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Be Prepared!
Our latest email give further guidance on how to make sure you're on track to get your hotel booking email.
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Today's Guest Spotlight is Phil Masters, creator of the Discworld GURPs game. Phil has led many enjoyable Discworld role-playing sessions at previous Conventions and we are looking forward to welcoming him back for 2026!
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #DiscworldGuests
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It's World Theatre Day! Have you been recently? Tell us what you've watched!
Who is the new owner of the Ankh-Morpork Opera House in Maskerade?
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #WorldTheatreDay #Maskerade
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It's the first day of Spring -- which means that the Morris will be danced up in the Ramtops today. Which Discworld book starts with the words “The Morris Dance”?
Have you ever tried dancing the Morris?
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #FirstDayofSpring
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Today's Guest Spotlight is well known to anyone who has ever attended (and quacked at) a Discworld Convention. A Convention staple, Pat Harkin is well known to previous attendees as our Ducktioneer and Maskerade MC!
#Discworld #DiscworldGuest #DiscworldConvention
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GNU to our beloved author, Sir Terry Pratchett.
"A man is not dead while his name is still spoken."
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #GNUSirTerryPratchett #GNU
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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
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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
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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.
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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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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!
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HO HO HO.
We hope all of you are enjoying the festive break, and are doing all things ending in -olly! From all of us here on the Committee, Happy Hogswatch!
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Dearest Audience Members,
This is your last chance to grab your pre-con tees, the kiosk will be closing at midnight, 5th November!
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