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== About Discworld & Terry Pratchett Wiki ==
This [[wikipedia:wiki|wiki]] is a [[Terry Pratchett]]-oriented wiki environment. We currently have [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles. Although it started out centred on [[:Category:Discworld Series|Discworld]], it now hosts all sorts of information about Terry Pratchett and his works. Want to contribute? Read the [[Discworld & Pratchett Wiki:Getting started|Getting started]] guide to become a valued contributor in minutes. Then [[Special:UserLogin|sign in]] and start [[:Category:Stubs|editing stub articles]] or [[Special:Wantedpages|wanted but still empty pages]].

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===Portals===
''Navigate here to browse through the articles''
* [[Bibliography]]: Books and other material written by Terry Pratchett
* [[Discworld & Pratchett Wiki:Characters|Characters]]: Pratchett characters
* [[Discworld & Pratchett Wiki:Places|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.
* [[Discworld & Pratchett Wiki:About Terry Pratchett|About Terry Pratchett]]
* [[Fandom]]: About or produced by people who read Terry Pratchett's books
* [[Podcasts]]: Audio shows which discuss the books
* [[Discworld & Pratchett Wiki:Categories|Categories]]: A directory of major [[Special:Categories|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
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===Recent news about Terry===
;Friday, May 12th, 2023: [[Rhianna Pratchett]] and [[Paul Kidby]] announce via social media that they are collaborating with game maker and author [[Gabrielle Kent]] on '''{{TAG}}''', to be published through Puffin Books. Pratchett and Kent have co-written this “in-world guide to aspiring witches everywhere”, illustrated by Kidby. They shared the title and a promotional image, but no release date, promising more information soon. Kidby mentioned he had been working on it for the past year and "recently". Kent also tweeted about it, mentioning that it was the Discworld books that had made her want to be a writer. ([https://twitter.com/rhipratchett/status/1657075339489574931 @rhipratchett tweet]; [https://twitter.com/paulkidby/status/1657070538815164416 @paulkidby tweet]; [https://twitter.com/gabriellekent/status/1657076519280181248 @GabrielleKent tweet])

;Wednesday, May 10th, 2023: YouTube channel The Hillywood Show publish their elaborate {{GOTV}} parody video, featuring members of the original television cast and [[Neil Gaiman]] himself handing over the release date of season two of the show to Crowley (played by Hilly Hindi). This was the official announcement that season two will premiere on Amazon Prime on 23 July 2023. ([https://youtu.be/ChMtlFB3_vc Good Omens Parody by The Hillywood Show] on YouTube)

;Monday, February 27th, 2023: The Terry Pratchett estate announces {{SP}}, a new collection of Pratchett’s early short stories for newspapers from the 1970s and 1980s, to be published in October 2023. These twenty stories were written under pseudonyms (mostly “Patrick Kearns”) and have not been previously republished. They were discovered thanks to fan Chris Lawrence, who had one of the original newspaper stories framed in his house, with the rest discovered by Pat and Jan Harkin by searching through old newspapers. [[Rob Wilkins]] described this as “nothing short of a miracle” and said this was “the last ’new’ Pratchett material we are ever likely to find.” ([https://terrypratchett.com/news/lost-stories-of-sir-terry-pratchett-to-be-published/ terrypratchett.com]; [https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64789059 BBC]) 

===Significant Pratchett Events===
;Tuesday, April 28th, 2020: Narrativia announces an exclusive deal with Motive Pictures and Endeavour Content to produce "definitive" and "absolutely faithful" Discworld adaptations for the screen. No specific productions are announced. The full text of the announcement is available on the [https://www.narrativia.com/discworld.html Narrativia web site].

;Saturday, September 16th, 2017: Opening of the [[Terry Pratchett HisWorld Exhibition]] at the Salisbury Museum, Wiltshire. [http://www.pratchetthisworld.com/?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&refsrc=email&iid=6ceb3655f9a94b5487a1455ca5733642&uid=267767096&nid=244+272699400 HisWorld Website] [http://www.salisburymuseum.org.uk/ Salisbury Museum Website]

;Wednesday, August 30th, 2017: In accordance with his final wishes Sir Terry Pratchett's unfinished novels are destroyed using a steamroller. [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/30/terry-pratchett-unfinished-novels-destroyed-streamroller News Article]

;Saturday, February 11th, 2017: The BBC broadcasts the biographical documentary ''[[TV and Film:Terry Pratchett: Back in Black|Terry Pratchett: Back in Black]]''. (Non-UK viewers may be able to watch it '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxpdh-vKTz4 here]]''''')

;Thursday, August 27th, 2015: Publication of the final Discworld novel, {{TSC}}.

;Thursday, March 12th, 2015: Sir Terry Pratchett died at home in Wiltshire following a long battle with Alzheimer's. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31858156 BBC report, 3:26pm GMT]

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===[[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.''
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'''Alphabetical list of [[List of Pratchett characters|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.
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===Latest and Upcoming Publications by or about Terry Pratchett===
;5 October 2023: Publication of {{SP}}, a collection of previously uncollected “lost” early stories written by Pratchett for newspapers under a pseudonym.

;23 July 2023: Season two of {{GOTV}} premieres on Amazon Prime Video.

;15 June 2023: Publication of new audiobook and paperback editions of {{WFM}}, {{HFOS}}, {{W}}, {{ISWM}} and {{TSC}} as part of [[50 Years of Terry]].

;25 May 2023: Publication of new audiobook and paperback editions of {{G!G!}}, {{MAA}}, {{FOC}}, {{J}}, {{TFE}}, {{NW}}, {{T!}} and {{SN}} as part of [[50 Years of Terry]].

;18 May 2023: Publication of new audiobook and paperback edition of {{MP}} as part of [[50 Years of Terry]].

;23 February 2023: Publication of new audiobook and paperback editions of {{P}}, {{TT}}, {{MR}}, {{GP}}, {{MM}} and {{RS}} as part of [[50 Years of Terry]].

;3 February 2023: US release of ''[[TV and Film:The Amazing Maurice|The Amazing Maurice]]''.

;12 January 2023: Australia and New Zealand release of ''[[TV and Film:The Amazing Maurice|The Amazing Maurice]]''.

;9 January 2023: Publication of ''[[Book:Mr. Bunnsy has an Adventure|Mr. Bunnsy has an Adventure]]'', a "facsimile edition" of [[Mr Bunnsy Has An Adventure|the book from the Discworld]], as seen in ''[[TV and Film:The Amazing Maurice|The Amazing Maurice]]''.

;16 December 2022: UK premiere on Sky Cinema of ''[[TV and Film:The Amazing Maurice|The Amazing Maurice]]''.

;27 October 2022: Publication of new audiobook and paperback editions of {{M}}, {{RM}}, {{SM}}, {{H}} and {{TOT}} as part of [[50 Years of Terry]]. Rescheduled publication of the Dunmanifestin Edition of {{UDC}}.

;5 October 2022: Publication of new audiobook of {{TAM}} as part of [[50 Years of Terry]].

;29 September 2022: Publication of Terry's official biography, {{ALWF}}, by [[Rob Wilkins]].

;1 September 2022: Publication of two new editions of {{TAM}} to tie-in with [[TV and Film:The Amazing Maurice|the upcoming film]].

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* ...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 [[wikipedia:Sto Lat|Polish song]], the expression meaning "may you live a hundred years"?
* ...someone has actually made a [http://freespace.virgin.net/tony.fisk2/janescakes/discworld/discworld.htm 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? 
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===External links===
* {{lsr}}, The L-Space Web, a Terry Pratchett/Discworld Website
* [https://guild.pratchatpodcast.com The Guild of Recappers & Podcasters], a sister wiki for Discworld podcasts
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