As a an honourary professor at the University of Bangor in north Wales, Philip Pullman is to speak at the establishment on February 9th along with several other speakers. The day is entitled ‘Upon My Word!’ and is a celebration of literature at Bangor. It’s an open event beginning at 9am and all are welcome. You can read about it here.
Last Saturday’s Daily Telegraph newspaper featured an exclusive article about a conversation between Philip Pullman and journalist Andrew Simms about Pullman’s environmentalism. Amongst other things Pullman speaks of the first time he realised that there was a problem with the climate and environment. You can read the article in full here.
Philip Pullman last night spoke to John Mullan and members of the Guardian Book Club at the Brunei Gallery in London. Pullman spoke about Milton, morality and heading for the Arctic, and also took questions from the audience.You can listen to a podcast of the full discussion here.
Philip Pullman’s official website has been updated since the release of the film adaptation of The Golden Compass, with the message: “I shall have more to say about it in due course, but for the moment there are two interviews I did recently in which I think I’ve managed to say a few things clearly.” He links to Peter Chattaway’s FilmChat blog with whom he conducted a lengthy interview by e-mail, and a conversation with editor-in-chief James Mustich for the Barnes & Noble Review on the art of storytelling. The e-mail interview was conducted earlier for an article in Christianity Today but wass posted by the original interviewer in its entirety on his personal blog. The Barnes & Noble interview was conducted 1st November, likely during Pullman’s North American tour.
The Oxford Times reports that plans to redevelop the Castle Mill boatyard in the Jericho area of Oxford (which is where parts of Northern Lights are set) were on Tuesday evening thrown out by Oxford City Council.
Councillors were met by a standing ovation at the end of meeting, which had standing room only as protesters packed in to plead their case. There was further delight when the council produced a further five reasons against the proposal, on top of the original four submitted by Oxford planning officers.
Philip Pullman spoke to the 150-strong audience and described the proposed development: “It displays an arrogance of scale. It will fundamentally alter the whole appearance of the canal in both directions. It’s like finding a bird’s nest and throwing a brick into it.”
You can read the article in full here.
BBC Oxford’s Martin Eastaugh has shared with us his extended interview with Philip Pullman, conducted in the senior common room of Exeter College, our world’s equivalent to Jordan College’s Retiring Room. “The interview contains some rather nice stuff about the story behind the books, the boycott of the film and some insights into the Oxford locations in the story. There’s also a nice anecdote about when he met JRR Tolkein.” Pullman also shares some possible content for the Book of Dust.
Eastaugh also catches up with Catholic League president Bill Donahue who describes Pullman as a “master storyteller”. Click here to access both interviews. He also links to his exploration of Oxford-His Dark Materials connections and some response from the first to see the movie in Oxford.
As we reported some weeks ago, Philip Pullman will appear at the Phoenix Cinema in Oxford tomorrow for a one hour discussion about the movie. This is sold out. However, you can still get hold of tickets to see him speaking in Oxford via satellite in a number of other Picturehouse cinemas around the country. You can see Pullman speaking in the following towns and cities around the UK:
BBC’s Lizo Mzimba recently recorded an interview with Philip Pullman, discussing with him his thoughts on the adaptation of The Golden Compass, but also his thoughts for the future, particularly the casting of an actor to play Will Parry in an eventual Subtle Knife movie. Pullman states that New Line will make a decision over more movies ‘very soon’. Watch it here, or just below.
We reported a few days ago about an interview with Philip Pullman in Christianity Today. The journalist who wrote the piece, Peter T. Chattaway, interviewed Pullman by way of a series of emails in September, and while his material had to be significantly shortened for publication, he has posted his interview in full on his blog, which can be read here.
Evangelical magazine Christianity Today features an interview with Philip Pullman, which while covering a number of similar issues as many other current publications, does in some ways bring a new twist to light, due to the editorial stance of the magazine. It’s certainly worth a read for anyone who wants to be fully informed of the arguments about The Golden Compass. You can read it in full here.
The Oxford Times reports that plans to redevelop the Castle Mill boatyard in the Jericho area of Oxford (which is where parts of Northern Lights are set) were on Tuesday evening thrown out by Oxford City Council.
Councillors were met by a standing ovation at the end of meeting, which had standing room only as protesters packed in to plead their case. There was further delight when the council produced a further five reasons against the proposal, on top of the original four submitted by Oxford planning officers.
Philip Pullman spoke to the 150-strong audience and described the proposed development: “It displays an arrogance of scale. It will fundamentally alter the whole appearance of the canal in both directions. It’s like finding a bird’s nest and throwing a brick into it.”
You can read the article in full here.
BBC Oxford’s Martin Eastaugh has shared with us his extended interview with Philip Pullman, conducted in the senior common room of Exeter College, our world’s equivalent to Jordan College’s Retiring Room. “The interview contains some rather nice stuff about the story behind the books, the boycott of the film and some insights into the Oxford locations in the story. There’s also a nice anecdote about when he met JRR Tolkein.” Pullman also shares some possible content for the Book of Dust.
We reported a few days ago about an interview with Philip Pullman in Christianity Today. The journalist who wrote the piece, Peter T. Chattaway, interviewed Pullman by way of a series of emails in September, and while his material had to be significantly shortened for publication, he has posted his interview in full on his blog, which can be read here.
