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Win a Golden Compass Movie CompanionPosted by Ian on April 5, 2008 at 7:21 pm
This contest is now closed. Thanks to all who entered. BridgetotheStars is giving you the opportunity to win one of three copies of The “Golden Compass”: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion which we have to give away courtesy of Lisa Edwards at Scholastic. The book, by Brian Sibley, is an excellent and comprehensive companion to the movie adaptation, with fantastic photography and illustration and good discussion of the production techniques. Definitely not just for children and quite certainly one for all His Dark Materials fans! Amongst critics, the Bookwitch gives the book high praise. To be in with a chance of winning, simply answer the following question: In which British city will the theatrical adaptation of His Dark Materials be staged from April 13th? Email your answer along with your name and full address to bridgetothestarscontest@gmail.com to enter the contest. The contest will close at midnight GMT next Friday (April 11th).
New Cover for Laurie Frost’s GuidePosted by Ian on March 13, 2008 at 9:37 pm The Philip Pullman endorsed His Dark Materials guide book, The Definitive Guide to Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, by American scholar Laurie Frost, is due to be fully released in the UK and Ireland this June by Scholastic.It was previously available from Fell Press and since last November from Scholastic but only as an exclusive to the UK book chain Waterstone’s, but from June forwards all readers in the UK and Ireland will be able to get their hands on their very own copy of the book. American readers can still buy the Fell Press edition and there should hopefully be a revised edition on the way. The latest edition will come with a number of revisions by the author, along with a fresh new binding. Initially it will be released only in hard back, with ribbons and tail-bands and a particularly eye-catching cover design (which you can see on the right). Philip Pullman is reported to be impressed by the new edition. The following will feature on the back cover of the book: “The extraordinary world of Philip Pullman’s bestselling trilogy is explored in all the detail any fan of the books will ever need. With in-depth, chapter-referenced sections on characters, places, creatures, sciences, languages, and much more, this brilliant work by Laurie Frost has become the official - and definitive - reference guide to Pullman’s books.” Please note, contrary to what we wrote earlier this week, the new edition will not be released in the USA this June. Apologies if we misled anybody!
Lyra Print Give-AwayPosted by Ian on December 8, 2007 at 4:05 amUpdate: This contest has now closed. Thank you to all who entered. Update: This contest will remain open until December 31st - so if you haven’t yet entered for your chance to win a Lyra print, make sure you do so!
Update: This is now extended worldwide. If you haven’t already entered for the chance to win your own Lyra print, make sure you do!
Update: We have now extended this give-away to cover Europe too. Anybody may enter for a chance to win their very own beautiful Lyra print!
Author of Discovering The Golden Compass: A Guide To Philip Pullman’s Dark Materials George Beahm has very kindly offered BridgetotheStars a number of signed prints of Lyra by illustrator Tim Kirk to give away to fans worldwide. You can see below a sample of the exquisite artwork. To get your hands on one of these brilliant pieces of artwork for free, simply send your name and full postal address to this address: podcast@bridgetothestars.net . We’ll be picking names out of our magical hat over the next few weeks to receive the free print.
 The “Lyra in Oxford” print is by artist Tim Kirk and was originally published in George Beahm’s recently released book, DISCOVERING THE GOLDEN COMPASS, which is now available in all good bookshops.
His Dark Materials’ Guide Books Round UpPosted by Ian on December 1, 2007 at 4:23 pmThe Guardian Books Blog currently has a blog by Ann Giles entitled How a trilogy became a library, discussing how the multitude of guide books to His Dark Materials differ and which books suit whom best. The comments afterwards contain some interesting points, including input from writers Laurie Frost and George Beahm. You can read the blog in full here.
Rough Guide to His Dark Materials - ContestPosted by Ian on November 28, 2007 at 1:53 am We have another contest here for you at Bridgetothestars - this time we’re giving away one copy of The Rough Guide to His Dark Materials written by Paul Simpson. To be in with a chance of winning, simply send an email to contest@bridgetothestars.net with your own summary of His Dark Materials in 20 words or less. Please entitle the subject of the email as ‘Rough Guide to HDM Contest’, and please remember to give your full name and address details so that we can post it to you if you win! All entries must be made by 24.00 GMT this Friday November 30th. This competition is open to everybody worldwide.
Donna Freitas interviews Philip PullmanPosted by jessia on November 10, 2007 at 9:55 amAn interview of Philip Pullman by Donna Freitas, co-author of “Killing the Imposter God: Philip Pullman’s Spiritual Imagination in His Dark Materials”, has been uploaded to YouTube. In it, he discusses the almost-divinity of Dust and its manifestation in the world as consciousness and intelligence. There are five videos in all, touching on religion, story-telling and everything else that’s been discussed in the news recently. View them here on YouTube. Here’s the video on “Nature and Meaning of Dust” to get you going:
Alternative Responses to CriticismPosted by jessia on November 1, 2007 at 4:24 amAside from those voices who allege that a “pro-atheist stealth campaign” is being mounted by Philip Pullman and New Line Cinema, other bloggers have spoken out to defend Pullman and His Dark Materials. Today, the official film blog posted an open letter by Philip Nel, a professor of English children’s literature at Kansas State University, in response to Snopes’ page on the Golden Compass.Donna Freitas, a blogger at the religion and pop culture blog Idol Chatter, writes two articles on meeting Philip Pullman on his American tour and why Christians shouldn’t fear the trilogy. Freitas is a professor of religion and is co-authoring a new guide book on His Dark Materials with Jason King. The book, entitled “Killing the Imposter God: Phillip Pullman’s Spiritual Imagination in His Dark Materials,” will look at the series’ religious themes and challenge its notions of God. Read more.
Discovering The Golden Compass in AustraliaPosted by Ian on October 15, 2007 at 7:41 pmAuthor of Discovering The Golden Compass: A Guide To Philip Pullman’s Dark Materials George Beahm, writes to bridgetothestars in response to queries about the availability of his book in Australia. The book is available from Brumby Books Gemcraft, 10 Southfork Drive, Kilsyth South, Victoria, 3137. Their phone number is 61-03-9761-5535.Beahm also adds to the recommendation of Philip Pullman, suggesting that those readers of His Dark Materials who are more familiar with the book may prefer The Elements of His Dark Materials by Laurie Frost. Discovering the Golden Compass can be bought in the UK here, and in the USA here.
Discovering The Golden CompassPosted by Ian on October 8, 2007 at 3:04 pmSeptember saw the release of yet another companion book to Philip Pullman and his His Dark Materials trilogy. This new book, Discovering The Golden Compass: A Guide To Philip Pullman’s Dark Materials, is written by George Beahm and included within its pages are an autobiographical essay by Pullman talking about his life and work; a 16-page full color insert of new photos showing Oxford, the “city of dreaming spires,” in all its glory; 15 new pen-and-ink illustrations and a full color painting by former Disney artist and Imagineer, Tim Kirk; and complete coverage of Pullman’s talk at the Oxford Literary Festival, in which he and The Golden Compass film producer, Deborah Forte, talk about the considerable challenges in bringing the book to film. You can see the book’s Amazon listing here.
Rough Guide Contest WinnersPosted by Will on September 13, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Our contest to win copies of the Rough Guide to His Dark Materials has closed today. We received a record-breaking 143 entries, making the winners extra-lucky this time. Nearly everyone got the answer right, so it came down to random selection. Thanks again to the publishers for providing contest copies. The book makes a great prize - it’s very thorough and compact. Look our for our full review in a few days. The winners are: Simon from Cumbria David from Iowa Alana from Oklahoma Chelsea from Hertfordshire Donna from Berkshire Thanks to everyone for entering; and the winners can expect their books hopefully within a week.
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