Philip Pullman

Feral Children in Children's Books

Monica Edinger | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Rudyard Kipling, Children's Books, Books, Jane-Yolen, Kids' Books, Fantasy, Philip Pullman, Books News
Monica Edinger

Reading this Roger Moorhouse piece on the eighteenth century German feral child, Peter of Hanover, reminded me of Victor of Aveyron who showed up ...

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Philip Pullman: 'Why We Must Stand Up To The Book Barbarians'

Telegraph | Peter Stanford | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Kensal Rise Library, Libraries in Crisis, Libraries, Public Libraries, Philip Pullman, Books News

To casual passers-by, Kensal Rise Library in north-west London is just another red-brick, late-Victorian municipal building, noticeable only because i...

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Children's Laureate Warns 'Society Will Pay' For Library Closures

The Bookseller | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Public Library, Public Libraries, His Dark Materials, Children's Laureate, Libraries in Crisis, Anthony Browne, Philip Pullman, Public Library Closings, Books News

The outgoing Children's Laureate Anthony Browne has warned society "will pay the price in the long term" for closing school and public libraries....

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2011 Man Booker International Prize Finalists Announced

themanbookerprize.com | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Sydney Writers' Festival, John Le Carre, Literary Prizes, Man Booker International Prize, Philip Roth, Marilynne Robinson, Philip Pullman, Man Booker International Prize Finalists, Books News

The Finalists' List was announced by the chair of judges, Rick Gekoski at a press conference held at the University of Sydney, on Wednesday 30 March 2...

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50 Books Every Child Should Read

The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oscar Wilde, Children's Books, Lewis Carroll, Michael Morpurgo, Childrens Books, Charles Dickens, Michael Rosen, Philip Pullman, Jrr Tolkien, Books News

Education Secretary Michael Gove says that children aged 11 should be reading 50 books a year to improve literacy standards. We asked three of Brit...

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UK Libraries Threatened With Survival

TheBookseller | Benedicte Page | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Julia Donaldson, Mary Hoffman, Kate Mosse, Save Our Libraries, Save Our Libraries Day, Philip Pullman, Books News

The nation is gearing up for the first Save Our Libraries day on Saturday (5th February), with around 50 events planned around the UK and "hundreds of...

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Quotes From Istanbul: the Writers and Literary Translators International Congress

Ming Holden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Maureen Freely, International PEN, The Writers and Literary Translators International Congress, Philip Pullman, Arts News
Ming Holden

The program included heartbreaking panels with exiled journalists and poets from Iran, South America, and China who had undergone imprisonment and torture for many years on end.

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Stuck In A Moment

The Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Philip Pullman, Past Tense, Writing Present Tense, Past Tense Writing, Novel Writing, Writing Tips, Writing, Man Booker Prize, Creative Writing, Present Tense, Writing a Novel, Writing Style, Literary Prizes, Books News

Not that it's anything new, or groundbreaking, or revolutionary -- we can all cite lists of authors from the past who chose to express themselves in t...

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Philip Pullman On His New Book 'The Good Man Jesus And The Scoundrel Christ,' His Relationship With Christianity

Telegraph UK | Philip Pullman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Philip Pullman Book, Jesus Christ, Jesus, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, Atheism, His Dark Materials, Christianity, Books, Philip Pullman, Books News

in general, I prefer not to discuss the meaning of my work. But the book I've just published, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, is differen...

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Zadie Smith, Nadine Gordimer On Guardian Hay Festival Lineup

The Guardian | Mark Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zadie Smith, The Guardian, Pevez Musharraf, Nadine Gordimer, Authors, Martin Amis, Book Festivals, Books, Philip Pullman, Kazuo Ishiguro, Guardian Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Books News

Bill Clinton called it the "Woodstock of the mind" while Joseph Heller said it was like a cross between "an international conference and a country wed...

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'Twilight,' Neil Gaiman, And Why Ch

Telegraph UK | Anne Billson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Graveyard Book, Skulduggery Pleasant, Neil Gaiman, Fairy Tales, Reading, Twilight, Artemis Fowl, Books, Harry Potter, Children's Books, Stephenie Meyer, Philip Pullman, Books News

In case you hadn't noticed, there's a big streak of the supernatural running through a lot of children's fiction these days. Ghosts, vampires and skel...

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Philip Pullman, Kazuo Ishiguro, Alexander McCall Smith And Others On Bad Reviews, Their Favorite Authors And More

The Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alexander McCall Smith, Book Reviews, Writing, Authors, Books, Alain De Botton, Philip Pullman, Kazuo Ishiguro, Guardian Hay Festival, Books News

We asked some of the leading authors at this year's Guardian Hay festival a series of questions. Here are their answers...

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Philip Pullman Receives Death Threats Over New Book About Jesus

Telegraph UK | Andrew Hough | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Golden Compass, Jesus, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, Authors, His Dark Materials, Books, Religious Zealots, Death Threats, Philip Pullman, Books News

The atheist writer, 63, claims he had received dozens of angry letters from critics accusing him of blasphemy in his new book "The Good Man Jesus and ...

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The Moral of the Story Is...

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: J.K. Rowling, Winnie the Pooh, Miley Cyrus, Humor, His Dark Materials, Stephanie Meyer, L. Frank Baum, Joke, Hitler, c.s. Lewis, Stephanie Meyer Twilight, Queen Elizabeth II, Philip Pullman, Alice in Wonderland, Golden Compass, The Hobbit, Tolkien, Satire, Lord of the Rings, Wizard of Oz, Chronicles of Narnia, J.R.R. Tolkien, Twilight, Lemony Snicket, Harry Potter, Miley Cyrus Alice in Wonderland, L. Ron Hubbard, Comedy, Humor and Satire, The Chronicles of Narnia, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

Allow me to fill you in on all the dangerous, deadly, evil subtexts to your favorite fond memories...so that you'll never be so foolish as to enjoy them for what they are on their faces, again!

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Golden Compass Author On Religious Uproar

moreintelligentlife.com | Robert Butler | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Golden Compass, His Dark Materials, The Golden Compass Christianity, The Golden Compass Religion, Philip Pullman His Dark Materialis, Philip Pullman, Healthy Living News

Is he expecting controversy? He pauses: "I am beset, not beset, that's too strong, I am attended by crazy people." The day before our interview he had...

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"The Golden Compass" Faces Religious Uproar

AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Golden Compass Catholic, The Golden Compass, The Golden Compass Christian, The Golden Compass Religion, Nicole Kidman, The Golden Compass Review, The Golden Compass Christianity, The Golden Compass Fury, Philip Pullman, Entertainment News

The plot sounds familiar: movie takes on religion, angers some faction of believers. But the furor surrounding "The Golden Compass," a $180-million ...

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