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Wossname
Newsletter of the Klatchian Foreign Legion
Hogswatch Greetings Issue
December 2019 (Volume 22, Issue 12, Post 1)

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WOSSNAME is a free publication offering news, reviews, and all the other 
stuff-that-fits pertaining to the works of Sir Terry Pratchett. 
Originally founded by the late, great Joe Schaumburger for members of 
the worldwide Klatchian Foreign Legion and its affiliates, including the 
North American Discworld Society and other continental groups, Wossname 
is now for Discworld and Pratchett fans everywhere in Roundworld.
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Editor in Chief: Annie Mac
News Editor: Vera P
Newshounds: Mogg, Sir J of Croydon Below, the Shadow, Mss C, Alison not 
Aliss
Staff Writers: Asti, Pitt the Elder, Evil Steven Dread, Mrs Wynn-Jones
Staff Technomancer: Jason Parlevliet
Book Reviews: Annie Mac, Drusilla D'Afanguin, Your Name Here
Puzzle Editor: Tiff (still out there somewhere)
Bard in Residence: Weird Alice Lancrevic
Emergency Staff: Steven D'Aprano, Jason Parlevliet
World Membership Director: Steven D'Aprano (in his copious spare time)

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LETTER FROM YOUR EDITOR

Greetings, O Readers!

We've shut up shop for the holidays at the Fortress of Wossname, so all 
I have for you is a couple of newsbits. The first is that next year will 
be known in Discworld fan-land as the Year of the Condescending Carp. 
The second is that Bernard Pearson aka the Cunning Artificer has made 
some of his famous "tales of my friend Terry" available to listen to for 
free:

"Hark, the herald’s podcast’s here! Episode 1 of 'And He Said To Me' is 
a Hogswatch treat for your ears from our founder, Bernard Pearson, 
telling festive stories of The Creator with Rob Wilkins of @terryandrob, 
available NOW! HAPPY HOGSWATCH ONE AND ALL!"

https://twitter.com/Discworldshoppe/status/1208679365002829824

"Although Terry left the party early, in March 2015 the echoes of the 
conversations we had, the jokes we shared and the drinks I brought, 
still rattle around in my head... Stories about great men sometimes miss 
out the human being underneath. Terry was a world-famous author and a 
genius. He also possessed a wonderful sense of humour. Sometimes 
delivered in the same way you wrap an iron bar in a sock. In his case, 
thankfully, it was often a rod of irony rather than heavy metal..."

https://andhesaidtome.buzzsprout.com/

The third is that the first Discworld play of the year arrives in 
mid-January:

* WYRD SISTERS IN READING (JANUARY 2020)

Reading's Progress Theatre, a wonderfully ambitious company whose 
wide-ranging productions have already included Mort (1997), The Fifth 
Elephant (2013), and Maskerade (2018), will be staging Wyrd Sisters in 
January! Melanie Sherwood and Liz Carroll return as Granny and Nanny, 
and they look perfect in their roles, as does Yvonne Newton as Magrat.

"The ever-popular (Sir) Terry Pratchett OBE makes a welcome return to 
the stage at Progress Theatre, in another wonderful adaptation by 
Stephen Briggs. If you like your comic fantasy turned up to the maximum 
you will be delighted with this show. The many people who loved our 
production of Maskerade will be delighted to see the return of those 
memorable characters, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, in this tale of 
witches and royalty, loosely based on Macbeth. Very loosely... People 
have travelled from far afield to see our previous productions of 
Pratchett's Discworld works, so book early to avoid disappointment."

When: 16th–25th January 2020
Venue: Progress Theatre, The Mount, Reading RG1 5HL
Time: all evening shows 7.45pm, Saturday matinees 2.30pm
Tickets: £12 (concessions £10), available via 
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/progresstheatre/e-yopdab

http://progresstheatre.co.uk/2020-wyrd-sisters

...and last but far from least, a glimpse into L-space that you can even 
create for yourself!

"You might have seen the words book nook popping up on social media in 
recent days, along with images of crafted alleyways, and structures 
acting as dividers on bookcases. The concept became popular on Reddit, 
with the r/booknooks subreddit going from zero to 7,900 members in just 
two days. The website defines book nooks as 'mini worlds created within 
your bookshelf', usually as a diorama of an alley... There are plenty of 
ways of making 'book nooks', but one that features most often is the aid 
of 3D printing. 'The hardest part was to make a 3D model suitable for 
printing,' said 38-year-old Konstantin Borisov, a programmer in Omsk, 
Russia. 'I modelled the objects and composed them in a complete 
scene...' He explained that his motivation to create the "book nook" 
came down to a feeling which may be shared by many book lovers... 'I 
wanted to have a door to the magic world like the hidden entrance behind 
the Leaky Cauldron in Harry Potter, but in the middle of my books. When 
I was thinking about this, I was thinking about the world of Terry 
Pratchett's books, medieval, full of magic and humour...'"

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-50840434

The photo of that Ankh-Morpork alleyway: https://bit.ly/2QfXh5M

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We hope everyone is having a Most Excellent holiday! Mind how you go, 
and we'll see you next year!

– Annie Mac, Editor

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