The smallest island book shop and the Nation’s largest bookshop joined forces to launch Terry Pratchett’s new novel, NATION, at special events held on Saturday 13th September. NATION is set on a small desert island and challenges the way we think about cultural identity, nationhood and the history of civilisation. To reflect the book’s setting…
Our prize draw proved to be very successful to say the least, but there could only be one winner of the coveted UK Nation proof. Therefore, we were all very excited when Terry drew the name from the hat and…. CONGRATULATIONS TO KIRSTEN HOLLINGDALE! You are our winner and your signed proof is already on…
With the publication of Nation less than 24 hours away, Terry’s first signing engagement was to work his way through our mountain of stock. He will also be pulling the name of our lucky winner out of his hat tomorrow morning when we will announce who has won our UK signed proof. Later in the…
Nation was launched this week in London at the Royal Society.
Terry has written an article on his experience with Alzheimer’s for the News of the World. You can read it HERE and also see Terry on a special BBC Panorama programme ‘The NHS Postcode: It Could Be You’ tomorrow (Monday 18th) at 8.30pm.
Folks, To those that want to know, it would be true to say that my life right now is occasional short periods of writing interspersed and interrupted with requests for interviews. As my UK readers will know, merely catching a variant of Alzheimer’s has propelled me onto more prestigious chat show sofas than I have…
A satellite van has just turned up on the drive and that can only mean one thing… Terry is live on ITV National news at 10pm tonight.
The God Moment (A rumour that I have found God) Terry has written an article for the Mail on Sunday about his much publicised ‘God Moment’. You can read it HERE.
Den of Geek have interviewed Rhianna about her script for Overlord on the Xbox 360 and PS3. Overlord was an underrated Xbox 360 game, and now a slightly bulked up edition is coming to the PS3. We nattered with the game’s scriptwriter, Rhianna Pratchett… Rhianna Pratchett has a string of writing credits that includes magazines,…
The raffle to win a place at the front of the queue at the signing on Saturday has been drawn and the winner will be notified by telephone on Friday. Many thanks for all your entries!
Win the chance to be first at the front of the queue at this 25th Discworld Anniversary signing! The signing takes place at Foyles on the Southbank in London at 12noon Saturday 14th June. One lucky winner will walk straight to the front of the queue to have his or her book signed before all…
Bryan Appleyard paid us a visit today, interviewing Terry for the Sunday Times. You can read the interview in print this Sunday or CLICK HERE to read it online now. You’ll also see a photo of Ghengis!
We have listed one of only 100 UK bound proofs of Nation on eBay. All proceeds from the sale will go to the RICE Centre in Bath where Professor Roy Jones, Terry’s personal Alzheimer’s specialist, is the director. Further more, not only Terry sign the book, but he will make personal dedication to the winning…
Another Day, Another Sofa – Wednesday May 28th 2008 Terry will interviewed on BBC Breakfast TV tomorrow morning at 08.10 GMT.
Terry will be talking to other Alzheimer’s sufferers for the very first time on on the Victoria Derbyshire show on Radio Five today and chatting with Adam Boulton on Sky TV on Sunday.
An Alzheimer’s Research Trust survey has revealed that 25 million people in the UK are touched by dementia. The poll results are released as Terry Pratchett announces he is to become a Patron of the Alzheimer’s Research Trust. The YouGov poll, commissioned by the Alzheimer’s Research Trust, found that 42% of the UK population –…
BBC TV – The One Show – Thursday 15th May 2007 @ 7PM We’re going to have another fun-packed day as we head into London to do a pre-recorded interview with Adam Boulton for Sky TV, meet up with the guys from Eclipse of the Century (more news on that shortly) before heading off to…
Terry opened a new display called ‘What the Victorians Did For Us’ at the Bath Postal Museum today. It’s well worth a visit to see for yourself the birthplace of Discworld Philately. Also, Rod Brown and Ian Sharples from the Mob Film Company presented Terry with draft #1.0 of the Going Postal screenplay. We wait…
We have had many enquiries regarding the Colour of Magic DVD and can now confirm that it is scheduled to be released in the UK in October 2008 by Twentieth Century Fox. We will be launching a pre-sale for signed copies toward the end of the summer – check back soon!
Terry was interviewed by John Humphrys for BBC Radio 4’s On the Ropes series which is due to be broadcast on Tuesday 20th May at 9:00am, repeated at 9:30pm in the evening.
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