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International news about #HisDarkMaterials, Philip Pullman's books and related adaptations. 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 Brought to you by 2 sraffies eagerly waiting to visit a red building. Dæmon-account to https://www.cittagazze.com & https://www.bridgetothestars.net

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Thanks a loooooot: that's a very good news 😉

06.03.2026 20:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Really?🙂It would be a great news for all our Italian sraffie fellows eagerly waiting for this release. Can you please share what was shared or hinted? Grazie mille!

06.03.2026 19:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Detail of a cover of Philip Pullman's THE BOOK OF DUST VOL. 3: THE ROSE FIELD, illustrated by Chris Wormell / Détail de la couverture du roman de Philip Pullman, THE BOOK OF DUST VOL. 3: THE ROSE FIELD, illustrée par Chris Wormell.

Detail of a cover of Philip Pullman's THE BOOK OF DUST VOL. 3: THE ROSE FIELD, illustrated by Chris Wormell / Détail de la couverture du roman de Philip Pullman, THE BOOK OF DUST VOL. 3: THE ROSE FIELD, illustrée par Chris Wormell.

🇫🇷 UNE DATE DE SORTIE !
Le Champ de roses, traduction française de l'ultime tome de La Trilogie de la Poussière, est annoncé pour le 24 septembre 2026 chez Gallimard Jeunesse.

The French translation of Sir Philip Pullman's The Rose Field, will be available on Sept. 2026 from Gallimard Jeunesse.

🥹

06.03.2026 18:35 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

Very saddened to hear about the passing of Clément Oubrerie, French artist who offered us his drawings for the first part of the excellent comic adaptation of Philip Pullman's #NorthernLights between 2014 and 2016.

02.03.2026 18:40 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Many interesting sparkles of Dust and thoughts to grab in this page and by browsing the many other posts related to Lyra's world(s).
Thank you Chris for this sharing your posts with us!
🗺️

28.02.2026 21:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Italian cover for the 30th anniversary edition of P. Pullman's Northern Lights (Salani Editore), featuring an alethiometer, an armoured bear, a Golden Monkey chasing an hermine-shaped dæmon, a hot air ballon, a butterfly and a rat, and finally some elements of Oxford skyline - the Radcliffe Camera and St-Mary belltower; plus golden stars and windtrails, against black background...

Italian cover for the 30th anniversary edition of P. Pullman's Northern Lights (Salani Editore), featuring an alethiometer, an armoured bear, a Golden Monkey chasing an hermine-shaped dæmon, a hot air ballon, a butterfly and a rat, and finally some elements of Oxford skyline - the Radcliffe Camera and St-Mary belltower; plus golden stars and windtrails, against black background...

🇮🇹DA 27 MARZI 2026 IN LIBRERIA!

"Lyra e il suo daimon si mossero nella crescente penombra del salone..."

A special edition (new cover!) is coming soon in Italy thanks to Salani Editore in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Philip Pullman's #NorthernLights!

www.salani.it/libri/la-bus...

24.02.2026 19:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Myth, monsters and making sense of a disenchanted world: why everyone is reading fantasy I have made the leap from literary fiction to fantasy – for those who think it’s mere wish-fulfilment, here’s why we need that thing with the dragons

Featuring who you might have guessed, and a book which you may guess...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

22.02.2026 17:10 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A map of Central Asia, spanning from Türkiye to Western China, with location of most of the relevant cities and places mentionned in parts 2 & 3 of Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust (source: www.cittagazze.com)

A map of Central Asia, spanning from Türkiye to Western China, with location of most of the relevant cities and places mentionned in parts 2 & 3 of Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust (source: www.cittagazze.com)

Following the release of #TheRoseField, here's an update of our page (available 🇫🇷/🇬🇧) dedicated to the cities and places of Central Asia mentionned in #TheBookOfDust.

(⚠️Beware the spoilers if you're not done with the books)
www.cittagazze.com/univers/asie...

15.02.2026 12:00 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Image for THE BOOK OF DUST North-American bookset (Knopf Books), feat. The Rose Field's cover as a main illustration for the box

Image for THE BOOK OF DUST North-American bookset (Knopf Books), feat. The Rose Field's cover as a main illustration for the box

🇺🇸 🇨🇦 RELEASE DATE!

The North-American bookset edition for Philip Pullman's #TheBookOfDust trilogy is landing October 20, 2026 from Knopf Books!

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/824132...

11.02.2026 21:37 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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His Dark Materials writer reveals whether he could return to adapt Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust Jack Thorne was speaking with us for The Radio Times Writers' Room.

'Thorne was asked whether he could return to adapt TBOD, to which he said: "No, I think that's for another writer now. I think that I've done all I can in that world, (...) it needs a different energy than the energy I've got,".'

Thx anyway for everything, Jack.🫡
www.radiotimes.com/tv/fantasy/j...

07.02.2026 20:11 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ΤΟ ΒΙΒΛΙΟ ΤΗΣ ΣΚΟΝΗΣ 3 - Ο ΡΟΔΩΝΑΣ Εκδόσεις Ψυχογιός - Ανακαλύψτε έναν κόσμο Ψυχαγωγίας! Διαλέξτε τα αγαπημένα σας Βιβλία Ελληνικής και Ξένης Λογοτεχνίας, E-Books, Audiobooks και Παιχνίδια ! Παραλαβετε Άμεσα και συλλέξτε πόντους από κάθε σας παραγγελία!

🇬🇷 RELEASE DATE!

Greece will get its local edition of Philip Pullman's #TheRoseField on March 19, 2026!
Translated by Kontoleon Kostia
Published by Psichogios

www.psichogios.gr/el/to-biblio...

07.02.2026 18:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Spanish front cover for Philip Pullman's THE ROSE FIELD (aka EL CAMPO DE ROSAS) by Christopher Wormell - two camels and their riders in a deserted land with mountains in the background and sunset-coloured stormy skies above them.

Spanish front cover for Philip Pullman's THE ROSE FIELD (aka EL CAMPO DE ROSAS) by Christopher Wormell - two camels and their riders in a deserted land with mountains in the background and sunset-coloured stormy skies above them.

🇪🇸 RELEASE DATE!

Spain will get its local edition of Philip Pullman's #TheRoseField on May 28, 2026: EL CAMPO DE ROSAS!
Translated by Maria Dolors Gallart Iglesias
Cover by Christopher Wormell
Published by Roca Editorial

07.02.2026 18:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 3
UK front cover for Philip Pullman's THE ROSE FIELD, by Christopher Wormell - two camels and their riders in a deserted land with mountains in the background and sunset-coloured stormy skies above them. Malcolm's cat-dæmon Asta and Lyra's marten dæmon Pan hide within the letters of the book's title.

UK front cover for Philip Pullman's THE ROSE FIELD, by Christopher Wormell - two camels and their riders in a deserted land with mountains in the background and sunset-coloured stormy skies above them. Malcolm's cat-dæmon Asta and Lyra's marten dæmon Pan hide within the letters of the book's title.

🇬🇧 RELEASE DATE!
The British paperback edition of Philip Pullman's The Rose Field is scheduled for a release on July 16, 2026.

www.penguin.co.uk/books/312002...

29.01.2026 18:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Some news are much harder to share than others: a wonderful 24y-long adventure will end later this year.

All my gratitude to Nef for everything Cittàgazze enabled over the years: a marvelous home and community for sraffies, lifelong friendships, precious happy memories, travels & so much more.
G.

13.01.2026 21:22 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"A west prospect of the city of Oxford : Veuë de la ville d'Oxford du côté de l'Occident" - a rendering of Oxford skyline in 1751 by John Boydell - with (notably) the recognizable dome of the Radcliffe Camera and the spire of St Mary rising above the city...

"A west prospect of the city of Oxford : Veuë de la ville d'Oxford du côté de l'Occident" - a rendering of Oxford skyline in 1751 by John Boydell - with (notably) the recognizable dome of the Radcliffe Camera and the spire of St Mary rising above the city...

Same city, same year:
(found here: patrimoine.bm-dijon.fr/pleade/ead.h... )

10.01.2026 09:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Dear all,
Happy new year from the CityofMagpies folks to the sraffie world. May this new year bring you and your loved ones health, joy, happiness, peace and Dust wherever you are. Hopefully we'll have nice Dust-related news to share and discuss in the coming months.
Wishing you the best,

02.01.2026 16:54 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
15 Philip Pullman's book covers released in 2015: US, Netherlands, UK and Waterstones special edition covers for THE ROSE FIELD (Christopher Wormell), His Dark Materials US editions by Rovina Cai (top) and Jeff Miller (bottom), UK/US omnibus editions of various fairytales by Peter Bailey, Korean editions of Count Karlstein (Hwang Bu-yong) and I was a rat! (Peter Bailey); plus Kristen Poole's 'Philip Pullman and the Historical Imagination' covern feat. an astrolabe picture.

15 Philip Pullman's book covers released in 2015: US, Netherlands, UK and Waterstones special edition covers for THE ROSE FIELD (Christopher Wormell), His Dark Materials US editions by Rovina Cai (top) and Jeff Miller (bottom), UK/US omnibus editions of various fairytales by Peter Bailey, Korean editions of Count Karlstein (Hwang Bu-yong) and I was a rat! (Peter Bailey); plus Kristen Poole's 'Philip Pullman and the Historical Imagination' covern feat. an astrolabe picture.

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Covers for Philip Pullman's books released in 2025.
Artists identified as Christopher Wormell, Peter Bailey, Rovina Cai, Jeff Miller and Hwang Bu-yong.

27.12.2025 11:06 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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‘I’m alive, but battered’: Philip Pullman’s new novel was a struggle After 30 years and two trilogies, Pullman reflects on the world of His Dark Materials.

This Sir Philip Pullman interview with The Washington Post dates back from October and the release of The Rose Field and we did not notice at that time. Sorry for that.

www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

27.12.2025 10:53 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Truth in fantasy: what Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials taught us over its 30-year run The ‘religious atheist’ author held a reputation as CS Lewis’s opposite. But his two trilogies – which came to a close this year – were a celebration of humanity and imagination

Worth a read!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...

26.12.2025 16:01 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
UK front cover for Philip Pullman's THE ROSE FIELD, by Christopher Wormell - two camels and their riders in a deserted land with mountains in the background and sunset-coloured stormy skies above them. Malcolm's cat-dæmon Asta and Lyra's marten dæmon Pan hide within the letters of the book's title.

UK front cover for Philip Pullman's THE ROSE FIELD, by Christopher Wormell - two camels and their riders in a deserted land with mountains in the background and sunset-coloured stormy skies above them. Malcolm's cat-dæmon Asta and Lyra's marten dæmon Pan hide within the letters of the book's title.

2026's expected releases:

March 13:
🇸🇪 Rosenfältet (Natur Ok Kultur, tr.: Helena Hansson)

March 19:
🇬🇷 O Rodona (Psichogios, tr: Kontoleon Kostia)

March 26:
🇩🇪 Das Feld der Rosen (Carlsen, tr: Antoinette Gittinger, audiobook read by Rufus Beck)

April 26:
🇬🇧 The Rose Field (💿CD edition, Penguin)

26.12.2025 11:31 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Merry Christmas to all of you celebrating it.🎄
May it bring happy moments with family & friends and Dust storm all around.
Enjoy the day!

25.12.2025 12:25 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Rose Field: The Book of Dust Volume Three

💿The physical, CD edition of Philip Pullman's #TheRoseField audiobook will be published on April 30, 2026.

www.penguin.co.uk/books/312002...

19.12.2025 20:18 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Haunted Woods and Grimm Tales: Philip Pullman and Sam Leith | British Library Philip Pullman is a master of magical worlds, and his own magnificent stories are loved and appreciated by people of all ages, just as the best fairy tales

Seems there’s a new Philip Pullman event as he joins @questingvole.bsky.social at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social to open the Library’s Fairy Tales exhibition. Online and in person tickets available now.

events.bl.uk/events/haunt...

27.11.2025 16:21 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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It’s a sad day when you hear that Jack Shepherd has passed away at age 85. Jack played the Master in the Golden Compass film among many other highlights to his career. Much love to his family and friends.

26.11.2025 16:11 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

(REVIEW)

"Alongside much food for thought and a resistance towards offering simplistic or easy answers, there is skilful storytelling throughout – surprising twists, daring exploits and moving encounters rendered in gorgeous, elegant prose."

⚠️(Slight spoilers)

09.11.2025 08:46 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Philip Pullman’s The Rose Field: a manifesto for how to be human | The Observer

Rowan Williams about Philip Pullman's The Rose Field

⚠️SPOILERS: avoid this article unless you've already completed your read!

observer.co.uk/culture/book...

08.11.2025 11:49 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
From Myth to Fantasy: Where Folklore Ends & Imagination Begins | Interview with Prof. Kristen Poole
From Myth to Fantasy: Where Folklore Ends & Imagination Begins | Interview with Prof. Kristen Poole YouTube video by Whispers of Ilire

An interview with Kristen Poole, former Visiting Fellow at Exeter College in Oxford (alma mater to Philip Pullman) and also author of "Philip Pullman and the Historical Imagination", published earlier this year.

youtu.be/MIvtP5fFvVo

03.11.2025 23:19 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Professor Kristen Poole

Professor Kristen Poole

We are delighted to share a new interview with former Visiting Fellow, Professor Kristen Poole, about her book Philip Pullman and the Historical Imagination.

Read more: https://ow.ly/BvFs50XlFC6

#ExeterCollegeOxford

03.11.2025 11:11 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Sadly we do not. It was filmed in the room for playback (so people in the back could see, it was a big room!) but there was no mention of it being available at a later date. We’ll keep an eye out though!

02.11.2025 23:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Wonderful to hear Philip Pullman talking at the Stratford Literary Festival - a great insight to The Rose Field and His Dark Materials. Have some notes to go through but for now enjoy these shots and check out Stratford lit fest’s stories on instagram for some quotes.

02.11.2025 20:27 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0