Terry Pratchett was presented with a pig
yesterday afternoon at the Hay Festival, to celebrate him winning the Bollinger
Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction.
Pratchett commented on his win:
“I feel flabbergasted, absolutely
tickety-boo and ready to go down to the Drones Club for a drink,
obviously. I found PG Wodehouse when I was thirteen. I read
everything of his that I could get my hands on and because of him actually
considered one day taking up golf. It was a close run thing. Very
many thanks to those who inexplicably decided on giving me this award.”
In the tradition of the prize, the pig
will henceforth be named Snuff, after Pratchett’s winning novel. He has
also received a jeroboam of Bollinger
Special Cuvée, a case of Bollinger La Grande Année and a set of the Everyman
Wodehouse collection.
Terry Pratchett and a Gloucestershire Old Spot. Picture - Jay Williams - The Telegraph
For a full report on the day's events, with photos, link to The Telegraph here.
1 comment:
Loved this story when it first came out. Though, despite the acclaim the Discworld series has - no doubt deservedly - had, I just can't quite latch onto it.
Mind you, I've found I can't really read fantasy for a the last twenty years or so now. Pity, I used to enjoy it.
Seems to be all literary fiction and cook books (consumed with wine). Part of aging I guess.
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