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It is with immeasurable sadness that we announce that author Sir Terry Pratchett has died at the age of 66. Larry Finlay, MD at Transworld Publishers: “I was deeply saddened to learn that Sir Terry Pratchett has died. The world has lost one of its brightest, sharpest minds. In over 70 books, Terry enriched the…

More news on Good Omens coming to BBC Radio 4. The six-part adventure, will begin with a special double-bill on Monday 22nd December at 11.00pm and culminate in an apocalyptic hour-long episode on Saturday 27th December. Find out more here!

Neil Gaiman, born in Hampshire, UK, now lives in the United States near Minneapolis and was friends with Terry for many years, collaborating with him several times. He writes here about Terry for the Guardian.

Slip of the Keyboard is published this week! Terry Pratchett in his own words – a collection of writing about his life, interests, campaigns, and his writing career from early years to the present day; “Seriously funny about the weirdness of the world and humorously serious about the NHS, assisted dying and his urgent personal…

Dragons at Crumbling Castle is out today! This beautifully illustrated collection of short stories by Terry, features dragons, dinosaurs, cavemen and car races! “Funny, action-packed . . . a rip-roaring read.” (The Sun) “Full of [Pratchett’s] burgeoning wit and wordplay . . . A delightful romp.” (Sunday Times) “A splendid collection . . . rumbustious,…

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman is being dramatised for Christmas on Radio 4! The six parter will feature cameos from both authors. It will be a full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman’s celebrated apocalyptic comic novel, adapted, sound designed and co-directed by Dirk Maggs (Neverwhere, The Hitchhiker’s…

At the UK Discworld Convention, it was announced that the book  Terry Pratchett is currently working on is the fifth novel in the Tiffany Aching series. Ta-da…… The book will be called: The Shepherd’s Crown! More news soon! Excited squeals….

A Slip of the Keyboard, a collection of non-fiction essays by Terry Pratchett will be published on the 25th September.

A fabulous interview with Terry for the Guardian Newspaper. The Discworld author shares a first look at the cover of his new children’s book Dragons at Crumbling Castle and tells us about his life as a cub reporter before he became a best selling author. You started writing the stories in Dragons at Crumbling Castle…

We are saddened to report that Terry has had to cancel one of his appearances this year, that of the Manchester Discworld convention later this summer, saying “the Embuggerance is finally catching up with me”. This report by the Guardian says ‘Pratchett made the announcement with what he described as “great reluctance” on the website…

The Long Mars is officially published today! From the combined talents of the UK’s bestselling novelist and a giant of British science fiction comes the dazzling new chapter in the extraordinary and bestselling Long Earth sequence. “Here they come again, Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter, skipping along their quantum string of planets like giddy schoolboys…

The Science of Discworld IV is released today in paperback!Look out for it on our website! The purpose of this book is both to entertain and educate. In having fictional sections in which observers from a very different world with a very different set of rules look with confused eyes upon the Earth (“Roundworld”), the…

Terry Pratchett will be chatting to Mark Lawson today on BBC Radio 4‘s Front Row about Raising Steam and other projects. Tune in at 7:15pm GMT.

Review of Raising Steam in the Guardian. The new Discworld novel from Britain’s number one bestselling writer sees the Disc’s first train come steaming into town. “Laugh-out-loud funny…A chuffing wonderful book.” (SFX) “Terry Pratchett’s creation is still going strong after 30 years as Ankh-Morpork branches into the railway age…There are sly nods to the history…

Get down to World Fantasy Con in Brighton (October 31st to November 3rd) to hear Terry talk about Raising Steam! This is your opportunity to participate in one of the most exciting and exhilarating conventions ever held in Europe for professionals and fans alike. If you are serious about your writing career or just enjoy…

This sobering and insightful and interview by The Telegraph about Terry is a real must-read. Terry Pratchett interview: a fantasy writer facing reality By Tom Chivers “Are we allowed to drink these?” asks Terry Pratchett, pointing at the large green drink with chillies and stalks of mint sticking out of the top which is sitting…

August 13th 2012 DODGER UK BOUND PROOF & HARDBACK ON eBAY Signed by Terry Pratchett Proceeds to the RICE Centre in Bath A unique opportunity to own a signed UK bound proof and signed UK first edition hardback of Dodger ahead of publication on 13th September 2012. Both books have been hand signed by Terry…