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Happy Bonfire Night! If you're celebrating, we hope you're keeping warm and safely enjoying the fireworks!

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November 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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Everyone at the #DiscworldConvention is very sorry to hear of the death of the great Sir Patrick Stewart. Like Sir #TerryPratchett, he was a patron of Humanists UK; sadly, also like Sir Terry, he suffered with dementia.

Sir Patrick will be very much missed by us all.

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October 31, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Happy Halloween!

Whether you're celebrating All Hallows' Eve, All Saints' Eve, Samhain, Nos Galan Gaeaf, Hop-tu-Naa, Dia de los Muertos, or anything else this weekend, we hope you're having a wonderful time!

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #Halloween #Samhain #DiaDeLosMuertos
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October 31, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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For Halloween week, today's quote is about one of the Discworld's vampires! Which book introduces Otto Chriek (sometimes Otto von Chriek), the vampire iconographer?

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Black text on a pale grey background with a black Art Nouveau border. The text reads: "Little fussy Otto, in his red-lined black opera cloak with pockets for all his gear, his shiny black shoes, his carefully cut widow's peak and, not least, his ridiculous accent that grew thicker or thinner depending on who he was talking to, did not look like a threat. He looked funny, a joke, a music-hall vampire. It had never previously occurred to Vimes that, just possibly, the joke was on other people." - Thud! by Terry Pratchett (yes, okay, the social media wrangler just really loves her boy Otto)
October 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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October is Bat Appreciation Month! Did you know that bats make up 20% of all mammal species?

On the Discworld, vampires turn into not just one bat, but dozens of them! Which Discworld vampire do you appreciate most?

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October 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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October 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Wishing a very happy birthday to Lady Lyn Pratchett: Sir Terry's beloved wife, member of the Order of the Honeybee, and patron of the Research Institute for the Care of Older People (RICE).

We hope you have a marvellous day!

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October 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Today is #GlobalCatDay. Below is a famous Sir #TerryPratchett quote about cats -- even though he never actually said it!

He did write The Unadulterated Cat, a hilarious book about cat ownership. Show off your own Cats (Unadulterated or otherwise) in the replies!

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October 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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It's #AdaLovelaceDay! Today celebrates the contributions of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).

In Going Postal, a young girl who may be inspired by Ada makes a brief appearance. What is her name?

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October 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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October 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Wishing a very happy birthday to Gabrielle Kent (Gabrielle Kent) - Convention guest and co-author (with Rhianna Pratchett) of Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch.

We hope you're having a fantastic day!

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October 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Today is Bookshop Day -- a national celebration of all bookshops on our high streets. Do you have a favourite bookshop? Are there any special events happening at a bookshop near you?

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #BookshopDay
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October 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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It's #WorldPostDay! This marks the founding of the Universal Postal Union in Switzerland in 1874. This began the global communications revolution, allowing letters to be sent all over the world.

What is the motto of the Ankh-Morpork Post Office?

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Black text on a pale yellow background with a black Art Nouveau border. The text reads "World Post Day" above an image of an official Royal Mail commemorative stamp with art by the official Discworld artist, Paul Kidby. The stamp shows Moist von Lipwig in his famous gold suit and wingèd golden hat, carrying a postbag and a huge sheaf of letters. He is flanked by two saluting elderly postmen in navy blue, chests covered in medals. The facial topiary of both gentlemen is frankly outstanding.
October 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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4 - 10 October 2026 is #BannedBooksWeek! Just last year, it was reported that a UK high school had banned nearly 200 books as "inappropriate", including Sir #TerryPratchett's Soul Music and Good Omens.

Which other "banned" books and authors should we be reading?

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Black text on a pale yellow background, with a black Art Nouveau border. The text reads "Banned Books Week". There is a colour picture of Sir Terry Pratchett, an older man with a white beard, glasses and trademark wide-brimmed black hat, next to his quote: "The space between the young reader’s eyeballs and the printed page is a holy place and officialdom should trample all over it at their peril.”
October 7, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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To mark World Teachers' Day, today's quote is from Mr. Ronald 'Teach' Saveloy in Interesting Times!

#Discworld is full of teachers: Susan Sto Helit, Miss Tick, the wizards of Unseen University... Which is your favourite?

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Black text on a pale grey background with a black Art Nouveau border. The text reads "But… well… surely… the privation, the terrible hazards, the daily risk of death…” Mr. Saveloy brightened up. “Oh, you’ve been a teacher, have you?" - Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett
October 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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On this day in 1936 London saw the Battle of Cable Street, when Londoners of all backgrounds came together to prevent a fascist march through the East End.

Which #Discworld book references another Battle of Cable Street?

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Black text on a pale yellow background with a black Art Nouveau border. The text reads "On this day in 1936... The Battle of Cable Street was fought in London." Below it is a photo of a red circular wall plaque with white writing, denoting (as Pterry would put it) that the battle took place halfway up a wall. The text on the plaque reads: "Tower Hamlets Environment Trust The Battle of Cable Street The people of East London rallied to Cable Street on the 4th October 1936 and forced back the march of the fascist Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts through the streets of the East End." "They shall not pass"
October 4, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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It's the first day of October and the beginning of the spookiest month of the calendar! To mark it, today's Discworld quote is from #TheFifthElephant and is about werewolves. Which particular werewolf is being discussed here?

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Black text on a pale grey background with a black Art Nouveau border. The text reads: "Wolves hate werewolves.’ ‘What? That can’t be right! When she’s wolf-shaped she’s just like a wolf!’ ‘So? When she's human-shaped she’s just like a human. And what’s that got to do with anything? Humans don’t like werewolves. Wolves don’t like werewolves. People don’t like wolves that can think like people, an’ people don't like people who can act like wolves. Which just goes to show that people are the same everywhere.’ said Gaspode. He assessed this sentence and added, ‘Even when they’re wolves." - The Fifth Elephant Terry Pratchett
October 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Happy #InternationalTranslationDay!

Did you know that Sir #TerryPratchett's books have been translated into more than 30 languages worldwide -- with lots more still to come! Many translated editions have their own bespoke cover art. Which is your favourite?

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September 30, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Terry's first agent and publisher, Colin Smythe, has lots of interesting information about the #Discworld translations on his website: colinsmythe.co.uk/tr...

Let us know which you've read!

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Translations re-translated - Colin Smythe
This page is the result of a questionnaire that I sent out to translators of Terry's books in about 2000. Translating Terry’s books into other languages
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September 30, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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It's World Tourism Day! Who was the Discworld's very first tourist, and which books do they appear in?

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September 27, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Two Discworld birthdays on the same day!

Wishing many happy returns to Ian Stewart - co-author of the Science of the Discworld series and long-time Convention guest!

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #DiscworldBirthday #TerryPratchett
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September 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Wishing a very happy birthday to Rob Wilkins (@terryandrob.bsky.social) - Sir Terry Pratchett's assistant, business manager, (official) biographer, and friend. We hope you have a wonderful day!

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September 24, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Wishing a very happy birthday to the specQUACKular Pat Harkin (@dwauctioneer.bsky.social), our long-suffering Auctioneer and Maskerade MC!

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #DiscworldBirthday #TerryPratchett #QUACK
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September 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Arrrr, it be Talk Like A Pirate Day, me hearties!

Which #TheColourOfMagic actor played an iconic fictional pirate in a 1996 Muppet movie? And who was the pirate in question?

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #InternationalDay #TalkLikeAPirateDay #HimToo
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September 19, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Wishing a very happy birthday to Ian Mitchell (@DiscworldShoppe) - long-time Convention guest and enterprising Emporium proprietor! We were sorry not to see you at this year's #DiscworldConvention.

Two Emporium birthdays in a row!

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September 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM