In May last year we got a phone call from a publisher asking us if we’d be interested in writing a couple of songs for the launch of Philip Pullman’s trilogy The Book Of Dust, set in Lyra’s Oxford. Now, we rarely take commissions directly from publishers – preferring to keep the books that inspire our songs as a curated list from Mr B’s Emporium.  Having a curated list from an amazing bookshop who choose books they love means we get an amazing unbiased book.  | Read More