'Cameron and Clegg Have Probably Never Been Inside a Public Library' ; Children's Author Philip Pullman, an Advocate of Tomorrow's World Book Night, Tells Alison Roberts Why He Is Such a Vehement Opponent of Library Cuts

Roberts, Alison, The Evening Standard (London, England)

PHILIP Pullman arrives at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford wearing a jaunty beret and donnish cord trousers. At 64, he looks a little like fellow-author William Boyd, or a neat, unstained version of John Bayley. We are here to discuss World Book Night, which takes place tomorrow -- the first event of its kind and the brainchild of Canongate publisher Jamie Byng -- when one million books will be given away by and to members of the public in a great and almostspontaneous celebration of the written word. Twenty-five titles will flood the streets, including Pullman's Northern Lights, the first in his multi-million-selling His Dark Materials trilogy. He is, of course, delighted by the …

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Publication information: Article title: 'Cameron and Clegg Have Probably Never Been Inside a Public Library' ; Children's Author Philip Pullman, an Advocate of Tomorrow's World Book Night, Tells Alison Roberts Why He Is Such a Vehement Opponent of Library Cuts. Contributors: Roberts, Alison - Author. Newspaper title: The Evening Standard (London, England). Publication date: March 4, 2011. Page number: 22. © Not available. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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