Pre-release History
Pullman conceived of The Book of Dust before the publication of Lyra's Oxford in 2003, but had not begun writing it at that time. In a message on his website in April 2005, Pullman wrote that The Book of Dust was "under way". As of September 2012, he is still working on it.
The only indication of its length is Pullman's description of it as "a big, big book."
In an interview with the Oxford Mail at the premiere of The Golden Compass movie, Pullman suggested that The Book of Dust could be released in 2009. In a later interview with Oxford University student newspaper Cherwell in June 2009, Pullman stated that the book would not be appearing in the near future, and commented that "The appropriate adverb would be ‘eventually'. It's growing, but I'm encountering complexities that seem to be making it longer than I thought it would be." Pullman echoed this assessment in January 2010 during a lecture at the University of Exeter.
In February 2011, Pullman revealed to BridgetoTheStars.net that he was now thinking of producing The Book of Dust in two volumes, one as a prequel to the His Dark Materials series and one to come after. He repeated this statement in an interview with The Telegraph. In August 2011, Pullman gave an interview to the magazine "Qué Leer" and said, that The Book of Dust will take "a couple more years before you can read it". On September 24 2012, in an article featured on BBC News website, Pullman confirmed that The Book Of Dust is now his main focus and that he has written 220 pages but it will still be a while before it is published.
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