Pullman's Fairy Tales

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Philip Pullman has revealed to BridgeToTheStars his new project: a retelling of some of the tales of the Brothers Grimm. “This isn’t a book for children only,” he shared with us. “I’m telling the best of the tales in my own voice, and I’m finding it a great purifier of narrative thinking, rather as a pianist relishes playing Bach’s preludes and fugues as a sort of palate-cleansing discipline.”

In the past Pullman has mentioned the Grimm’s Fairy Tales as one of the books that have made the most difference to his life.

http://www.bridgetothestars.net/news/pullmans-fairy-tales/

Oxford Literary Festival

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Philip Pullman is set to be one of the featured speakers at the upcoming Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival event alongside HRH the Princess Royal, Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Rosen and Eoin Colfer. The festival will run from Saturday the 2nd till Sunday the 8th of April.

Pullman’s event, about the construction of an author’s voice in fiction and poetry, will be at 10 AM on Saturday the 2nd of April. Tickets are £10 each and are available to buy here.

If you’re attending this event – please let us know! We’d love to hear your thoughts on it.

http://www.bridgetothestars.net/news/oxford-literary-festival/