Philip Pullman raises £30,000 for Grenfell Tower in character name auction

Nur Huda el-Wahabi to be commemorated in a volume of Pullman’s The Book of Dust as part of an authors’ fundraising drive that has topped £150,000

A fundraising auction supported by authors including Margaret Atwood, Jacqueline Wilson and Philip Pullman has raised more than £150,000 to support residents affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.

Pullman, who offered to name a character in the second instalment of his new series The Book of Dust, raised £32,400 after teacher James Clements suggested the character should be named in memory of his former pupil Nur Huda el-Wahabi, who died in the tragedy.

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