Daemon Voices

Pullman is eloquent on the craft and power of storytelling * Observer *
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 * Guardian Best Books of 2017 *
Luminously written * The Times Literary Supplement *
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 * Financial Times *
[Pullman's] reflections on how to nourish the imagination of children in an age of screens are excellent * Spectator *
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 * New York Times *
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 * Kiran Millwood Hargrave *
Pullman is as fine a thinker as he is a storyteller . . . abundant wisdom, provocative notions, and illuminating insights * Kirkus starred review (US) *
This very impressive collection of essays, lectures and reviews . . . distils the thoughts on storytelling of one of our great storytellers * Children's Books History Society *