds. We know that there must be other universes parallel to our ours, because (as I understand it) an experiment which has been a cornerstone of twentieth century physics leaves us with no alternative explanation…The only problem is how to get from one universe to another.
I refer to these illustrations as “Lantern Slides”, and they appeared in the Lantern Slide editions of the Dark Materials Books. I would also like to share with you some of the great Peter Bailey’s illustrations for the Folio Society’s edition of His Dark Materials.
