Back Once Upon a Time in the North (novelli) Finnish Il était une fois dans le Nord French Once Upon a Time in the North Italian Once Upon a Time in the North Portuguese กาลครั้งหนึ่งในดินแดนทางเหนือ Thai 很久很久以前，在北方 Chinese
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| Author | Philip Pullman |
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| Cover artist | John Lawrence |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy / Western short story |
| Publisher | David Fickling Books, Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Publication date | United Kingdom: 3 April 2008 United States: 22 April 2008 Australia: 1 May 2008[1] |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback)[1] |
| Pages | 104 |
| ISBN | 978-0-385-61432-0 |
Once Upon a Time in the North is a 2008 novella by Philip Pullman. The book serves as a prequel to Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. The premise of the story involves the meeting of Iorek Byrnison and Lee Scoresby:
I've just finished a short book which will be coming out next spring, probably March or April in this country. It's called Once Upon A Time in the North, and it's about Lee and Iorek. When we see them for the first time with Lyra, Lee is not that old; he's fifty, sixty, something like that, so they know each other for a long time. But I wanted to write a story when they first met as they were young, and I've just written it. I'm making a little book like Lyra's Oxford.
— Philip Pullman[2]
The Guardian carried an "exclusive" extract from the book under the heading Winds of Chance on 22 March 2008.[3]
The book launch took place on 31 March in Oxford during the Oxford Literary Festival.[4]
- ^ a b "Book Details – Once Upon a Time in the North". Random House Australia. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
- ^ "Once upon a time... in Oxford". Cittàgazze. Retrieved 29 September 2007.
- ^ Philip Pullman, “Winds of chance,” The Guardian, 22 March 2008, Review section.
- ^ Andrew Ffrench, "Pullman Draws Crowds from Afar", Oxford Mail, 1 April 2008