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Everyone
has heard of Terry Pratchett and a huge amount of you will have
read at least one of his books.
He is one of the most popular authors writing
today.
He
lives behind a keyboard in Wiltshire and says he 'doesn't want to
get a life, because it feels as though he's trying to lead three
already'.
Terry
was born on 28 April 1948 in Beaconsfield, Bucks.
His
life changed at the age of 10 when he was given a copy of Wind in
the Willows and he became a voracious reader.
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| Terry
will be signing a prize copy of Wee Free Men for the lucky winner
in Guildford |
When
he was 13, his first short story was published in his school magazine.
He went on to sell it to Science Fantasy magazine for £14 and spent
his winnings on a typewriter.
Encouraged
by this success, he left school at 17 to work in local journalism.
His
latest book "The
Wee Free Men" is out in the shops.
It
is part of the Discworld series and is aimed at children from 9
years of age upwards.
However,
if like many, you are an adult Discworld fan you will no doubt find
it just as funny and cleverly written as his other books.
The
story:
"Up on the chalk downs they call The Wold, witches are banned
- ever since the Baron's son vanished in the woods.
Anyway,
as all witches know, chalk's no good for magic.
Nine-year-old
Tiffany Aching thinks her Granny Aching - a wise shepherd - might
have been a witch, but now Granny Aching is dead and it's up to
Tiffany to work it all out when strange things begin happening:
a fairy-tale monster in the stream, a headless horseman and, strangest
of all, the tiny blue men in kilts, the Wee Free Men, who have come
looking for the new 'hag'.
These
are the Nac Mac Feegles, the pictsies, who like nothing better than
thievin', fightin' and drinkin'.
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| Meet
the man himself in a VIP private signing session |
Then
Tiffany's young brother goes missing and Tiffany and the Wee Free
Men must join forces to save him from the Queen of the Fairies…
As
Tiffany embarks on her dangerous adventure to rescue her brother,
Pratchett explores the eternal mysteries of death, love, duty, and
the use of power - and has a lot of fun along the way.
The
Wee Free Men themselves are brilliantly conceived characters, deeply
human, profoundly Scots, almost unintelligible at time, and extremely
funny".
The
prize:
One
lucky southerncounties user will get to meet Terry before the official
signing starts and also receive a signed copy of Wee Free Men from
the award winning author, personally!
How
you can enter?
Just answer the question below, put the details in the form
and press "submit".
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Which of the following books was NOT written for children:
A)
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated
A) Rodents
B)
Johnny Maxwell Trilogy
C)
The Bromeliad
D)
Witches Abroad
E)
The Carpet People
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*Please
check that you are available on the 15th May before entering*
Closing Date:COMPETITION
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