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About Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman, novelist and advocate of the literary imagination, was born in Norwich in 1946, and educated in England, Zimbabwe, and Australia, before settling in North Wales, and reading English in Exeter College, Oxford. His most well-known work is the trilogy His Dark Materials. He has been awarded the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Book Award, and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award - the first time it was given to a children's book. In 2009 he gave a keynote speech at the Convention on Modern Liberty.

Articles by Philip Pullman

Tuesday 25th January

This is the Big Society, you see. It must be big, to contain so many volunteers.

Philip Pullman, 25 January 2011
Outraged by his local council's decision to close half the libraries in Oxfordshire, the author of the Dark materials trilogy delivers a broadside against market fundamentalism, the cuts and the 'Big Society' that goes with them.
Tuesday 6th April

This election will define our country - message on behalf of Power2010

Philip Pullman, 6 April 2010
Gordon Brown has called the election. He, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and hundreds of candidates will soon be courting your vote. But the truth is they're asking you to send them to a broken Parliament.
Thursday 5th March

We are a better people

Philip Pullman, 5 March 2009
Virtue and joy at the Convention on Modern Liberty
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