Twenty stories written under a pseudonym and never before attributed to Pratchett, who died in 2015, will be released this year by TransworldA collection of newly rediscovered short stories by Terry Pratchett, originally written under a pseudonym, are to be published later this year.The 20 tales... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-02-27 14:52:08 UTC ]
A Life With Footnotes, by the late author’s former assistant and friend, has been authorised by Pratchett’s estate and is due to be released in SeptemberRob Wilkins, Terry Pratchett’s former assistant and friend, is writing the official biography of the late Discworld author, which will move... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-01-26 11:21:41 UTC ]
Headline has acquired two books to tie-in with a new TV series based on Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
A book accompanying the "Terry Pratchett: HisWorld" exhibition at Salisbury Museum has raised £20,000 for Bath-based dementia charity RICE (The Research Institute for the Care of Older People). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Terry Pratchett's City Watch series, an eight-strong subset of the late author's 41 Discworld books, is being adapted by BBC Studios for a new television series called "The Watch". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sir Terry Pratchett's unfinished books have been crushed by a steamroller in accordance with the late fantasy author's wishes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The BBC plans to air a “poignant and humorous” documentary about author Sir Terry Pratchett as well an Imagine programme on Maya Angelou. A 50-minute documentary entitled "Terry Pratchett: Back in Black" will run in early to mid February (yet to be confirmed), telling the bestselling author’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Jim Henson Company is producing a film adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s The Wee Free Men novel, with the screenplay written by Rhianna Pratchett, the late author’s daughter. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Children’s will this summer publish a second collection of short stories from Terry Pratchett. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
If we add an alert to one review, what about the others? Readers have different sensitivities; who is to say which details may spoil a book for any one of them?Readers hate spoilers, and one of the sacred duties of the literary editor is to make sure they don’t happen – or if they do, that... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookshops are gearing up for a mini Super Thursday today (27th August) following the release of two big hitting titles – the fourth installment of the Millennium series, The Girl in the Spider’s Web (MacLehose Press), and Terry Pratchett’s last book The Shepherd’s Crown (Doubleday Children’s). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
When you think about it, it’s kind of weird that we still have books in our technologically advanced society. But they’re here to stay, argues teen site member Orli Books STILL exist. Weird, isn’t it? Why do books still exist? It sounds like a novel in itself: books overcoming the odds, beating... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tickets for Waterstones Piccadilly’s midnight opening for the launch of Terry Pratchett’s final Discworld novel The Shepherd’s Crown have sold out, only hours after going on sale. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Shepherd’s Crown, the 41st in the late author’s Discworld series, to be launched with a midnight reading on 26 AugustTerry Pratchett’s legions of fans took just minutes to snap up tickets to a midnight bookshop opening in London that will mark the official release of the late author’s final... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones Piccadilly will later this month host a midnight opening to mark the publication of Terry Pratchett’s final Discworld novel, The Shepherd’s Crown (Penguin Random House). During the event, which will take place on the evening of 26th August (leading into publication on the 27th) fans... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Terry Pratchett’s daughter has said she does not intend to write any Discworld novels, or give “anyone else permission to do so”. The legendary fantasy writer died in March this year at the age of 66. He had been suffering from Alzheimer’s. Pratchett finished writing the 41st book of his... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The upcoming book by Pratchett, who died recently, will reportedly be titled 'The Shepherd's Crown' and center on a familiar character. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pratchett is the author of such works as 'Wyrd Sisters,' 'Night Watch,' and 'The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents.' He was knighted in 2009 and was the bestselling author in the United Kingdom in the 1990s. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Award-winning British fantasy author Terry Pratchett, creator of more than 70 books, including the long-running Discworld series, died on March 12 at his home following complications from a chest infection. He was 66. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Terry Pratchett has won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction after being... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]