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Nation Needs You!
Sir Terry Pratchett's NATION has been shortlisted in the first ever Brit Writers' Awards in the Published Writer of the Year category.
Please help us to ensure Terry wins the prize by emailing the title NATION with your name to leah@britwriters.co.uk you only get one vote so make it count.
For more information and to see the entire shortlist visit The Brit Writers' Awards.
The Terry Pratchett Prize!
Sir Terry Pratchett and Transworld Publishers are proud to launch a new award for aspiring debut novelists, The Terry Pratchett Anywhere But Here, Anywhen But Now Prize. Transworld will offer the winning author a publishing contract with a £20,000 advance.
The award will be judged by Sir Terry Pratchett, Tony Robinson, Michael Rowley from Waterstone's and two senior members of the editorial team at Transworld Publishers.
The deadline for submissions is 31 December 2010. For further details about the award, and full terms and conditions, please click on the link below
Terms and Conditions
Long Earth Announcement
Transworld Publishers are delighted to announce an exciting new collaboration between Sir Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. The first book in the Long Earth series will be published by Doubleday in the spring 2012.
For more information read the full release
Last Chance to get SFX Magazine 196!
There are only a few more days left to grab your copy of SFX Magazine issue 196! This landmark issue is guest edited by Sir Terry Pratchett and features a compendium of all things Discworld! Destined to be a collector's item!
For more information visit the SFX website
Terry Pratchett launches the summer of SF reading!
SFX magazine have teamed up with Waterstone's bookshop to bring you a summer of brilliant SF & Fantasy reading! Sir Terry visited the SFX team at their offices in Bath last month to guest edit the new edition which launches the campaign. The official launch takes place tonight at Waterstone's Piccadilly where Sir Terry will be in attendance. Sir Terry's edition of SFX is on sale now.
For more information visit the SFX website
Catch Nation while you still can!
There are only 15 performances of Nation left in the run at the National Theatre from the 15th-28th March. Based on Terry Pratchett's childrens book of the same name, Nation is the story of two kids, washed up on the shores of a remote island, from cultures half a world apart that have to learn to get along and survive.
Win a deluxe trip to the National by playing the new Nation at the National game! Play here
Overwhelming Support for Sir Terry Pratchett
In a moving and thought-provoking lecture last night, Sir Terry Pratchett delivered, through his good friend Tony Robinson, the annual Dimbleby Lecture screened on BBC1. Sir Terry is the first author to take part in the series of lectures and the topic covered was assisted death. The coverage in the national media has been overwhelming and support for Sir Terry's position has been tremendous, especially within the online communitiy. Comments on social media sites have been calling him a 'legend' and a 'hero'.
Read an extract from the Dimbleby Lecture on The Guardian website.
The Bookwitch Interview!
Finding a spare second in Sir Terry Pratchett's day is no easy task. But the bookwitch managed it!
Find out what happened when the Bookwitch met Sir Terry Pratchett read the interview.
NT LIVE: NATION
Watch the National Theatre's production of NATION at your local cinema!
A live performance from the National Theatre will be broadcast to 300 cinemas around the world on Saturday 30th January. The matinee performance of NATION features live music, dance and extraordinary puppets and is suitable for ages 10 and above. Plays in the NT Live season are filmed in high definition using innovative digital technologies broadcast via satellite to 21 countries and 300 venues across the globe, including 75 cinemas in the UK. To watch clips from the production and for a full list of venues and ticket information visit The National Theatre NATION continues in repertoire at the National Theatre until 28 March 2010.
Children's Book of the Year!
The Independent newspaper has chosen Nation by Terry Pratchett as it's children's book of the year for 2009. They say Nation is 'a wisely hilarious excursion through ideas of community, identity and belonging, all wrapped up in Pratchett's sublime silliness.'
Go to The Independent to read the article in full.
Only You Can Save Mankind (Music from the Musical)
In advance of the full CD release on 2nd December, six tracks from the studio recording of the Only You Can Save Mankind musical have been made available to purchase online.
Go to www.ifnotyouthenwho.com or iTunes for details on how to download.
The Guardian book club with Sir Terry Pratchett!
Sir Terry Pratchett will be the featured author for The Guardian Book Club in December. See Sir Terry at one of his only public speaking events this year as part of the book club on the 14th December at 7pm at Hall One, Kings Place, London.
The Guardian Website has more information on how to book your ticket.
WIN a complete set of Terry Pratchett audio books!
To celebrate the publication of Unseen Academicals, Random House Audio are giving away a COMPLETE set of Terry Pratchett's audiobooks. The prize contains all 44 of his books on CD.
Click here to enter.
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Sir Terry Pratchett Kicks Off Football Tournament for Unseen Academicals Launch!
Football Frenzy in Wincanton!
Glorious weather and sporting endeavours were the order of the day in Wincanton last weekend as Transworld Publishers took to the field to celebrate the publication of Sir Terry Pratchett's latest Discworld novel Unseen Academicals.
Fan teams waged war against local teams in a five-a-side football tournament hosted by Transworld at the Wincanton Sports Centre. Bribery, cheating and fouls were rife as fans used every trick in the book to ensure a place on the winner's podium. Transworld came a respectable third of the eight teams that took part only beaten by the Wincanton professional side and the Wincanton Urchins, the triumphant winners. Sir Terry presented the trophies, goldish looking tin cans, to the jubilant winners. A good day was had by all and celebrated with pies and cider all round.
Click here for full details.
Nation Competition
Calling young playwrights: the Nation needs you!
Are you theatre's next big thing? If you're aged 10 to 17, head over to the Guardian website for details on how to enter a fantastic competition.
Mark Ravenhill, who has adapted Nation to be performed at the National Theatre this winter, is looking for young scriptwriters, aspiring film-makers and theatre fanatics to adapt an extract from Nation, and produce a three-minute YouTube clip inspired by it.
The winning entries from each category (10-14 and 15-17) will have their short films re-shot and screened as part of the National Theatre's NT Live event on 30 January 2009.
Click here for full details, plus an exclusive video of Sir Terry and advice on how to enter from Philip Pullman and Michael Morpurgo.
Interviews and Features
Sir Terry Pratchett wrote a very moving piece in the Mail on Sunday on 3rd August focusing on assisted suicides in the UK.
Read the piece in full
Emily S. Whitten caught up with Terry at the Discworld Convention 2008 and the full interview can be read on SFRevu.com
SFRevu.com
Only You Can Save Mankind!
West End stars record album songs for the adaptation to musical of Sir Terry Pratchett's novel Only You Can Save Mankind.
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Take a Peek!
Advanced tickets for Nation at the National for Terry Pratchett Fans!!
Fans of Terry Pratchett can book their tickets online ahead of the general public for Mark Ravenhill's adaption of Nation at the National. Tickets for fans go on sale on Monday 29 June.
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Between the Lines
Nation Wins Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
Nation has recieved the 2009 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in the fiction and poetry category. This is one of the most prestigious literary awards for books for young readers in the US.
The Horn Book
