More news - this time from the Discworld Monthly!
(Apologies if others here are subscribers, like me - if you are, this will not be new to you!)
Moving Pictures News (there is no news as to when these projects will be released)...
1. The Wee Free Men (screenplay by Rhianna Pratchett). There will be an announcement at the San Diego Comic Con this summer.
2. Mort (screenplay by Tony Rossio - Shrek, Pirates of the Caribbean and Disney's Aladdin)
3. Good Omens (screenplay by Neil Gaiman - confirmed as a six-part series). See Neil's blog at
http://discworldmonthly.co.uk/uid/792
for how this came about and
http://discworldmonthly.co.uk/uid/794 for the Guardian's report.
4. Charlie Russell is making a fourth documentary - this time about the life and death of Sir Terry Pratchett. It will contain some footage
from the memorial and also footage filmed in October 2014 where Rob Wilkins sat and interviewed/chatted with Terry for about 4.5
hours.
More news about upcoming books...
1.
THE OFFICIAL DISCWORLD COLOURING BOOK by Paul Kidby is due for release on the 11th August 2016. It will have 96
pages of glorious Paul Kidby illustrations for you to colour in and enjoy.
It has an RRP of 9.99GBP.
http://discworldmonthly.co.uk/ISBN/1473217474
2.
The Shepherd's Crown will be released in paperback on 2nd June 2016 by Corgi Children's.
http://discworldmonthly.co.uk/ISBN/0552574473
3.
The Long Cosmos (book five in The Long Earth Series) will be published in hardback by Penguin Random House on 30th June 2016.
http://discworldmonthly.co.uk/ISBN/0857521780
The Long Cosmos Slipcase Edition is now available to pre-order from Waterstones. Priced at 35GBP it will be released on the 30th June
2016.
http://discworldmonthly.co.uk/uid/773
4. The Long Utopia (book four in The Long Earth Series) will be published in paperback by Corgi.
http://discworldmonthly.co.uk/ISBN/0552169366
5.
Small Gods the Graphic Novel is currently scheduled for a UK release on the 28th July this year, and for International Release on the 23rd August 2016. It will have 144 pages and be published by Doubleday.
http://discworldmonthly.co.uk/ISBN/0857522965 (UK) or
http://discworldmonthly.co.uk/USISBN/0857522965 (international)
6.
The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner (a collection of 14 short stories written by Terry as a young man) will be released on 25th August 2016 (the day before the Discworld Convention). The slipcase edition will feature an additional story.
http://discworldmonthly.co.uk/books_the ... leaner.php
7. Author Joanne Harris (via Twitter) has confirmed she has written a new introduction for Wyrd Sisters. We don't have a release date for
this yet - but we suspect it will be sometime in 2017.
It also looks like the new paperback editions of Mort and Guards! Guards! we mentioned last month will now be released in 2017 as
Amazon have put back the release dates listed on their website by a year.
8. The 18th May 2016 sees the launch of the French translation of The Shepherd's Crown. There will be a launch event in Paris at Librairie La dimension fantastique at 18.30. Not sure how many French folks we have here, but just in case...
There is an awesome launch pack for those who have pre-ordered a copy of the book via the store. It contains a bee bag, a bookmark, a sticker sheet, a bookplate and a bee badge.
Patrick Couton (the translator) will be in store doing a book signing.
For more information go to the Facebook event page at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/568424949986384
...and that's all for now, folks!
