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Award-winning author Philip Pullman will speak to Roy Noble on his Â鶹Éç Radio Wales show this afternoon from 2pm.

Philip Pullman

Pullman is the author of children's favourites books including The Ruby In The Smoke, The Firework-Maker's Daughter and I Was a Rat!, but he is perhaps most famous for his best-selling trilogy His Dark Materials; Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.

As an aside, I once wrote an essay during my time in university in which I compared Northern Lights and one, I forget which, of the Harry Potter series. And before anybody comments about the dumbing down of university education these days, the module was specifically on Children's Literature, but I can't say that reading children's books for a couple of months was a chore!

Pullman was born in Norwich in 1946, and was educated in England, Zimbabwe and Australia before his family eventually settled in north Wales. He holds a CBE and an honorary D. Litt. from Oxford University, and has recently been made a Fellow of the Welsh Academy.

Tune in to Radio Wales from 2pm to hear Roy talking to Philip.

Additional information

• Roy Noble on Â鶹Éç Radio Wales