Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch

To my fellow cishet dudes: when we are quiet about supporting the trans community, the only voices anyone hears are the Charlie Kirks of the world. Don't let accusations of being "performative" or "virtue signaling" shut you up - that's their whole point. Our voices are needed now more than ever.

Wir sind auf der RatCon! Darum übernehmen morgen Sarah und Moritz Morning Matters und spielen "Wächter der Lüfte" - das Fantasy-Spielbuch von Rhianna Pratchett. Beginn wie immer um 11 unter www.twitch.tv/systemmatters Erste Runde: youtu.be/cA0wBrQ-XCI?... #pnpde #MorningMatters #SystemMatters

Step into the world of Terry Pratchett's The Wee Free Men with @rhi.bsky.social & @gabriellekent.bsky.social (Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch) and Marieke Nijkamp (Splinter and Ash series) on the Remember Reading? podcast. Listen here: www.harpercollins.com/pages/rememb...

And I finished it. And god, it hit me hard. It made me YEARN for a new Terry book, and a new book with the witches. The marginalia between Granny and Nanny felt so good and so familiar, but also new at the same time, like any good Discworld book.

We have a beautiful title from @rhi.bsky.social this year and, as ever, 48 hours from creation to publication all for Macmillan Cancer Support. Grab your world-exclusive anthology by 18 October at justgiving.com/page/somewhere-thats-green

18 October: we write. 19 October: we edit. 20 October: world-exclusive anthology published, all for Macmillan Cancer Support. @sarahbrooks.bsky.social @rhi.bsky.social @rozkaveney.bsky.social @katharineorton.bsky.social

“This really is the book our industry has been waiting for.” - Rhianna Pratchett

Terry Pratchett wrote of Golems with no sex who chose to be identified as men … and Gladys … the Golem that identified as a woman … and was respected for *her* identity … and wrote of the importance of words we *choose* for ourselves … And making up our *own* mind on what that means.

#TerryPratchett fans! We backed the #GoodOmens Graphic Novel Kickstarter & now have it at Discworld.com! Colleen Doran's vibrant adaptation is a must-have. 🛒 discworld.com/products/goo... ✉️ US fans, order now before potential tariffs hit! 😞 #Discworld #SirTerryPratchett

@rhi.bsky.social posted a beautiful article about her father yesterday and I thought we could continue Sir Pterry lore by sharing the Oblivion mod he worked on. www.eurogamer.net/the-story-be...

Discworld QOTD, from Witches Abroad “Most witches don’t believe in gods. They know that the gods exist, of course. They even deal with them occasionally. But they don’t believe in them. They know them too well. It would be like believing in the postman.”

If you have never read his biography, read it, and prepare to fall in love all over again with a man who clearly radiated goodness from his very core. The best time to have encountered his own writing was when you were young & still establishing your personal values: the second best time is today.

He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉 www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...

there are people who claim that Terry Pratchett would have been a TERF if he was still alive to them I say two things: 1. are you fucking serious 2. go fuck yourselves

Taking Miss to the vet right now for her surgery. If you can help at all, it’s appreciated. ko-fi.com/vesperblack

Discworld QOTD, from Going Postal

Discworld QOTD, from Moving Pictures ‘“Twas beauty killed the beast,” said the Dean, who liked to say things like that. “No it wasn’t,” said the Chair. “It was splatting into the ground like that.”’

www.reddit.com/r/transgende... Guess what? The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions. Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her? Read her own account here.

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay “Men said things like "peace in our time" or "an empire that will last a thousand years," and less than half a lifetime later no one even remembered who they were, let alone what they had said or where the mob had buried their ashes.”

GNU Terrence Stamp. Forever Bernadette Bassenger. ❤️

Discworld QOTD, from Unseen Academicals “The Librarian was not familiar with love, which had always struck him as a bit ethereal and soppy, but kindness, on the other hand, was practical. You knew where you were with kindness, especially if you were holding a pie it had just given you.”

Who’s reading Bones & Betrayals: Silence of the Dead? If not, you’re missing out on a fantastically funny fantasy whodunnit featuring a necromancer and his talking skull solving pie-based murders! @ericamarks.bsky.social

!!!!!***SUPPORT INDIE AUTHORS***!!!!! #FF @andiewington.bsky.social and @ericamarks.bsky.social. Do yourself a HOOGE favour and score a copy of #TheHeroInterviews so you can get introduced to Hollar and Seymour and then bag a copy of #SilenceOfTheDead. Terribly funny and thought provoking! 🤟🤟🤟

Discworld QOTD, from A Hat Full of Sky “Tomorrow, your job is to change the world into a better place. Today, my job is to see that everyone gets there.”

You may be wondering why I’m keen to make Bones & Betrayals: Silence of the Dead a success—truth is, the games industry I love is in turmoil. I’m out of work and struggling to pay bills. So that’s it—I need income, and I’d rather sell you an amazing book than simply ask for help. Sorry!

Discworld QOTD, from The Last Hero “Too many people, when listing all the perils to be found in the search for lost treasure or ancient wisdom, had forgotten to put at the top of the list "the man who arrived just before you".”

Apparently you can't just record yourself screaming as a description, so I have relunctantly written some actual words about the problems we're facing as a rescue

Open letter on the Polari Prize longlist and the inclusion of John Boyne, who openly expresses his transphobic and misogynistic views. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We've said it before and we'll say it again: the EHRC's interim guidance is transphobic and harmful, and it must be stopped. We will fight it in the courts in November. Will you join us? goodlawproject.org/donate/

Discworld QOTD, from Maskerade “Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust.”

You can't call yourself "a prize for LGBTQ+ literature" and longlist a self-proclaimed terf. Anyone can give any prize to anyone they like, of course. But don't pretend you're a prize for my community when you're platforming someone who's actively fighting against it.

@dynael.bsky.social and I would like to introduce you to Samuel Raphael Pratchett. Born on July 19th 2025 to the sound of Welcome to the Jungle by Vitamin String Quartet. Not bad for a human.

Israel has deliberately starved the people of Gaza. It said it was starving Gaza over and over again. It has done so systematically - with the full complicity of the West. My column on a crime committed in plain sight 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Life Below is a refreshing twist on the city-building genre, set beneath the waves. Shape thriving coral reefs, revive collapsing ecosystems, and grow a living seascape in a heartfelt narrative by Rhianna Pratchett. You are the ocean's final hope." store.steampowered.com/app/2932150/...

Oh, it's #portfolioday? I’m Corey, award-winning writer with credits across games, comics, publishing & film, including Tales of Kenzera: Zau, Magic of Myths and Age of Quorum, and companies such as PlayStation, Apple and King. Looking for new opps so give me a shout! coreybrotherson.com/about-me/

Last night, I had the privilege of delivering a keynote speech at the Locus awards. You can view the speech and read the full text here. stone-soup.ghost.io/hammer-speech/

We're doing a soft launch for the crowd-funding for OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM, our third @starsandsabers.bsky.social anthology, which is #horror themed! Given the effectiveness of our first anthology having both Ko-fi and Indiegogo choices, we decided to do this again for this one. Read more here:

Discworld QOTD, from Equal Rites

This is my local association doing very powerful work with women who are victims of domestic abuse--they are raising funds and would really appreciate the help so that they can continue to function paris.nuitdesrelais.org/teams/elles-...

but… isn’t the point of drinking coffee to sit there and read a book while you do? the decline of reading for fun is maybe the single most depressing thing about the technological era we’re living through

Happy Father’s Day to all dads both here and there.

Discworld QOTD, from Jingo “I'm not a natural killer! See this? See what it says? I'm supposed to keep the peace, I am! If I kill people to do it, I'm reading the wrong manual!”

Greta Thunberg and the Madleen offered a heart in a heartless world. They reminded us that Israel is deliberately starving an entire people - and the West could stop that at any moment. New column 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Some lovely news. Accessibility means a lot to me with my books so I'm really thrilled that my anthology No One Talks About This Stuff has been chosen for @readingagency’s new #ReadingWell for Families booklist! Now available to borrow for free from libraries. readingagency.org.uk/get-reading/...

Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch

Discworld QOTD, from The Fifth Elephant “Things are different here, sir,” said Carrot. “It wasn’t until ten years ago they replaced trial by ordeal here with trial by lawyer, and that was only because they found that lawyers were nastier.”

For anyone heading to SXSW London. I’ll be speaking there tomorrow at 2.30pm schedule.sxswlondon.com/session/craf...

Sophie is a gem and you'd be damn lucky to get her on your team