![]() The title of the series His Dark Materials is derived from John Milton’s epic seventeenth century poem Paradise Lost.ĭr Martin Levinson, lecturer at the University’s Graduate School of Education said, ‘Philip Pullman’s writing bridges adult and children’s literature. It was also adapted for the film, The Golden Compass - the title given to the book on its North American release. ![]() ![]() In 2007 it was selected by Carnegie judges as one of the ten most important children’s novels of the previous 70 years. And Northern Lights, the first book of the trilogy, won the Carnegie Medal for children’s fiction. The third title in the series, The Amber Spyglass, was the first children’s book to win the prestigious Whitbread Award. Philip Pullman is most revered for his trilogy His Dark Materials a series marketed to young adults but equally enjoyed by older audiences. The public lecture ‘Reading in the Borderland’ is on Friday 22 January at 6.15pm. ![]() Whitbread award-winning author Philip Pullman will speak at the University of Exeter about the ways in which we read, and the connection between stories and pictures. ![]()
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