Bookwitch

Iorek Byrnison, that’s what (who). The imminent (sort of) film of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials seems to cause all kinds of “free” merchandise to appear. Daughter’s Shreddies provided us with three copies of a book about Lyra’s meeting with Iorek, a favourite with witches other than Philip’s.

It’s not bad, as these things go. Fairly far removed from HDM, but us cynics expect that. Nicely written and would at least tempt me to see the film, if I didn’t already want to do so. It also gives a taster of how things have changed in the film, which again is only to be expected. I hope this freebie will find a whole new fan base for HDM and Pullman books in general.

This witch is off to Oxford, again, with the nerdy Son in tow. We have tickets for Philip’s fundraising event for the Pegasus theatre. Will let you know how it goes.