This is an important study of the publishing of contemporary writing in Britain. It analyzes the
changing social, economic and cultural environment of the publishing industry in the 1990s …

" Highly recommended" by Choice While crossover books such as Rowling's Harry Potter
series have enjoyed enormous sales and media attention, critical analysis of crossover …

“The books are true while reality is lying...” Championing the popular Fantasy genre on the
same terms as its readers, Rayment casts a critical eye over the substance and methods of …

Drawing on a series of recently conducted classroom workshops and live interviews with the
authors, this inspiring book examines five popular children's authors: Philip Pullman, JK …

Phillip Pullman foregrounds the act of storytelling in His Dark Materials, and many critics
have explored the thematic and literary implications of its function in his novels. 1 Most of …

Three recent and commercially successful series of novels employ and adapt the resources
of popular fantasy fiction to create visions of religious identity: JK Rowling's Harry Potter …

What do Philip Pullman and JK Rowling have in common that has made both of their stories
so successful? What does Pullman listen to while he writes–and who, or what, is Dust …

The third-person omniscient narrator of fiction texts for children holds the ability to access
characters' thoughts, fly where they will within the story, and interact with time and tense …

“My principle in researching for a novel is read like a butterfly, write like a bee”, says Philip
Pullman in his “Acknowledgements” section of The Amber Spyglass (Pullman 2000, 549) …

Abstract Children's Literature Grows Up proposes that there is a revolution occurring in
contemporary children's fiction that challenges the divide that has long existed between …