Philip Pullman is the author of the celebrated His Dark Materials trilogy: Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass, which won the 2002 Whitbread Book Prize.
He'll be giving a talk entitled "Fairy Tales" at the Hay Festival on Monday 30 May. For a chance of winning two tickets to the event, all you need to do is answer the following question correctly:
Q: In which North Wales seaside town did Philip Pullman attended secondary school ?
The competition closes at 1300 BST Friday 20 May 2005 when a single winner will be drawn. The winner will receive two tickets to see Philip Pullman speaking at the Hay Literary Festival at 4.00pm on Monday 30 May 2005.
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