Event overview
Join Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen in conversation about storytelling and The Rose Field.
We are pleased that our postponed event from October 2025 has been rescheduled for the New Year.
This is a wonderful opportunity to listen to the renowned and inspiring authors, Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen in conversation about storytelling and The Rose Field. Philip will be talking to Michael about the background to writing the book and then discuss elements of The Rose Field: The Book of Dust Volume Three.
There will be time to purchase books at the start of the event from 5.30 – 6.00 pm. Your ticket can be used as a £15 voucher towards the full price of the book. David Brett from our local independent bookshop, The Word, will be selling copies of The Rose Field at Goldsmiths. You can also use your voucher towards the cost of The Rose Field at The Word (314 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6AF) ahead of January, with proof of your ticket purchase. Please note that Philip Pullman will not be signing books during the event.
Philip Pullman was born in Norwich, UK, in 1946 and educated in England, Zimbabwe, Australia and Wales. He read English at Exeter College, Oxford. After graduating, Pullman went into teaching, at various Oxford Middle Schools before moving to Westminster College in 1986 for eight years. He retains a passionate interest in education. His most famous work is the His Dark Materials trilogy: Northern Lights (1995, published as The Golden Compass in the USA); The Subtle Knife (1997) and The Amber Spyglass (2000). The first volume of The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage – was published in October 2017 to great acclaim, winning the Waterstones Book of the Year in December 2017, securing Pullman ‘Author of the Year’ at both the British Book Awards 2018 and the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018, and the audiobook – narrated by Michael Sheen – ‘Audiobook of the Year’ at the British Book Awards 2018. The second volume – The Secret Commonwealth – was published in October 2019.
Michael Rosen was born in 1946 and brought up in north-west London. He studied English Literature and Language at Oxford University and later an MA in Children's Literature at the University of Reading. He has a PhD on the process of writing a work of children's literature from the University of North London (now London Metropolitan University). He has been writing children's books since 1974 - a mixture of poetry, picture book texts, short stories, novels, edited anthologies and adaptations of folk tales. He visits schools and book festival performing his works, has a YouTube Channel that has had over 130 million views and he hosts a BBC Radio 4 show about language called 'Word of Mouth'. He was UK Children's Laureate 2007-2009.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 16 Jan 2025 | 5:30pm - 7:30pm |
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