Not the sort of questions authors are usually asked, such as “where do you get your ideas from?” but those you might put to an alethiometer (the name Pullman gives to the compass that reads the future and reveals the truth). The endless press coverage has included, in the Observer, a list of questions for Pullman from famous fans such as Ed Sheeran and Rowan Williams. Hard cheese for any other author hoping to promote a book this autumn. There are sandwich boards outside bookshops telling us that La Belle Sauvage is now in stock my local bookshop has reserved its display window-all 18 feet-solely for Pullman. Like a river that has burst its banks, we are currently deluged by Philip Pullman. To help us get through the day, the station also broadcast a series of afternoon lectures called Daemon Voices (collected in a new book published by David Fickling) in which Pullman reflected on the art of storytelling.
The following week it was Book at Bedtime. An entire Radio 4 Saturday afternoon slot was given over to a reading of the novel by actor Simon Russell Beale. An extension of the hugely successful His Dark Materials trilogy, La Belle Sauvage was announced, together with other major news items, on the Today programme.
Only those who live in an alternative universe will have missed the publication of La Belle Sauvage, the first volume of Philip Pullman’s new fantasy trilogy, The Book of Dust. Pullman reads from his first, highly-celebrated trilogy.
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