Pratchat - a Terry Pratchett and Discworld book club

Live from the seventh Australian Discworld Convention, Nullus Anxietas VII, Liz, Ben and author Tansy Rayner Roberts discuss the earliest Discworld short story: 1991's Troll Bridge!

If you're four-inches tall in a world made for much bigger folk, and you've already stolen a lorry and taken over a quarry, what could possibly be next? Hitching a ride on Concorde to steal a satellite and retrieve your spaceship from orbit, of course! Dr Lili Wilkinson joins us to talk about the end of the Bromeliad trilogy: Wings.

It's bad enough suddenly realising your Grandad is Death, but Susan also has to step in and fill in for him - and on her first day on the job, she meets a boy who seems to be kept alive by a new kind of music. Music that's alive and wants something. Music...with rocks in! Guest writer Fury joins us to talk about the 1994 Discworld novel SOUL MUSIC.

Join Liz, Ben and Will Kostakis for an epic romp across the universe with a talking planet, a sassy robot, and a protagonist who starts the book being assassinated. It's all in Pratchett's 1976 standalone sci-fi novel, THE DARK SIDE OF THE SUN.

Elves! Teenage goth witches! A new queen of Lancre! Granny Weatherwax and Mustrum Ridcully's secret past! Author and writer Nadia Bailey joins us for Pratchett's unflinching look at the fae in LORDS AND LADIES, the 14th Discworld book, from 1992.

BEHOLD! THE GREAT GOD OM! FEAR HIS...oh. He's a tortoise. We invite actual minister the Reverend Doctor Avril Hannah-Jones to be our guest as we discuss faith, religion and truth in the 1992 Discworld novel SMALL GODS.

Elizabeth and Ben are joined by guests Jen Beckett and Amy Gray to discuss Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's 1990 novel, Good Omens.

On its 35th anniversary, we read a little known book by a then unheard-of author; a broad parody of fantasy fiction, set on a Disc-shaped world on the backs of four elephants on the back of a turtle, starring a wizard who can't do magic and a tourist who just wants to see great heroes in action. Writer and podcaster Joel Martin joins us to discuss the very first Discworld story, adventure, chronic...

We rejoin the diminutive nomes, who having stolen a lorry and escaped to a quarry now have to worry about the end of their story... Guest Marlee Jane Ward joins us to talk about part two of the Bromeliad, 1990's DIGGERS.

With great pumpkins comes great responsibility, as junior witch Magrat finds out when she is made Fairy Godmother to a young woman in a faraway kingdom. Naturally her fellow witches Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg will have to come along for the trip... Guest Jackie Tang joins us to talk about twelfth Discworld novel, WITCHES ABROAD.

Pratchett fan and Hard Quiz contestant Sarah Pearson joins Liz and Ben to discuss the 1991 Discworld novel Reaper Man! The eleventh Discworld novel, it's the second book to focus on Death, and the newly stable faculty of Unseen University.

Moving pictures have arrived in Ankh-Morpork, filmed on the sunny coast of Holy Wood. But as student wizard and aspiring screen start Victor Tugelbend is about to discover, on the Discworld, movies really can be bad for you... Film academic Dan Golding joins us to talk about the tenth Discworld novel, MOVING PICTURES.

Life in the wilderness of the human world is tough when you're a four-inch high Nome. But Masklin has a plan - to hide aboard one of the "trucks" and see if it goes somewhere safer. What they find is the Store - and more Nomes - but their paradise is about to end... Amie Kaufman joins us to talk about the first book in the Bromeliad trilogy, TRUCKERS.

It's a hard life in the Ankh-Morpork Night Watch. The Captain's a drunk; the new recruit is so green he glows; and the city has legalised crime, so most of the thieves have permits. Librarian, writer and performer Aimee Nichols joins us as we meet Sam Vimes and the Watch for the first time in GUARDS! GUARDS!

A world with no computers (well...not yet), but lots of magic, what do you hack? Demons! George Rex joins us for a romp through time and space and all the way to hell in the illustrated Discworld novel, ERIC.

When is a Dickens not a Dickens? When it's a Pratchett! Join David "DA" Astle as we discuss DODGER, Pratchett's standalone pastiche and homage to great works of Victorian literature.

Assassin’s school graduate Teppic doesn’t want to kill anybody. Trouble is, he doesn’t seem to want to be god-king of his river-kingdom either. What’s a boy to do with limitless power in a land where nothing ever changes? Richard McKenzie join us to talk about the seventh Discworld book, PYRAMIDS.

The King is dead! Long live the...er...Duke? Witches are forbidden to meddle in politics - but you try telling that to Granny Weatherwax. Elly Squires (aka Clara Cupcakes) joins us to discuss WYRD SISTERS!

Barbarians, wizard hats, genies, giants, sourcerers (not a typo) our favourite orang utan and a hairdresser all try to stop (or cause) the end of the world in a magical armageddon! Oh...and Rincewind of course. Comedian Cal Wilson joins us to talk about the fifth Discworld book, SOURCERY.

What happens when you entrust the veil between life and death to the work experience kid? Gangly teen Mort endangers the very fabric of reality when he becomes Death's apprentice... Guardian Australia writer and author Stephanie Convery joins us to talk about the fourth Discworld novel, 1988's MORT.

Dwarves and trolls are at each others’ throats, something explodes in the Assassin’s Guild and Commander Vimes of the Watch is a week from retirement. What could go wrong? Cal Wilson joins us to discuss the fifteenth Discworld novel, MEN AT ARMS.

Welcome to  Pratchat! In this special 10-minute introductory episode, Liz and Ben talk about their first Pratchett experiences, introduce the Discworld, and put forward their cases for which book they should read first,  Mort , or  Men at Arms , before announcing the winner of the closely contested public poll. If you want to go in not knowing which one it will be, then don’t...

Join writer Elizabeth Flux and comedian Ben McKenzie each month as they discuss one of Terry Pratchett's books or short stories with a special guest. There are laughs, Pratchett origin stories, punes or plays on words…and even footnotes!