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Today is #NationalReadABookDay. Tomorrow is #NationalBuyABookDay & #InternationalLiteracyDay is on Sunday. With this is mind, we thought we would highlight a few publications that may be missing from your collection…
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“The Brewer’s Dictionary was the first book I ever bought. No bookshelf, NO WORLD, is ever complete without it, it’s as simple as that. I first grasped the spine of my second-hand copy when I was twelve. It’s still in amazing condition considering the work I’ve made it do. There are some milestones in my career, and one I am possibly most proud of is that I was asked to write an introduction for the book’s millennium edition.” — Terry Pratchett, on the subject of Dr Brewer`s Reader`s Handbook, 1911
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Yesterday marked a notable date in the #Discworld calendar, the Witches Trials. We thought this would be perfect time to announce that we have a handful of dual signed copies of Tiffany Achings Guide to Being a Witch.
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The Witch Trials is an annual competition in Lancre, where any witch worthy of her name will join the gathering to meet, exchange gossip, re-establish who`s who in the pecking order (hopefully bloodlessly), and be deferential to Granny Weatherwax.
For as long as anyone can remember, Esme Weatherwax has won hands-down, and the only academic (or betting) interest lies in who is likely to come second.
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On this day in 2003 Terry received a Prometheus Award for Night Watch. An award for libertarian science fiction given annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society.
He offered the following remarks on accepting the Award:
"Night Watch was funny, I hope, even if the humour had a dark edge. And it was serious. I didn`t set out to make it so. It just happened.
. . . It lives in the quasi-Renaissance city of Ankh-Morpork, ruled very much on the one-man, one vote system; Lord Vetinari is the Man, and he has the vote. Is he a libertarian? Well, he believes firmly in all freedoms, and particularly in the freedom to take the consequences of exercising all the other freedoms. The city, in a wobbly kind of way, works.
Night Watch is a time travel book, at least in its framework. It centres on a familiar character in the series: Sam Vimes, commander of the City Watch, formerly a street copper and still an honest man (by the standards of street coppers). A magical accident . . . throws him bodily back in time thirty years, to the days when he was a raw recruit . . . He has, in fact, to change the past.
And what can he tell himself? Only that, whoever you fight for, the damn government always gets in; that when lawlessness walks the streets, the authorities will bend all their efforts to keeping honest men unarmed . . .
I like Sam Vimes. But he`d never think of himself as a libertarian—just as a copper . . . am I a libertarian? We don`t have that tradition in England. where just about every politician would classify themselves as a libertarian and each one would mean something different. But currently we have a government that lacks wisdom, perspective, or talents, is centrist, arrogant, talks incessantly about rights while it curtails freedoms, and is led by a man who is passionately devoted to appearing to be passionately devoted to things. I see fragments of Night Watch all around me. So, right now. I`m feeling very libertarian indeed."
— https://www.lfs.org/newsletter/021/03/Acceptance.shtml
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#NationalDogDay is recognised worldwide today. Designed to celebrate our four legged friends and encourage adoption.
“Men made dogs, they took wolves and gave them human things - unnecessary intelligence, names, a desire to belong, and a twitching inferiority complex.”
― Terry Pratchett, Men At Arms
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For those that are lucky enough... #happyholidays
What would be your 1st Discworld port of call? This may help...
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“...Mrs. Arcanum considered foreign parts only marginally less unspeakable than private parts...” ― Terry Pratchett, The Truth
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Happy #internationalorangutanDay! It brings to mind our favourite #orangutan, transformed by the events chronicled in The Light Fantastic (https://bit.ly/the-light-fantastic). Blissfully happy in himself, he reckoned that his prehensile toes and extra-long arms assisted him in his role.
“He was made up for a joke. Sadly, that’s how it goes. I needed to turn a librarian into something funny, and an orangutan was good enough (having met real male orangutans in the wild, I now know that laughing or exposing your teeth in any way is not a sensible thing to do).” – #TerryPratchett, The Art of #Discworld (https://bit.ly/TheArtofDiscworld)
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The Discworld Companion was published on this day, 30 years ago. The most comprehensive guide from Tiffany Aching to Jack Zweiblumen, to all things Discworld. The Ultimate version comes fully illustrated by Paul Kidby.
The Discworld, as everyone knows, is a flat world balanced on the back of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the shell of the giant star turtle, the Great A`Tuin, as it slowly swims through space. It is also the global publishing phenomenon with sales of over 70 million books worldwide (but who`s counting?). There`s an awful lot of Discworld to keep track of. But fear not! Help is at hand. Everything (and we mean everything) you could possibly want to know has been crammed into one place.
If you need a handy guide to locales from Ankh-Morpork to Zemphis . . .
If you can`t tell your Achmed the Mads from your Jack Zweiblumens . . .
If your life depends on distinguishing between the Agatean Empire and the Zoons . . .
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A look back on this incredible collectable piece of jewellery for this #WorldHoneyBeeDay 🌸 🐝 🌼 🍯
Designed and made by Tom Lynall, this precious piece of jewellery was commissioned by Terry as a gift and is cherished.
‘The bees of Death are big and black, they buzz low and sombre, they keep their honey in combs of wax as white as altar candles. The honey is black as night, thick as sin and sweet as treacle.’ — Eric
All of our jewellery is designed exclusively for Discworld.com by Tom Lynall and includes our sweet and simple honey bee necklace. A more delicate alternative to this masterpiece perhaps… https://discworld.com/products/jewellery-discworld-merchandise/
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Anniversary of Eric today, published 34 years ago.
Where does Eric fit within your Discworld list of favourites?
...Eric is fourteen; he is the Discworld’s first-ever demonology hacker. Unfortunately, he’s not very good at it. All he wants is his traditional three wishes granted – nothing fancy: to be immortal, to rule the world, and to have the most beautiful woman on the Discworld fall madly in love with hum; all the usual things. But instead of a nice, tractable demon, he raises Rincewind, probably the most incompetent wizard in the universe, and the extremely intractable and hostile travel accessory known simply as the Luggage. With them on his side, Eric’s in for a ride through space and time that is bound to make him wish – quite fervently – this time that he’d never been born.
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It`s #NationalTellAJokeDay today. Do you have a favourite joke within #Discworld?
Here are some of ours...
“Oh, I don’t know, I really don’t,” said Nanny. “I mean, it’s flattering and everything, but I really don’t think I could be goin’ out with a man with a limp.”
“Limp what?”
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But the helmet had gold decoration, and the bespoke armorers had made a new gleaming breastplate with useless gold ornamentation on it. Sam Vimes felt like a class traitor every time he wore it. He hated being thought of as one of those people that wore stupid ornamental armor. It was gilt by association.
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”All the shops have been smashed open. There was a whole bunch of people across the street helping themselves to musical instruments, can you believe that?"
"Yeah," said Rincewind. "...Luters, I expect.”
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Where does the time go!
Announcing the release of the new 2025 Discworld Calendar. We have it available to pre-order.
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All our calendars come with the honey bee seal.
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Enter Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
We have been supplying official, licenced Discworld merchandise featuring the artwork of Paul Kidby for over twenty years. Within these pages you will meet all your favourite characters from witches, wizards, watchmen and dragons, to trolls, the Nac Mac Feegles and of course, DEATH. We offer the widest possible range of merchandise and gifts and pride ourselves on producing top quality products at affordable prices. There is something for every Terry Pratchett fan and we are the ONLY suppliers of books that are beautifully embossed and sealed with Terry’s signature stamp and coat of arms, the design of which was overseen and approved by Terry himself.
