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Portals Navigate here to browse through the articles Bibliography: Books and other material written by Terry Pratchett Characters: Pratchett characters Places: Agatea to Zambingo, even a Place Where The Sun Does Not Shine Discworld Stuff: Anything belonging to the Discworld or Terry Pratchett's writings in general Annotations: Comments by readers relating to Pratchett books. About Terry Pratchett Fandom: About or produced by people who read Terry Pratchett's books Podcasts: Audio shows which discuss the books Categories: A directory of major categories for articles on this wiki Reading suggestions: There's a life beyond Pratchett, and after triple-reading every book and map this is where you start that life A meeting place: The Mended Drum To discuss non-content matters (what do we do with content disputes, vandalism, etc, what do we want to do with this wiki, and so on), use this location: Discworld & Pratchett Wiki:Mended Drum See the talk page for more ideas on what should be in this wiki, as well as discussions on languages etc. Are you new to wikis and want to try out how it works? On the Sandbox you can edit as much as you like and get used to working with a wiki. Recent news about Terry Saturday, September 17th, 2022 The Guardian publishes an extract of Rob Wilkins' official biography, Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes. (‘I think I was good, though I could have been better’: Terry Pratchett and the writing of his life) Early reviews appear in The Times ("What Made the Discworld author tick?") and The Independent ("Fan’s-eye view misses the big questions"). Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 Transworld/Penguin announces publication of new editions of the Discworld books with new cover art as part of 50 Years of Terry. Thursday, January 27th, 2022 The Pratchett Estate officially endorse the "Vimes Boots Index", an effort by anti-poverty and equality campaigner Jack Monroe to track the real increase in living costs for the poor in the UK. Terry Pratchett estate backs Jack Monroe’s idea for ‘Vimes Boots’ poverty index (The Guardian) Wednesday, January 26th, 2022 Dunmanifestin Ltd announce the official biography of Terry Pratchett, Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes, written by Rob Wilkins. It will be published by Transworld on 29th September, 2022. "A LIFE WITH FOOTNOTES — ANNOUNCING THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY OF SIR TERRY PRATCHETT" at dunmanifestin.com Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 Narrativia announces the publication of new Discworld audiobooks as part of "50 Years of Terry". "Audio" at narrativia.com Significant Pratchett Events Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 Narrativia announces an exclusive deal with Motive Pictures and Endeavour Content to produce "definitive" and "absolutely faithful" Discworld adaptations for the screen. No specific productions are announced. The full text of the announcement is available on the Narrativia web site. Saturday, September 16th, 2017 Opening of the Terry Pratchett HisWorld Exhibition at the Salisbury Museum, Wiltshire. HisWorld Website Salisbury Museum Website Wednesday, August 30th, 2017 In accordance with his final wishes Sir Terry Pratchett's unfinished novels are destroyed using a steamroller. News Article Saturday, February 11th, 2017 The BBC broadcasts the biographical documentary Terry Pratchett: Back in Black. (Non-UK viewers may be able to watch it [here]) Thursday, August 27th, 2015 Publication of the final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown. Thursday, March 12th, 2015 Sir Terry Pratchett died at home in Wiltshire following a long battle with Alzheimer's. BBC report, 3:26pm GMT

Featured Article Please, help to maintain the excellent standard of the articles in this wiki. Regularly a key article will be chosen which should be the focus of contributors. Alphabetical list of characters in the works of Terry Pratchett When including characters, please also add them to the Pratchett characters category. This popular page is fourth in views after the Main Page but it has not been updated regularly. Discuss Featured articles | Also in need of editing | Empty pages Latest and Upcoming Publications by or about Terry Pratchett 27 October 2022 Scheduled publication of new audiobook and paperback editions of Mort, Reaper Man, Soul Music, Hogfather and Thief of Time as part of 50 Years of Terry. Rescheduled publication of the Dunmanifestin Edition of The Ultimate Discworld Companion. 5 October 2022 Scheduled publication of new audiobook of The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents as part of 50 Years of Terry. 29 September 2022 Publication of Terry's official biography, Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes, by Rob Wilkins. 1 September 2022 Publication of two new editions of The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents to tie-in with the upcoming film. 7 July 2022 Publication of new audiobook and paperback editions of The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Sourcery, Interesting Times, The Last Continent and Unseen Academicals as part of 50 Years of Terry. 28 April 2022 Publication of new audiobook and paperback editions of Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies, Maskerade, Carpe Jugulum and Small Gods as part of 50 Years of Terry. 25 December 2021 The animated short film Terry Pratchett's The Abominable Snow Baby is broadcast by Channel 4. 9 December 2021 Publication of the first new Penguin audiobook, Hogfather, as part of 50 Years of Terry. 11 November 2021 Publication of The Ultimate Discworld Companion. 16 January 2021 Snowgum Films publish their short film Troll Bridge on Youtube. 3 January 2021 The Watch premieres on BBC America with the first two episodes. The remaining six are broadcast weekly through 14 February, 2021. 30 July 2020 Publication of the biography The Magic of Terry Pratchett by Marc Burrows. Did you know that... ...the motto carved above the doors of Unseen University means Now you see it, now you don't? ...there are only six references to Harry Potter on this entire Wiki? ...Sto Lat is a Polish song, the expression meaning "may you live a hundred years"? ...someone has actually made a Discworld cake? ...the article Multiple exclamation marks has attracted more than 50,000 views?!!! And that was on the old Wiki: even allowing for the shiny new-ness of this new home, "M.E.M." has attracted over 36,000 viewings while many popular characters and books haven't reached 10,000. What is it about this page? A picture says more than a thousand words... If you have any artwork to contribute, go to the Upload page. As with all content, make sure you are allowed to post the image here. If you're not the copyright holder, check the license and whether it's compatible with the license used on this site. The upload link can also be found in the Toolbox in the left sidebar.

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