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   Message 133 of 1,925   
   Deborah Stevenson to Jane Lumley   
   Re: Pullman's CBE   
   04 Jan 04 20:20:55   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.books.childrens, rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: dstevens@OBSTACLESuiuc.edu   
      
   In <2ivWAim4T89$EwJ+@purkiss.demon.co.uk> Jane Lumley  writes:   
      
   >An interesting question is why Pullman got gonged and not J K Rowling?   
   >Wonder if she said no, as a loyal Scot?   
      
   If the Big Leak of the "refuseniks," as they're calling them, is recent   
   enough to include those from this New Year's, I'd say no, since she'd   
   surely have been mentioned in reports.  Come to think of it, they probably   
   wouldn't do both of them in one go, would they?   
      
   Here's an interesting article on the leak and the decliners:   
      
      
      
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