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OXFORD author Philip Pullman has written a new book, aimed at fans of his award-winning His Dark Materials trilogy.

Earlier this month, Mr Pullman, 61, attended the premiere of The Golden Compass, alongside film stars Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman.

He said he was delighted with the £90m movie adaptation of Northern Lights, the first book in the trilogy, and hoped films would now be made of the second and third instalments, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.

Mr Pullman said he also wanted to concentrate on writing his next full-length novel, The Book of Dust, which could be published in 2009.

But fans will not have to wait until then for his next book. This spring, he will release Once Upon A Time in the North – a companion to the trilogy.

Mr Pullman said: “It’s a separate story that takes place some time before Lyra was born involving the two characters Lee Scoresby, the balloonist, and Iorek Byrnison, the armoured bear.

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Therese Walsh co-founded Writer Unboxed in 2006. Her debut novel, The Last Will of Moira Leahy, sold to Random House in a two-book deal in 2008, was named one of January Magazine’s Best Books of 2009, and was a Target Breakout Book in 2010. She's never been published with a lit magazine, but LOST's Carlton Cuse liked her haiku best on Twitter, and that made her pretty happy.

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