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I read through the His Dark Materials trilogy again recently in anticipation of the The Rose Field and was reminded of these sketches I did during my last read through.
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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cityofmagpies.bsky.social
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.
November 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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f33lthesun.bsky.social
Can’t beat an #IndieBookshop edition. Collected Book of Dust 3, The Rose Field, from @forumbooks.bsky.social this morning. Came with a free bag and an alethiometer pin badge. And just look at the endpapers and #UnderTheDustJacket 🥰
An orange tote bag with a rose and text: “and now the final part begins…” The Rose Field Hardback copy of Philip Pullman’s The Book of Dust Volume 3 The Rose Field Pin badge alethiometer. Alethiometer pin badge Under the dust jacket, Black book cover, red “dust” and text: Tell me what’s in the red building in the desert of Karamakan. The building then roses come from. …an opening into another world… The world where the roses come from? …they would come from nowhere else… Endpapers for Booknof Dust vol 3. A mountain scene with a cloudy sky. All in shades of orange, with white sky.
October 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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thetimes.com
After 30 years Philip Pullman has completed his bestselling epic series The Book of Dust with The Rose Field. He talks politics, endings and his next chapter.
Philip Pullman at 79: ‘When I write, nothing bad can happen’
After 30 years the author has completed his bestselling epic series The Book of Dust with The Rose Field. He talks politics, endings and his next chapter
www.thetimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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lizplane.bsky.social
So excited about today’s post from @bertsbooks.bsky.social I have been eagerly awaiting this final volume of The Book of Dust!
A hardback copy of The Rose Field by Philip Pullman, tied with an orange ribbon to match the cover An orange tote bag with the words “and now the final part begins…” above a gold rose and the title of the book The Rose Field
October 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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oabhatti.bsky.social
In honor of the release of Philip Pullman’s The Rose Field today. Found this last night when I was reading to my kid (original art by Tao Nyeu, from the picture book “Squid and Octopus Friends for Always”)
An image from a picture book of a bear and a hare flying in a hot air balloon (likely a reference to the His Dark Materials series)
October 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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oxfordclarion.bsky.social
Readers queued outside Blackwell's this morning to buy Philip Pullman's final book about Lyra Belacqua, 'The Rose Field'. The shop opened an hour early for the last part in the Book of Dust trilogy, partly set in Oxford.
People queueing outside Blackwells early this morning
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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ffmaddingcrowd.bsky.social
After meeting Lyra and Pantalaimon 30 years ago, today we reach the conclusion to their story, and the end of Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust trilogy... we are far from prepared to dive into this last chapter - but if nothing else, make sure you pick up your exclusive copy and tote bag today!
October 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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theguardian.com
Lyra’s last story – exclusive extract from Philip Pullman’s final instalment in The Book of Dust trilogy
Lyra’s last story – exclusive extract from Philip Pullman’s final instalment in The Book of Dust trilogy
Thirty years ago, The Northern Lights introduced the world to Lyra Belacqua. Now, Pullman completes her story in The Rose Field – plus listen to an audiobook extract read by Michael Sheen
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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wendyxu.bsky.social
“every atom of me and every atom of you… we’ll live in birds and flowers and dragonflies and pine trees and in clouds and those little specks of light you see floating in sunbeams…”
lyra and will's hands on the bench in oxford, from his dark materials
August 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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cityofmagpies.bsky.social
In case you missed it, here's the exclusive slipcase (limited) edition provided by @waterstones.bsky.social for Philip Pullman's #TheRoseField.

More: www.waterstones.com/book/the-ros...
Low-res picture of Waterstones' slipcase edition for Philip Pullman's The Rose Field. A red book in a red slipcase featuring a golden and white illustration of a bord above a desert landscape (Simurgh?). The book displays golden Dust on its cover and text on its side, only partly decipherable due to limited resolution.
July 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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unitedagents.bsky.social
Celebrate 30 years of Northern Lights with Philip Pullman 🌟
On 31 July, join us at the Royal Geographical Society for a special evening of conversation and insight into His Dark Materials.

🎟️ Ticket includes a deluxe edition of the trilogy.
#PhilipPullman #NorthernLights30 #UnitedAgents #BookEvents
July 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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paontaure.bsky.social
While watching His Dark Materials on HBO, I'm adding the finishing touches on these fanarts :
#traditionalart #art #watercolor #nw #HisDarkMaterials
Picture of 3 watercolours fanarts inspired by the novels His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. The first illustration is from the 1st book, Northern Light. The second represents the tower of angels and some Spectres. The third illustration represents the Land of the Dead : The two heros surrounded by ghosts and harpies. Art by Paontaure.
June 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Recently #PhilipPullman teased the release of the next book in his #BookofDust series.

We spoke to him about his writing process whilst he was working on this very novel. Watch the full thing and glean some hints about what's next for Lyra on our YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wln6...
A photo of the author Philip Pullman looking through a small pair of binoculars. Overlaid text reads: Philip Pullman’s writing essentials: ✅ Flasks of water in case I get thirsty ✅ Gigantic collection of every motif in every folk story in the world ✅ Pair of binoculars Portrait of Philip Pulmman wearing a blue shirt and frameless spectacles, looking directly at the camera. Underneath, in white text a quote from him reads: 'The book I’m writing...The third part of the Book of Dust involves long journeys in a world which is not ours, but very like ours...I’ve got this map of the world and Lyra has moved from Oxford and she’s now in the Caspian sea. She’s moving a little further East, which she’ll have to do in the next 60 pages...’ Portrait photograph of Philip Pullman in front of bookshelves holding lots of books and a stereo. He's holding a book and text overlaid on top of the photograph reads: '‘One of the places of course, you have to be introduced to [in Oxford] is the Bodleian Libraries. So I went and got my Bodleian ticket and solemnly swore not to bring fire or flame into the building... I used the Radcliffe Camera because you could just walk in, find a book, and sit and read’ A final photograph of Philip Pullman, back in his attic writing room. He sits in front of a map of Oxford, blue tacked to the slanted ceiling behind and above his head. Text reads: 'When I came to writing His Dark Materials, my first resource was the Bodleian Libraries. I looked up books on early ballooning, on the Arctic, on everything I wanted to read. It’s wonderful. You just go in, you look it up, you find it, you put in your slip to order it, and you go back and it’s there and you can read it. Absolutely extraordinary.
May 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
clarabosswald.bsky.social
"The Rose Field", out October 23rd, 2025. www.waterstones.com/books/search...
April 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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oxfordshireuk.bsky.social
Trees which inspired His Dark Materials receive specialist treatment

#Oxon #Oxfordshire

🔗: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/...
Trees which inspired His Dark Materials receive specialist treatment
Three trees in Oxford have received specialist treatment in a bid to improve their health and condition.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
April 27, 2025 at 4:32 AM
clarabosswald.bsky.social
The 3rd part of the Book of Dust trilogy is called "The Rose Field". It's around 600 pages long, and will be published "October-ish", per Philip Pullman. www.svt.se/kultur/stjar...
Här avslöjar stjärnförfattaren Philip Pullman titeln på nya boken
Fansen har väntat otåligt och spekulerat. För SVT:s Babel avslöjar Guldkompassen-författaren Philip Pullman titeln på sin nästa bok som kommer i höst.
www.svt.se
April 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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cityofmagpies.bsky.social
We can now name artist Jeff Miller and Faceout Studio as designers of this new series of covers to #HisDarkMaterials!

It also appears that they previously created a cover for The Golden Compass - which however (unless we missed it?) never reached the bookstores.
Online ad displaying the newest covers by Jeff MILLER & Faceout Studio for Philip Pullman's trilogy HIS DARK MATERIALS. US cover for Philip Pullman's Northern Lights (aka The Golden Compass), designed by Jeff Miller & Faceout Studios: an actual golden compass - not an alethiometer - with three dials on the outside. The background displays elaborated thin light blue curved dor-lines, which look similar to those appearing on latest covers for the trilogy and produced by the same artist.
April 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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cityofmagpies.bsky.social
🇺🇸🇨🇦NEW EDITIONS!
Seems like Yearling is offering North American sraffies some brand new covers by Rovina Cai to enjoy for the three books of the #HisDarkMaterials trilogy!

penguinrandomhouse.com/books/211589...

It is still unclear to us if those are already available or will soon be...
Cover by Rovina CAI for US edition of Philip Pullman's Northern Lights (aka The Golden Compass), book 1 of the HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy: the background in black and dark blue scale depicts Oxford skyline with zeppelin in the air. On the forefront, within the shape of an alethiometer (round-shape device with 3 button, 120°-appart from each other), a young girl rides a wild-looking, threatening polar bear... Cover by Rovina CAI for US edition of Philip Pullman's The Subtle Knife, book 2 of the HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy: the background in black and dark purple scale depicts witches flying with the arc and arrows in hand. On the forefront, within the shape of a knife, a young boy holds a knife in his right hand with a mysterious tower behind him... Cover by Rovina CAI for US edition of Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass, book 3 of the HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy: the background in black and dark red scale depicts a land with tall, tormented trees and particles falling from the sky. On the forefront, within the shape of a spyglass, a young boy and a girl walk on a thin bridge, followed by a line of ghostly shape while a dark flying creature watches them in the sky... Online ad displaying the newest covers by Rovina CAI for Philip Pullman's trilogy HIS DARK MATERIALS.
April 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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cityofmagpies.bsky.social
🇺🇸🇨🇦(MORE) NEW EDITIONS!
It seems that there are in fact TWO batches of new covers for the #HisDarkMaterials trilogy in North America.

We're still trying to identify the artist and the release status of these ones, which are also used for the author-&-cast (older) version of the audiobooks...
New cover (unidentified artist) for the paperback US edition of Philip Pullman's Northern Lights (aka The Golden Compass), book 1 of the HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy: in tones of yellow over a black background, an alethiometer (or golden compass) appears at the center of the cover, with circular and radial uneven dot-lines rotating or radiating from it... New cover (unidentified artist) for the paperback US edition of Philip Pullman's The Subtle Knife, book 2 of the HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy: in tones of grey over a black background, a knife (the subtle knife, in fact) appears at the center of the cover oriented North-East, with circular and radial uneven dot-lines rotating or radiating from it... New cover (unidentified artist) for the paperback US edition of Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass, book 3 of the HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy: in tones of amber over a black background, a spyglass appears at the center of the cover oriented South-West, with radial uneven dot-lines radiating from it and kind-of squarish wind rose behind it.
April 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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layahimalaya.bsky.social
bringing back my his dark materials stickers now that I can make sticker sheets at home !

layaroseart.storenvy.com/products/369... #hisdarkmaterials
Photo of a small sticker sheet on a book page background with a sword and satchel at the edged. There are stickers of will and lyra each holding their object and looking to the side, pantalaimon, iorek, and the knife, compass, and spyglass. the background is a cream colour. close up photo of the pan sticker on my finger, with two of the sticker sheets in the background
April 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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leighbirdart.bsky.social
James McAvoy as Asriel in His Dark Materials, grayscale challenge (2022)
#jamesmcavoy #hisdarkmaterials
April 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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jennilafleur.bsky.social
Finished! Lyra and Pan from His Dark Materials. I’ve actually read the books twice because I wanted to reread them before the first season of this show came out. I really enjoyed the show and now I want to rewatch it but I don’t have HBO..🥲 #artsky #heartsky #fanart #lyraandpan
A pencil drawing of Dafne Keen as Lyra Belacqua in His Dark Materials with her dæmon Pan (voiced by Kit Connor) in the form of a white stoat. They are in front of a window and we are seeing them from the outside.
March 31, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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absolutereality.blog
Lord Asriel (James McAvoy) and Stelmaria (snow leopard) looking battle worn from their campaign to kill God in His Dark Materials, the BBC/HBO show
March 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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radvelii.bsky.social
Lyra and Pan cause I’ve been rereading “His Dark Materials” trilogy and Lyra is one of my favourite characters everr ✨

#art #thegoldencompass #lyrabelacqua #illustration #hdm #fanart #procreate #digitalpainting #fantasy #hisdarkmaterials #philippullman #digitalart #drawing
February 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM