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A smart, accessible history of philosophy to inspire readers young and old

Posted On: July 21, 2010
Posted In: Articles, Extracts
Publisher: Canongate

Download an extract from Luc Ferry’s refreshing take on the history of philosophy and its tumultuous relationship with religion.

The Gospel According to Matthew: introduction by A.N. Wilson

Posted On: April 1, 2010
Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Canongate

The following is A.N. Wilson’s introduction to the Gospel According to Matthew. It was originally published in The Pocket Canons and is now available in The Four Gospels, published by Canongate.

Philip Pullman: How Stories Become Stories

Posted On: April 1, 2010
Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Canongate

In The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, Philip Pullman takes us back two thousand years to the time of Jesus, for his own version of the New Testament story. Here, he explains some of his ambitions in his approach to the world’s most influential myth.

Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter – a note from the author

Posted On: February 3, 2010
Posted In: Articles, Video
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK

<i>Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter</i> – a note from the author

“When I talk to readers about my book I often lead with a joke that goes something like this: My last book Vows, was about how my father the Catholic priest met my mother the Catholic nun, so it was inevitable that my next book would be about Yiddish.”