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Interviews with Terry Pratchett
Following each interview description are the books the interview mainly
refers to. Some interviews are not available.
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Text interviews
- Space Voyager
- Interview by some guy named Neil Gaiman, in Space Voyager, Issue #15,
June/July 1985 [The Colour of Magic]
- Compuserve
- Transcript of the Formal Conference held on Sunday, August 11th, 1991
in the CompuServe Science Fiction/Fantasy Forum [Truckers, Wyrd Sisters,
Good Omens]
- 20-20
- Book feature written by Terry Pratchett [Small Gods]
- Spark
- Spark, The Reading University Student Newspaper, 24th November 1992
[Lords and Ladies]
- Million
- Large article on Terry Pratchett. (Million was sister magazine to
Interzone.) [The Colour of Magic, Guards! Guards!, Witches Abroad, Moving
Pictures, Good Omens]
- Loose Ends
- A radio show, 27th November 1993. [Men at Arms]
- Writing Magazine
- Christmas 1993, profile on Terry Pratchett. [Lords and Ladies]
- The Book Show
- An interview with Terry for the 10th Anniversery of the Discworld
series at Planet Hollywood. [Men at Arms]
- PC Gamer
- A computer magazine, December 1993.
- Opening Shot
- shown on UK Channel 4 TV at 16:50 on 2nd January, 1994. [Only You Can
Save Mankind, Johnny and the Dead]
- Radio Derby
- Witches Abroad tour.
- Silmaril Journal
- Interview with Terry that appeared in the Silmaril Journel (May
1994).
- Virgin Interview
- Interview for the Big Red Mug Show that appeared on Virgin 1215.
- Quest for the Holy Anorak
- Radio Interview on 3RRR, 4th July 1994
- A glimpse inside the fantasy toolbox
- The Weekend Arts and Entertainment guide, 8th July, 1994
- James Purbrick Interview
- James Purbrick interviewed Terry Pratchett in 1994 (page no longer working).
- PC Home
- 27 December 1994
- Interesting Times Interview
- by Stuart Beaton. [Interesting Times, Good Omens]
- Interesting Times Interview
- By Sarah Byrne. [Johnny and the Dead]
- PC Zone
- January 1995, A computer magazine.
- The Little Picture Show
- Jan 1995
- Interesting Times
- In The West Australian, Feb 4, 1995.
- Midweek
- interview with Terry Pratchett which was part of the Midweek programme
broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 09:05 on April 26 1995
- Book Case
- The WHSmith guide to good books May/June 1995. [Soul Music]
- SFX issue 1
- Review of soul music in SFX June 1995. [Soul Music]
- The Late Show
- Transcript of BBC2's late night arts programme 'The Late Show' on 1st December 1995. [Interesting Times]
- Fifth Dimension
- Transcript of an Interview given in January 1996 to the Australian SF
and Fantasy Review television show "Fifth Dimension".
- Desert Island Discs
- Transcript of interview from Desert Island Discs, 9th February, 1997.
- Radio Times
- My Kind of Day. (10-16 May issue)
- Telegraph
- Interview in The Young Telegraph No.345 May 17, 1997.
- The Goblinz Kneescap
- Shortest interview ever, June/July 1997.
- Times
- Interview with Terry Pratchett from The Times November 1997. [Jingo]
- Arena
- 'Arena' insert in the Western Mail - Saturday, 22nd November 1997. [Jingo]
- WFC IRC Chat
- Transcript of IRC interview with Terry Pratchett at the World Fantasy Convention
- The Big Question
- Transcript of interview held on 01/02/98. [Small Gods]
- Radio 4
- Transcript of interview with Terry Pratchett on Radio 4, 26th April 1998.
- January Magazine
- Interview with Terry appearing in May issue of January magazine
- Gadget -- My Gadget
- Interview with Terry for Gadget Magazine, May 1998 [Hogfather, The Last Continent]
- Interview by David Witt
- Interview with Terry for Sydney's Child, June 1998 [Johnny books]
- Delos
- Interview in Delos #9, October 1998 (Note: In Italian.)
- Delos
- Interview in Delos #9, October 1998 (Note: English Translation.)
- Science Fiction-Bokhandeln
- Interview with Terry Pratchett, 1998. (Note: In Swedish.) [The Last
Continent, The Fifth Elephant, The Science of Discworld]
- Terry Pratchett on the PalmPilot.....
- Private interview conducted by Mike Richardson, 6 Janurary 99. [Truckers, Good Omens]
- Science Fiction Book Club
- Interview by the Science Fiction Book Club, Feburary 1999. [Hogfather]
- Food interview
- in Sainsbury's the Magazine, Feburary 1999.
- GameSpot Interview
- Interview with GameSpot UK, March 1999. [Carpe Jugulum]
- Blink
- Interview conducted by Lou Rocco Centrella. [Carpe Jugulum]
- Amazon.co.uk
- Interview Conducted by Amazon.co.uk with Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart
and Jack Cohen, June 1999 about the Science of Discworld. [The Science of
Discworld]
- Crescent Blues
- Interview conducted by Stephen J. Metherell and Donna Andrews, Sep
1999. [Carpe Jugulum, The Fifth Elephant]
- Terry
Pratchett: Discworld & Beyond
- Excerpt from Lotus magazine, December, 1999.
- Amazon.co.uk
- Interview Conducted by Amazon.co.uk with Terry Pratchett, November
1999, about the Fifth Elephant. [The Fifth Elephant, The Truth]
- Scifi.com Chat
- Chat session with Terry Pratchett on 11 April 2000.
- Amazon.co.uk
- Interview Conducted by Amazon.co.uk with Terry Pratchett, early 2000,
about the Fifth Elephant and The Last Hero. [The Fifth Elephant, The
Truth, The Last Hero]
- SF Site
- Two part interview by Steven H Silver for SF Site (Note: pages are not
part of L-Space), April/May 2000. Part 1 and Part 2 here. [The Fifth
Elephant, Good Omens, Johnny books]
- The
Internet Writing Journal
- Interview with Terry Pratchett in April issue. (Note: Pages are not on
L-Space.) [The Fifth Elephant, The Last Continent, Good Omens, The
Truth]
- Science
Fiction Weekly
- Interview with Terry Pratchett in Issue #156. (Note: Pages are not on
L-Space.) [The Fifth Elephant, The Truth, The Thief of Time, Good
Omens]
- Isis Interview
- Interview with Terry Pratchett conducted by Isis Publishing over April
and June 2000. [Fifth Elephant, Carpe Jugulum, The Truth, Thief of
Time]
- 'Open Book'
- Interview on BBC Radio 4's 'Open Book' on 29th April 2001.
[The Thief of Time]
- The Mail On Sunday's Night & Day Magazine
- A 2-page interview with Terry in The Mail On Sunday's Night &
Day Magazine (May 6th, 2001).
- The Word on the
Street is by Terry Pratchett
- Interview with Tery Pratchett by The Times, May 30, 2001. Note:
No longer available.
- FAKTuell interview
- Interview with Terry Pratchett on 24 July. Background here with a (now non-working) link to the main interview. (Note: pages are in German, may not display properly)
- Terry Pratchett, historian of Ankh-Morpork
- Interview conducted with Terry on 31 Dec 2001. [Note: in Spanish, but does have a 'translate into (passable) English' button.]
- Washing Post - Book World
- In the Sunday 7th April, 2002 edition, Terry is asked about a favourite book. (He is also mentioned in the Reel World section)
- New Zealand Herald
- Interview with Terry Pratchett in tht 26th October 2002 edition. [Night Watch]
- Terry Pratchett Books
- Interview with Terry Pratchett, put up October 2002 (no longer there). [Night Watch]
- Life on Planet Pratchett
- Interview with Terry Pratchett, The Guardian, November 8, 2002, about writing.
- Discworld Divinity
- Interview with Terry Pratchett by SFCrowsnest, March 2003. [Good Omens, The Truth, The Last Hero, Night Watch]
- He's Got the World on a Disc
- Interview with Terry Pratchett by Sequential Tart, March 2003. [Various]
- AM Promotional Interview
- Interview with Terry Pratchett by HarperCollins. [The Amazing Maurice]
- WFM Promotional Interview
- Interview with Terry Pratchett by HarperCollins. [Wee Free Men]
- On the Spot: Terry Pratchett
- Interview from Reader's Digest, British Edition. [Article no longer available.]
- Drive Time
- 15 minute interview with Noel Edmonds.
- No escape from Wee Free Men
- Interview with The Herald on 4th October, 2004 (Link is to preview only. Need to pay for full article).
- Metro
- Metro Interview
- Master of Speculative Satire
- SFRevu Interview, September 2004
- Dymocks
- Dymocks Interview, October 2004
- Mystery Lord of the Discworld
- Interview with The Age on 6th Novemeber, 2004. Note: need to register with the site, and possibly pay, to view the article.
- Fantasy's darkest arts make for a best seller
- Letter by Terry with regards to the attention paid to Harry Potter, printed in The Times, July 31, 2005. The letter was also quoted in an article for BBC News, followed by FemaleFirst and Edinburgh Evening News. (This has generated quite a bit of discussion in a thread on alt.fan.pratchett, including pertinent comments from Terry himself.,,)
- Science Fiction Weekly Interview
- Interview conducted with Terry in November 2005.
- Tackling the Invisible Crime
- ALCS News talks with Terry about piracy, May 2006.
- PC Zone, July 2006
- Interview with Terry about his take on computer games.
- Sky at Night, August 2006
- Interview in this issue with Terry about his interest in Astronomy.
- BBC Focus
- A "Quick Chat: Terry Pratchett" in the September, 2006 issue.
- HarperCollins
- Interview with Terry about Wintersmith.
- SFX, No. 149
- Another interview with Terry about Wintersmith.
- SFX, No. 151
- Feature of the Hogfather movie, with questions answered by Terry.
- Talk in Brisbane
- 50 photos, and some words, about fantasy author Terry Pratchett’s speech in Brisbane on February 14th 2007
- Daily Mail interview
- Terry Pratchett on his recent stroke (5 Nov 2007).
- theBookseller.com interview
- Interview with Terry about his "embuggerance", April 2008.
- Lotus Magazine
- Interview with Terry in April 2008 issue, as well as associated articles. Extracts of the interview are online.
- Daily Mail Online
- Terry writes about his "religious" upbringing, and his moment of finding "where gods come from", 21 June 2008.
- Waterstones
- Neil Gaiman interviews Terry about 25 years of the Discworld, June 2008.
- Pratchett criticises drug ruling
- Article about Terry talking about a recent decision relating to Alzheimer drug treatment. Note: contains video, only available to those in the UK.
- I'm disgusted...
- Terry writes about Alzheimer drugs. Note: picture is not of Terry Pratchett.
- Q&A with Terry Pratchett
- Terry interviewed by Michael Levy for the Children's Bookshelf in Publisher's Weekly, 4th September 2008
- Book World chat
- Terry was interviewed online about Nation, transcript avaiable, 1st October 2008.
- Mail Online piece
- Article written by Terry Pratchett, October 2008.
- Times Online Letter
- Letter by Terry Pratchett in Times Onlines, October 2008.
- Mail Online interview by Frances Hardy
- Interview in Daily Mail Online, November 2008.
- One Year On
- Terry talks about having lived for a year with Alzheimer's, 25 January 2009.
- We need to talk about dementia
- Following his knighting, Sir Terry talks about Alzheimer's, Telegraph, February 2009 (contains video).
- Rotal appointment for fantasy author
- Following his knighting, Sir Terry talks about Alzheimer's, ITN, February 2009 (contains video).
- Yarn Forward Magazine
- Continuation of interview that was in the issue 12 print copy of Yarn Forward magazine. (March 2009)
- Taxworld
- Terry writes to the Times about being in the 50% income tax bracket. May 23, 2009
- Palliative care
- Sir Terry Pratchett writes to the Times on thoughts following the death of Sir Edward Downes and his wife. 16 July 2009
- British Humanist Association
- Terry Pratchett speaks to British Humanist Association about assisted dying, ahead of potential reforms to the law. 30 June 2009.
- I'll die before the endgame
- Terry Pratchett calls for law to allow assisted suicides in UK. 3 August 2009
- Hack writers
- Terry Pratchett talks about being a hack writer. 13 August 2009
- State of the Nation
- Terry Pratchett talks about Nation. 24 August 2009
- Celebs share memories for Alzheimer's research
- Terry Pratchett relates a memory. 1 September 2009
- Liberal Democrat Party Conference address
- Sir Terry Pratchett discussed his experience with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease and demanded an increase in government investment in dementia research. 22 September 2009
- Terry Pratchett criticises assisted suicide guidelines
- Article in the Guardian, 28 September 2009.
- Interview for Unseen Academicals
- Article in the Telegraph, 28 September 2009.
- Britian facing tsunami of Alzheimer's disease
- Article in the Telegraph, 22 September 2009.
- Fighting to keep the fantasy alive
- Article in the NewScientist, 4 November 2009.
- Terry Pratchett welcomes assisted suicide policy
- Article in Guardian, 25 February 2010.
- Sir Terry Pratchett wants to win control of how his own story ends
- Article in Times Onlines, 6 February 2010.
Audio interviews
- Life Matters (Part 2)
- Interview with Terry Pratchett on Radio National, Australia, November, 2002 [Note: File no longer available on the site. It might be able to be purchased via http://www.abc.net.au/archives/sales/mediamon.htm].
- FAKTuell interview
- Interview with Terry Pratchett on 24 July. Background
here and interview
here. Contains audio playable by Real Media. (Note: interview in
German, pages may not display properly)
- BBC Audio clips
- There are two RAM files from Radio 4. The first is from Front
Row, and the second is from Open
Book.
- Hay Festival talks
- Two talks, one panel discussion swith Terry and one talk by Terry, at the Hay Festival.
- The Agony Column
- Over an hour of audio interview (in RA and MP3 format) with Terry (Click on the Audio Interview link and scroll down to Terry Pratchett).
- Radio Triple J interview
- Two part mp3 interview with Terry on morning on 09/11/2004 when he was in Australia.
- Ode to Multiple Universes
- Terry wrote a poem as part of National Science Week during Einstien Year, on BBC Today radio program, they talk to him about it and he recites the poem.
- Fantasy Physics
- Terry will appear on Programme 3 on 1st February 2005.
- Rattlebag interview
- Terry was interviewed on an Irish show Rattlebag, on Monday 17 October 2005. [Thud]
- The Today Show
- Terry was on the Today Show on 13th March, 2007, talking about his Alzheimer's.
- The One Show
- Terry was on the One Show on 15th May, 2007, talking about his Alzheimer's.
- On The Ropes
- Terry was on On The Ropes, interviewed by John Humphrys, on 20th May, 2007, talking about his Alzheimer's.
- Front Row
- Terry was interviewed on the BBC show The Front Row, 1st September 2008 [Nation].
- Author Pratchett honoured by university
- Terry interviewed by Bucks Free Press, 10th September 2008. Podcast available.
- The Author Hour
- Inteview with recording, the first episode of The Author Hour, 15 October 2009.
- News Talk interview
- Interview with Terry Pratchett for Weekend Blend.
Video interviews
- Video Clips
- There are some short video clips from BBC
Four (link no longer works).
- Fast Forward
- Terry Pratchett was interviewed by Tom Schaad as past of the Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction program during October 2005. Site also contains an mp3 version of the session for lower bandwidth connections. [Thud]
- Book Lust
- Video of Book Lust with Nancy Pearl featuring Terry Pratchett, 11/6/2006, about Wintersmith.
- Mark Lawson interview
- Interview with Terry Pratchett about Johnny and the Bomb, on BBC4, 9pm, 21st November 2006.
- The Book Show
- Terry on The Book Show on Sky 267 in December 2006, talking to Mariella Frostrup about his books, his writing process and the new Hogfather film.
- Scheibenwelt-Festival
- Small clip of Terry at convention.
- 2007 National Book Festival
- Webcast of book signing at festival (Oct 2007).
- The Worlds of Fantasy
- Episode 3, Through the Looking Glass, screened 12 March 2008, "exploring the extraordinary and dazzling work of Terry Pratchett".
- BBC News - Alzheimer's
- Terry gives a speech about his donation, and an interview. (March 2008)
- Author supports 'suicide' bill
- Sir Terry Pratchett speaks of his belief in the right for an individual to choose when to end their life. 2 July 2009
- Bradford University awards honorary degree
- Sir Terry Pratchett received an honorary Doctor of Letters at the University of Bradford. 16 July 2009
- Pratchett on how he wants to die
- Sir Terry Pratchett talks to Daily Politics about Alzheimers and assisted suicide. 23 September 2009
- British Humanist Association
- Sir Terry Pratchett speaks to the British Humanist Association about assisted dying. Terry Pratchett is a Distinguished Supporter of the BHA.
- Living with Alzheimer's
- Terry Pratchett explains the practical problems in a BBC Two Documentary (Feb 2009).
- Shaking Hands With Death
- Sir Terry Pratchett delivers the 34th Ricahrd Dimbleby Lecture from the Royal College of Physicians in London (Feb 2009). In the UK can be accesed via iPlayer, or on YouTube: Part 1,Part 2,Part 3,Part 4,Part 5,Part 6.
- HARDtalk
- Interviewed by Stephen Sackur for BBC HARDtalk, 6 April 2010. (Only can be viewed by people in the UK.)
If you are interested in interviewing Terry Pratchett a good place to
start is contacting his agent Colin.
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