Narrator Varma said she loved how the characters of the three witches, Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick, have an “unconventional style of magic gently pokes fun at tradition … Terry Pratchett has a genius for using humour to make us think, which really appeals to me,” she said. The new recordings will be published over the next two years, with Clifford’s reading of Hogfather out in December, followed by the Witches titles – including Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters and the Tiffany Aching series – out in April 2022. “When the first finished audio files arrived at the Chapel – Terry’s writing room and centre of the Pratchett universe – I listened at full volume until the stone walls rattled and am beyond overjoyed with the results … Every single voice does justice to the wit, warmth and unique genius of Terry’s storytelling.” “We couldn’t be more delighted to have such a fitting tribute to Terry ,” said Rob Wilkins, who manages the Terry Pratchett estate. The plans were unveiled in the week of the 50th anniversary of the publication of Pratchett’s debut novel, The Carpet People.
“WELL, said Death in a voice with all the warmth and colour of an iceberg … WHY HAVE YOU SUMMONED ME?” writes Pratchett in 1983’s The Colour of Magic, which first introduced readers to his disc-shaped world, carried through space on the backs of four elephants standing on the star turtle Great A’Tuin.Ġ4:57 Exclusive excerpt from the new audiobook version of Terry Pratchett's Hogfather – audio The hollow-voiced personification of death appears throughout the comic fantasy series, with his voice represented by Pratchett in capital letters, without quotation marks. Peter Serafinowicz will be voicing the part of Death. “They feel very much like the voice of the great man himself commenting on the action. Nighy said he was honoured to “bring to life one of the funniest, quirkiest and best-loved aspects of Terry Pratchett’s world … They are his personal commentary on the action, little snippets of information or funny asides,” he said. The Patrician was the Man he had the Vote,” footnoting a line from Mort about the “accession of the Patrician”, is a classic of its kind, as is “Nanny Ogg knew how to start spelling ‘banana’, but didn’t know how you stopped”, footnoting “I have drawern a picture of a banananana dakry” in Witches Abroad. “Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote.
Nighy, meanwhile, will appear in all titles where there are footnotes Pratchett was a sucker for a good annotation. Photograph: Ian Nicholson/AFP/Getty Images
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