Monthly Archives: March 2006
Film release date brought forward?
March 31, 2006
Dark Horizons claims that the film adaptation of Northern Lights/The Golden Compass has been brought forward several weeks from its previously scheduled release date, to November 16th, 2007 – although their source is not named.
Flights of the Fantastic
March 31, 2006
In The Courier Mail today, four Australian fantasy writers discuss the His Dark Materials trilogy in a roundtable, going into quite some depth. The authors talk of Pullman's role in the trend in fantasy away from the Tolkein-style Norse and … Continue reading
Pullman laments bookshop merger
March 31, 2006
The Guardian writes: “Several of Britain's leading authors reacted with dismay yesterday after the way was cleared for HMV, the books and music group which owns the high street chain Waterstone's, to take over Ottakar's, the specialist books company. … … Continue reading
Stage Tickets Up for Grabs
March 28, 2006
We've a pair of tickets for Playbox's stage production of His Dark Materials to give away, courtesy of the group. The first staging of the play outside of the National Theatre's incredibly successful run, Playbox's imagining of HDM will star … Continue reading
Pullman on Hawking
March 28, 2006
Last February, Philip Pullman attended a lecture given in Oxford by Professor Stephen Hawking on cosmology and our understanding of the origins of the universe. Mr. Pullman was invited to make some remarks after dinner in response, and you can … Continue reading
Images from The Golden Compass movie are © New Line Cinema.