Philip Pullman
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Exclusive: Read our extract from The Adventures of John Blake: The Mystery of the Ghost Ship, the new graphic novel by Philip Pullman and illustrator Fred Fordham
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The author used to tremble with excitement every week when the paperboy threw them on to the lawn and says they influenced his bestselling novels. Now he’s creating comic strip stories of his own
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Is the adult in your life stuck? Author Kiran Millwood Hargrave recommends books you can suggest that they read to open their minds
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Kate Young finds Philip Pullman’s mystery series stands the test of time, as does it joyous fruitcake
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From Ursula K le Guin’s Earthsea sequence to Garth Nix’s Old Kingdom trilogy, the Book Doctor recommends epic fantasy books to tweens and young teens who want something like Game of Thrones but without the sex and violence
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From JRR Tolkien to JK Rowling, fabulous fantasy quotes to guide you through life’s adventures
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First children’s book to win overall Costa prize since Philip Pullman in 2001 described as work of ‘great narrative tension’ and ‘multi-layered page-turner’
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Letters: All they will achieve is a decline in the number of opportunities for established and new authors to present their work
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Letters: Festivals that do pay their speakers realise that and are respected and appreciated by authors in response
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Event promises to consider introducing author fees, in wake of outcry after Philip Pullman’s resignation
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Reading is a time to escape and enjoy, and the beginning of a new year is a good time to be reminded of that. But hope and optimism often come after overcoming difficulties – that way they seem more special. The Book Doctor recommends some against-all-the-odds successes, from His Dark Materials to Wonder
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When you open the pages of a book you step into a parallel universe. From Narnia to Coraline, Christopher Edge picks his favourite stories that step through the looking glass
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More than 300 musicians, actors and writers including David Bowie and Emma Thompson have signed an open letter ahead of next week’s climate talks
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When the weather outside is ghastly and everything feels a bit too much, what’s more delicious than re-reading an old favourite book? From Harry Potter to Northern Lights, teen site member CaraErica shares the books she knows off by heart and still wants to read again. What are yours?
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Fungus the Bogeyman and Stick Man are latest book characters to go on the box
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Lyra or Lord Asriel? Mrs Coulter or Lee Scoresby? As the BBC announces a new adaptation of Philip Pullman’s classic novel, find out which Northern Lights character you would be
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His Dark Materials author disparages obsession with league tables and calls for theatre visits to be made part of curriculum
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Kat Winter: ‘I do not think this book is quite what I expected, and I mean that in the best possible way’
Topics
- Children and teenagers
- Teen books
- Children's books: 8-12 years
- Fiction
- Children's fantasy books (children's and teens)
- Children's books: 7 and under
- Roald Dahl
- Harry Potter
- Festivals
- Television
- JRR Tolkien
- CS Lewis
- BBC
- Drama
- Television industry
- Lewis Carroll
- Comics and graphic novels (children and teens)
- Comics and graphic novels
- Jacqueline Wilson
- Family
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