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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 For older news, see the News Archive. Friday, March 13th, 2026 The Pratchett estate announce The Discworld Bestiary, a hardcover guide to Discworld creatures, “annotated by Rincewind” and illustrated by Paul Kidby. It will be published on 15th October 2026. (TerryPratchett.com) Monday, August 4th, 2025 Rhianna Pratchett publicly announces via social media that her first child (and Terry’s first grandchild), Samuel Raphael Pratchett, was born on July 19th “to the sound of Welcome to the Jungle by Vitamin String Quartet. Not bad for a human.” (@rhi.bky.social) Friday, April 18th, 2025 The Pratchett estate announce “the Discworld Graphic Novel Universe”, a new series of graphic novel adaptations. They will kick off with three books to be published in 2026 and 2027: The Wee Free Men, adapted by Rhianna Pratchett (artist not yet announced) will be published by Puffin in 2027. In 2026, Doubleday will publish Thief of Time, by Gary Chudleigh (writer), Rachael Stott (artist) and Ellie Wright (colourist); and Monstrous Regiment, the creative team for which has not yet been announced. (TerryPratchett.com) Thursday, January 30th, 2025 In an update on Kickstarter, the Pratchett Estate state that "in light of new articles and allegations" the Good Omens graphic novel project will now be controlled solely by the Estate, and that Neil Gaiman will have no financial interest or involvement. They have also opened a new window for refunds which will last until 27 February, and add a way for backers to opt out of certain rewards. (Kickstarter update) Significant Pratchett Events 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 and Events by or about Terry Pratchett 14 October 2025 Publication of new edition of Shaking Hands With Death by Penguin. 28 August 2025 Publication of Tales of Beasts and Bugs by Puffin. 24 April 2025 Publication of the annotated Penguin Classics edition of Night Watch (in the UK; Australian publication date is 22 July 2025). 21 January 2025 Publication of Tales of Wizards and Dragons by Puffin. 7 November 2024 Publication of Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld by Penguin (Transworld). 26 September 2024 Publication of updated paperback edition of A Stroke of the Pen, now including the additional story "Arnold, the Bominable Snowman". 28 April 2024 Terry Pratchett Day 2024, with the theme "The Wrong Place to Start". 25 April 2024 Publication of a Collector’s Library hardback edition of Dodger. 29 February 2024 Publication of new paperback edition of The Last Hero from Gollancz, matching the 50 Years of Terry Penguin editions. 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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