Discworld Convention

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It's International Bagpipe Day!

Gonnagles play an instrument similar to bagpipes. What is it called and what sound does it make?

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #InternationalBagpipeDay #WeeFreeMen

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It's World Book Day! Did you or your participate? Share some photos if you'd like!

What is your favourite book and why? Mine's the Abhorsen series by Garth Nix (Sorry Terry!)

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #WorldBookDay

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What better way to start the month than by wishing a very happy birthday to Colin Smythe - Sir Terry Pratchett's friend, 'discoverer', and first publisher. We hope you have a wonderful day and an amazing year to come!

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #DiscworldBirthday #TerryPratchett

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Today's Guest Spotlight is another long-time friend of the convention! Jan Harkin is a retired physician and experienced auctioneer-wrangler who dipped her toes into literary research to find 'A Stroke of the Pen'.

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #ConventionGuest #GuestSpotlight #TerryPratchett

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It's Tell A Fairy Tale Day! There are several fairies mentioned in the Discworld novels -- can you name them and the book/s they appear in?

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #TellAFairyTaleDay

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Today's quote of the day is from Terry's nineteenth Discworld novel, Feet of Clay! What is your favourite quote or moment from the book?

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #DiscworldQuotes #TerryPratchett #FeetOfClay

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It's National Card-Reading Day! Which deck is used for fortune-telling on the Disc -- and can you name any of the cards in the deck?

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #InternationalDay #NationalCardReadingDay

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On this day in 2009, our favourite author became Sir Terry Pratchett! To mark the occasion, and because a knight ought to have a sword, he had his very own sword forged from Thunderbolt Iron.

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #SirTerryPratchett #Swords #OnThisDay #2009

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It's National Cabbage Day! Where on Discworld is Big Cabbage and what is it famed for?

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #InternationalDay #Cabbage

Programme Item Tech and Accessibility Requirements Thank you for your interest in running a Programme Item at the Convention. Please fill out the form below. Please be aware that we are still in the process of finalising the programme and that your item may not be included in the final draft.

Please do not assume that an event you "always run" will be on the programme automatically. It will only be on the programme if you fill out the form to tell us about it!

The form in question can be found at

One last reminder: you have until TOMORROW (15 February) to fill out the form and let us know if you'd like to run a programme item at this year's Convention!

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It's International Book-Giving Day! (Featuring our lovely Convention Guest, Stephen Briggs.) Which book would you give to a friend or family member to get them started with the Discworld -- and why?

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #InternationalDay #Books

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It's Get Out Your Guitar Day! Who plays the guitar in Soul Music and what does his name mean?

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #SoulMusic #Guitar #InternationalDay

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Another Guest we are delighted to welcome back this year is... Marc Burrows!

Marc is a comic, musician and writer of the award-winning 2020 biography The Magic of Terry Pratchett.

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #ConventionGuest #GuestSpotlight #TerryPratchett #MarcBurrows

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Will you be attending #DiscworldConvention2026? Would you like to run a programme item?

This can be a game, quiz, presentation, or (almost) anything else! To get involved, please fill out the form in January's newsletter by Sunday 15 February.

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #News

A quote from Maskerade by Terry Pratchett, in black text on a pale grey background. The text reads: "Well, basically there are two sorts of opera,” said Nanny, who also had the true witch's ability to be confidently expert on the basis of no experience whatsoever. “There's your heavy opera, where basically people sing foreign and it goes like ‘Oh oh oh, I am dyin', oh I am dyin', oh oh oh, that's what I'm doin’’, and there's your light opera, where they sing in foreign and it basically goes ‘Beer! Beer! Beer! Beer! I like to drink lots of beer!’, although sometimes they drink champagne instead. That's basically all of opera, reely."

Six months to go until the curtain rises on the start of #DiscworldConvention! Is Nanny Ogg right about the types of opera? Which opera is your favourite?

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #DiscworldQuotes #Maskerade #TerryPratchett

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It's National Hedgehog Day! The Hedgehog Song is a popular drinking song on the Disc* (and frequently sung by one witch in particular) but which books is it mentioned in?

*and at Discworld Conventions

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #NationalHedgehogDay #Hedgehog

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Our first Guest Spotlight is a long-time friend of the convention and man of many hats: author, audiobook narrator, amateur dramatist, playwright, Patrician...

It's Stephen Briggs! We're delighted to welcome Stephen back to the #DiscworldConvention in 2026.

#Discworld #ConventionGuest

It's 2026 -- the year of the convention at last! And to get you all shivering with antici... pation, we're delighted to introduce you to some very special people: our Guests!

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Our latest newsletter is out with updates, reminders, & more.

No, hotel room booking is not open yet.
Yes, you can now upgrade your membership.
No, Maskerade sign-up is not open yet.
Yes, you can suggest programme items.

www.dwcon.org/220

#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett

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It's the International Day Of Education!

The wandering teachers visited Tiffany's village from time to time. Which tents did she visit in the Wee Free Men and what education was she interested in receiving?

#DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #InternationalDayOfEducation

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Today is the International Day of Acceptance.

Although we are not perfect, we try our best to be as inclusive to everyone as possible and we take joy in the diversity of our community. Thank you all for being a part of it.

#InternationalDayofAcceptance #DiscworldConvention

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It's National Popcorn Day!

Popcorn features heavily in Moving Pictures. Do you remember what it's called in the book and who invented it?

#DWCon #NationalPopcornDay #DiscworldConvention #MovingPictures

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Quack!

It's National Rubber Duck Day! Quacking at Pat Harkin is a Tradition as old as time, but not everyone knows WHY. Who wants to explain this particular Convention Quack...I mean Quirk?

#DWCon #DiscworldTraditions #NationalRubberDuckDay

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Neither Kaos nor Soak are palindromes as individual words. However, they could be semordnilaps or heteropalindromes.

Anagram is correct in this instance, though reversgram is a mite more specific. You could also use anadrome, or even ananym as they’re a name/pseudonym.

(Edited to fix spelling)

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It's National Milk Day!

In Thief of Time we discover that the Disc has an incredibly competent milkman - but what's his name? Bonus question: What is is surname an anagram for?

#DWCon #NationalMilkDay #ThiefofTime #OnThisDay

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It's National Bean Day!

Magic beans feature heavily across fiction, but which bean belongs to this quote:

"We are silly and weak sometimes, but together we are strong. You have plans for rats. Well I have dreams for them."

#DWCon #NationalBeanDay #OnThisDay

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It's a new year, which is the perfect time to pick up a new book! Are you choosing one of Terry's or something else? What's on your TBR pile?

#DWCon2026 #ReadaNewBookMonth #DiscworldConvention

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Happy New Year!

We welcome in the Year of the Curious Squid!

Here's hoping that it doesn't go the way of the curious cat. May it be filled with good things, and no one lives in Interesting Times.

#DWCon2026 #DiscworldConvention #HappyNewYear!