Volume Two of The Book of Dust is set to arrive on 3rd October 2019, jumping 20 years forward from Volume One, La Belle Sauvage.
The Secret Commonwealth publishes on 3rd October 2019 ahead of the highly-anticipated BBC One adaptation of Pullman's seminal His Dark Materials trilogy starring Dafne Keen, James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson and Lin-Manuel Miranda in lead roles.
Lyra is no longer a child. The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two is set 20 years after the events of La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One unfolded, and seven years after readers left Lyra and Will Parry on a park bench in Oxford’s Botanic Gardens in The Amber Spyglass, the final book in His Dark Materials.
Global in scale, The Secret Commonwealth sees Lyra forced to navigate a complex and dangerous new world which takes her far beyond the edges of Oxford, across Europe and into Asia, in search of an elusive town said to be haunted by dæmons. As well as taking readers on an exhilarating journey into places at once familiar and extraordinary, the book is a timely exploration of what it is to be human, to grow up and make sense of the world around us, from one of the UK’s greatest writers.
Philip Pullman said: 'At the heart of the book are Lyra, the young woman we saw first as a girl of twelve and then as a baby, and Malcolm, whose life as a boy became involved with hers and who now finds their lives helplessly entangled again; and how some emotions can last a lifetime, and others change beyond recognition.'
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In exciting news, Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy has been named Dymocks Book of the Year 2025.
We're delighted to announce the recipients of the 2025 Write It Fellowship: Dayle Fogarty, Naomi Fogarty and Violet Marr.
Propulsive and hypnotic, Flesh asks profound questions about what drives a life: what makes it worth living, and what breaks it.
Today, Penguin Random House Australia (PRH AU) celebrates an incredible milestone of over 10 million Bluey books sold across 100 titles in the book range available in Australia and New Zealand.
Penguin Random House Australia is thrilled to announce Touch Grass by Mary Colussi as the winner of the Penguin Literary Prize 2025.
The first book in the co-written series, The Number One Insta Detectives Agency, will be published in 2026.
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From the author of The Light Between Oceans comes this new, powerful drama.
When Sullivan Met Lola and Girl on a Roof will be published in 2026 and 2027.
The six-episode series will follow Anna, Rachel, Maggie, Claire and Helen through their 20s and 30s – airing on Stan.
Penguin Random House has won Publisher of the Year at the 2025 Australian Book Industry Awards.
We’re excited to share that our Personal Penguin figurine for Love Your Bookshop Day 2024 has been shortlisted for a Mumbrella award.
