January 06, 2009
The 11th Doctor Let me start by saying I don’t know Matt Smith. I’ve never met him but, unlike most of the British public, I have seen him act, twice, in the BBC adaptations of the Philip Pullman novels The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North. And he was good in both of them, p...
The Spicy Cauldron
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December 21, 2008
"A sad tale's best for winter. I have one/ Of sprites and goblins."...
Wash Post Book World
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"A sad tale's best for winter. I have one/Of sprites and goblins."...
washingtonpost.com - Michael Wilbon (washingtonpost.com)
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December 15, 2008
I searched the interviews of twelve successful fantasy authors to find their advice for aspiring authors, which I’ve compiled in this entry. Click on a name to jump to it, or scroll down to read through the full article. George R. R. Martin | Susanna Clarke | Patrick Rothfuss Philip Pullman | ...
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December 07, 2008
So off to Oxford for the weekend with “Her Indoors� and our first pit-stop was a lunch reservation to try out the Brasserie chain named after the two Michelin Star French Chef, Raymond Blanc. Now I would have much rather been at Raymond’s flagship at Great Milton 8 miles south east of Oxford ,...
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June 18, 2008
Boek 2, The Subtle Knife (let op, spoilers), is sinds gisterenavond achter de kiezen. Na boek 1 (again, spoilers) was ik al enorm onder de indruk maar nu ben ik verkocht en kan ik niet wachten om aan het laatste deel (ja, ook hier van die dingen) in de “His Dark Materials” (ah, what the ...
Past is prologue
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February 08, 2008
#9 Selected Poems by John Claire (selected by Paul Farley)And off they start anew and hasty blowTheir numbed and clumpsing fingers till they glow,Then races with their shadows wildly runThat stride, huge giants, o'er the shining snowIn the pale splendour of the winter sun.That is from "Schoolboys In...
Nine Below
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January 07, 2008
Author of study guide for ‘The Golden Compass' By Rosa Salter Rodriguez The Journal Gazette Janelle Sou Roberts | The Journal Gazette Scott Stiegemeyer, a Lutheran pastor, says “Compass� author Philip Pullman “clearly does have an anti-church agenda.� Leave it to the Rev. Scott Stiegemeyer...
The Burr in the Burgh
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January 02, 2008
My goal last year was to read 50 books. I made it to 42. The full list is here, if you're curious. I think I'm going to go for 50 books again this year, at least half of which will probably be for classes. Library Materials for Young Adults is going to rock. My top five (non-rereads) for the year, i...
breakdowns come and breakdowns go
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December 21, 2007
I read these when they first came out years ago. Interestingly, it would seen that the children's fantasy fiction is demonstrably beyond the critical thinking & imagination of a few dogmatic adults. Now isn't THAT completely the point of the books? that people FEAR what they don't understand? CBC.ca...
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