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21st May 2007 Another BAFTA for Hogfather!   Hogfather won another BAFTA last night. This time it was up the Interativity award, described as; “A programme or series that has been extended and enriched by the interactivity offered by new media. Any form of new media is eligible including web, mobile and red button interactive TV,…

20th May 2007 Terry on Tour Terry’s UK Autumn tour has been confirmed as follows; Saturday 6th October The Cheltenham Festival Monday 8th October Plymouth : 12.30-1.30 WHSmith 73-75 New George Street Plymouth Devon PL1 1RP Tuesday 9th October Bath : Evening Topping & Co The Paragon Bath BA1 5LS Friday 12th October Cambridge :…

1st May 2007 The Sky at Night 50th Anniversary Party As far as I am concerned, it was the party of the year, held at Sir Patrick Moore’s house to celebrate fifty years of The Sky at Night.  I think I recall watching the first one, on our tiny little telly, too.  It was heaven…

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20th April 2007 Hogfather DVDs Arrive The first batch of Limited Edition Hogfather DVDs arrived today and they look absolutely fabulous. Terry didn’t waste any time in signing them all and hey are now being packed up ready for despatch, which only leaves us needing to visit the Tooth Fairy’s castle for those bags of…

23th April 2007 Hogfather Wins a BAFTA Simon Thomas (VFX Supervisor) and Oliver Money ( VFX Producer) from the Moving Picture Company Hogfather won a BAFTA for best Visual Effects last night, up against hot competition from Dr Who and Krakatoa: The Last Days. Terry tells me “It’s amazing what skilled men can do on…

4th April 2007 The Sky at Night A BBC TV crew visited today to film Terry for a Sky at Night special due to be aired on May 6th. Further more, we are off to visit Sir Patrick Moore at his home on April 24th to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first screening…

20th March 2007 Online Ordering Just Got Even Easier… And More Accurate We are constantly striving to improve your shopping experience and so have just installed a postcode lookup facility on our checkout page.  This will not only reduce the amount of time you need to spend typing in your address details, but will also…

18th March 2007 Latest News From Terry Pratchett Terry told me today that he is about to put on his blue suede shoes and board the plane for MidSouthCon because his friend Esther Friesner highly recommends it.  Besides, it also means that he gets to walk down, or rather above, Beale Street.  We’re also hoping…

5th March 2007 Coming Soon – Hogfather DVD Laura from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainmend sent us this image of the Hogfather Special Edition DVD cover. Released on April 23rd, check back soon for order information and exclusive news from Terry’s London signing.

20th February 2007 PJSM Prints – Major Site Update We have just finished implementing a major update to our website, but hope that you won’t notice any difference! The update has taken a very intense six weeks to complete and increases the funcionality and security of our shopping cart system. In June this year banks…

1st January 2007  ONLY JUST ARRIVED! THE SECOND DISCWORLD FACSIMILE EDITION THE LIGHT FANTASTIC Facsimile Edition The Light Fantastic is the second Discworld novel, originally published by Colin Smythe Ltd. on June 2nd, 1986. This was Terry Pratchett’s fifth published work, as his non-Discworld books The Carpet People, The Dark Side of the Sun and…

25th August 2006 TERRY’S BRUSH WITH DEATH Death, Terry and a brush… Paula Nightingale and a crew from the Mob Film Company came to visit Terry and Stephen Briggs’s to film their performances for the ‘Twelve Days of Hogswatch’. These will be a series of shorts, chronicling Death as he visits a number of Discworld…

20th August 2006 THE DISCWORLD CONVENTION 2006 Has it really been two years since the last Discworld Convention? Well, seven hundred and fifty fans packed out the Hinckley Island Hotel in Leicestershire and a fantastic time was had by all. SANDRA AND HOGFATHER DIRECTOR VADIM JEAN DISCUSS WHO’S ROUND IT IS… …THAT’S ALL SETTLED THEN!…

26th February 2007 News From Terry Pratchett I spoke with Terry Pratchett this afternoon and he filled me in with his latest news; “ The news here is that Making Money has gone off to the publisher; currently the various works in progress are The Folklore of Discworld, which I am working on with Jacqueline…

25th July 2006 United Kingdom Thursday 28th September, 6pm Terry in conversation with… At the Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London. Organised by Blackwell’s Charing Cross Road. Tickets £7 – Call 0845 456 9876 Friday 29th September, 6.30pm Terry in conversation with… At The Dancehouse, 10 Oxford Road, Manchester. Organised by Waterstone’s Deansgate. Tickets…

18th APRIL 2006 HOGFATHER THE MOVIE HO! HO! HO! Monday 17th April saw the first day of principal photography on Hogfather the Movie and so a very early start for Terry and Rob. They were called from their hotel at an ungodly 6.30am and taken for a slap-up breakfast at the unit base before heading…

21st June 2006 IT’S A WRAP! Principal photography on the Hogfather movie is formally in the can. That just leaves six hundred hours of CGI, a smidge of editing and wave of the wand by the post-production fairies. All we have to do is wait until December…! 21st June 2006

8th June 2006 TIME FOR TEATIME? Terry & Marc Warren at 3 Mills Studios.

6th June 2006 WINTERSMITH PROOF ON eBAY Terry has kindly donated a rare proof copy of Wintersmith for sale in aid of the Chalke Valley Playschool. Please CLICK HERE to bid or to check on its progress.