Daemon Voices

Warm, entertaining, and above all thought-provoking, Daemon Voices provides a remarkable insight into the mind of one of our greatest writers. He explains which storytellers have meant the most to him, including William Blake and John Milton, why their work has resonated with him, and how it has inspired his own thinking.In over 30 essays, written over 20 years, Philip Pullman reveals the narratives that have shaped his vision, his experience of writing, and the keys to mastering the art of storytelling.



Philip Pullman was born in Norwich, England in 1946 and grew up in Zimbabwe and Wales. He has won awards including the Carnegie Medal, Guardian Children's Book Award, Astrid Lindgreen Memorial Award, Whitbread Book of the Year, Bookseller Association's Author of the Year and a CBE. His acclaimed fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials has been published in 39 languages, and a BBC drama series based on the novels began airing in autumn 2019.



Pullman is eloquent on the craft and power of storytelling



As if I'm sneaking into a year of lectures and classes with one of the masters of this art . . . Pullman shares advice, secrets, thoughts in such a down-to-earth, friendly manner, it almost makes me want to weep



Luminously written



A gold mine . . . So much richness is to be found in this collection . . . Humane, wise and immensely readable, Daemon Voices is a fascinating tour of Pullman's teeming imagination and an inestimable illumination of the writing life



[Pullman's] reflections on how to nourish the imagination of children in an age of screens are excellent



Daemon Voices casts an entrancing spell . . . To read [these essays] is to be invigorated by the company of a joyfully wide-ranging, endlessly curious and imaginative mind



A compelling, convincing, eminently readable treatise on the importance of imagination and telling tales, Daemon Voices is a powerful insight into the mind of the greatest storyteller of our time



Pullman is as fine a thinker as he is a storyteller . . . abundant wisdom, provocative notions, and illuminating insights



This very impressive collection of essays, lectures and reviews . . . distils the thoughts on storytelling of one of our great storytellers