Editing Terry Pratchett (section)

==Awards and honours==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Terry Pratchett}}

[[File:Terry Pratchett honorary degree TCD.jpg|thumb|upright|Pratchett drinking [[Stout#Irish stout|Irish stout]] shortly after receiving an honorary degree from [[Trinity College Dublin]], in 2008]]

Pratchett received a [[Knight Bachelor|knighthood]] for "services to literature" in the [[2009 New Year Honours|2009 UK New Year Honours]] list.<ref name="Gazette58929">{{London Gazette|issue=58929|date=31 December 2008|page=1 |supp=y}}</ref><ref name="TimesKnighthood">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/terry-pratchett-flabbergasted-over-knighthood-t0s7mc5jwwf|title=Terry Pratchett 'flabbergasted' over knighthood|work=Times Online|publisher=Times Newspapers|date=31 December 2008|access-date=19 February 2021|last=Smyth|first=Chris|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pratchett leads showbiz honours|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7805143.stm|date=31 December 2008|access-date=1 January 2009}}</ref> He was previously appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]], also for "services to literature", in 1998. He formally received the [[accolade]] at Buckingham Palace on 18 February 2009.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue = 59160| date = 18 August 2009| pages = 14245–14246}}</ref> Pratchett commented in the ''[[Ansible (magazine)|Ansible]]'' science fiction/fan newsletter, "I suspect the 'services to literature' consisted of refraining from trying to write any", but added, "Still, I cannot help feeling mightily chuffed about it."<ref>{{cite web|title=Ansible 132, July 1998|work=Ansible online|url=http://news.ansible.co.uk/a132.html|date=July 1998|access-date=18 December 2008}}</ref> On 31 December 2008, it was announced that Pratchett would be [[knight]]ed (as a [[Knight Bachelor]]) in the Queen's 2009 New Year Honours.<ref name="Gazette58929" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Castle|first=Tim|date=31 December 2008|title=Terry Pratchett knighted in Queen's new year honours list|work=The Australian|publisher=News Limited|url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24858964-12377,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101124318/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24858964-12377,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 January 2009|access-date=7 August 2009}}</ref> Afterwards he said, "You can't ask a fantasy writer not to want a knighthood. You know, for two pins I'd get myself a horse and a sword."<ref>{{cite news|date=22 February 2009|title=Quotes of the week ... They said what?|work=[[The Observer]]|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2009/feb/22/10|access-date=15 October 2009}}</ref> In 2010, Pratchett created his own sword from deposits of iron he had found in a field near his home as he believed a knight should have a sword.<ref name="swordindy">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/when-terry-pratchett-was-knighted-he-forged-his-own-sword-out-of-meteorite-10104321.html|title=When Terry Pratchett was knighted, he forged his own sword out of meteorite|first=Christopher |last=Hooton|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 March 2015|accessdate=6 April 2023}}</ref>

Ten honorary doctorates were conferred on Pratchett: from the [[University of Warwick]] in 1999,<ref name="warwick">{{cite web|title=Terry Pratchett Receives Honorary Degree from University of Warwick|publisher=[[University of Warwick]]|url=http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/NE1000000081565|date=8 July 2004|access-date=18 December 2008}}</ref> the [[University of Portsmouth]] in 2001,<ref>{{cite web|title=Honorary Awardees of the University of Portsmouth|publisher=[[University of Portsmouth]]|url=http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/scafm/Honoraryawardsandvisitors|date=6 October 2006|access-date=18 December 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221234751/http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/scafm/Honoraryawardsandvisitors/|archive-date=21 February 2009}}</ref> the [[University of Bath]] in 2003,<ref>{{cite news|title=Discworld author's doctor honour|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/3291087.stm|date=6 December 2003|access-date=18 December 2008}}</ref> the [[University of Bristol]] in 2004,<ref>{{cite news|title=Honorary Degrees awarded at Bristol University today|publisher=[[University of Bristol]]|url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2004/474|date=16 July 2004|access-date=18 December 2008}}</ref> [[Buckinghamshire New University]] in 2008,<ref>{{cite news|title=Author gets honorary doctorate|work=[[Salisbury Journal]]|url=http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/2445404.author_gets_honorary_doctorate|date=12 September 2008|access-date=28 December 2008}}</ref> the [[University of Dublin]] in 2008,<ref>{{cite web|title=Naturalist Sir David Attenborough and Writer Terry Pratchett Among Recipients of Honorary Degrees|publisher=[[Trinity College Dublin]]|url=http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/pressreleases/pressRelease.php?headerID=1073&pressReleaseArchive=2009|date=15 December 2008|access-date=24 December 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217074716/http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/pressreleases/pressRelease.php?headerID=1073&pressReleaseArchive=2009|archive-date=17 December 2008}}</ref> [[Bradford University]] in 2009,<ref>{{cite web|title=Bradford University awards honorary degree|work=[[Telegraph & Argus]]|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/4497132.VIDEO__Sir_Terry_signs_up_to_another_degree|date=31 July 2009|access-date=31 July 2009}}</ref> [[University of Winchester]] in 2009,<ref>{{cite web|title=Winchester University awards honorary degree|publisher=[[University of Winchester]]|url=http://www.winchester.ac.uk/?page=11412|date=14 October 2009|access-date=11 November 2009|archive-date=26 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926114620/https://www.winchester.ac.uk/?page=11412|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8321868.stm|title=Pratchett is awarded doctorate|work=[[BBC News]]|date=23 October 2009|accessdate=6 April 2023}}</ref> The [[Open University]] in 2013<ref>{{cite web|title=Presentation of Graduates and Conferment of Honorary Degrees|publisher=[[Open University]]|access-date=30 September 2013|url=http://www.open.ac.uk/students/ceremonies/files/ceremonies/file/2013%20Directory.pdf|page=12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012130530/http://www.open.ac.uk/students/ceremonies/files/ceremonies/file/2013%20Directory.pdf|archive-date=12 October 2013}}</ref> for his contribution to Public Service and his last, from the [[University of South Australia]], in May 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/UniSA-honours-Sir-Terry-Pratchett--International-best-selling-author-humourist-and-humanist-/#.VYUzqYbEmK0|title =UniSA honours Sir Terry Pratchett: International best-selling author, humourist and humanist|publisher=[[University of South Australia]]|date=27 May 2014|accessdate=6 April 2023}}</ref> 
Pratchett was made an [[adjunct Professor]] in the School of English at [[Trinity College Dublin]] in 2010, with a role in postgraduate education in creative writing and popular literature.<ref name="tcd">{{cite web|url=https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/terry-pratchett-joins-the-staff-at-trinity-college-dublin|title=Terry Pratchett joins the staff at Trinity College Dublin|first=John|last= Kennedy|work=[[Silicon Republic]]|date=29 October 2010|access-date=30 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20134928.html|title=Professor Pratchett joins Trinity staff|work=[[Irish Examiner]]|date=30 October 2010|accessdate=6 April 2023}}</ref>

Pratchett won the [[British Book Awards]]' "Fantasy and Science Fiction Author of the Year" category in 1994,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=BritishBookAwards.co.uk|url=http://www.britishbookawards.co.uk/bba/pnbb_previouswinners.asp?|title=Previous Winners & Shortlists – The Fantasy and Science Fiction Author of the Year|date=August 2005|access-date=6 June 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927130706/http://www.britishbookawards.co.uk/bba/pnbb_previouswinners.asp |archive-date = 27 September 2007}}</ref> the [[British Science Fiction Award]] in 1989 for his novel ''[[Pyramids (novel)|Pyramids]]'',<ref name="WWE-1989">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1989|title=1989 Award Winners & Nominees|work=Worlds Without End|access-date=29 June 2009}}</ref> and a [[Locus Award]] for [[Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel|Best Fantasy Novel]] in 2008 for ''[[Making Money]]''.<ref name="WWE-2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=2008|title=2008 Award Winners & Nominees|work=Worlds Without End|access-date=29 June 2009}}</ref> He won the 2001 [[Carnegie Medal (literary award)|Carnegie Medal]] from the [[CILIP|British librarians]], which recognised ''[[The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents]]'' as the year's best children's book published in the UK.<ref name="medal2001" /><ref name="prdir2001" /> ''[[Night Watch (Discworld)|Night Watch]]'' won the 2003 [[Prometheus Award]] for best libertarian novel.<ref name="Prometheus">{{cite web|title=Libertarian Futurist Society|url=http://www.lfs.org/awards.htm|access-date=18 February 2008|archive-date=28 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628180047/http://www.lfs.org/awards.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Four of the five ''Discworld'' novels that centre on the trainee witch [[Tiffany Aching]] won the annual [[Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book]] in 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2016.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Science Fiction Awards Database|url=http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_Winners_By_Year|title=Locus Awards Winners By Year|year=2021|access-date=26 August 2021}}</ref> In 2005, ''Going Postal'' was shortlisted for the [[Hugo Award for Best Novel]]; however, Pratchett recused himself, stating that stress over the award would mar his enjoyment of [[Worldcon]].<ref>[http://news.ansible.co.uk/a218.html Ansible] by [[Dave Langford]]; published September 2005; retrieved 16 March 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.nicholaswhyte.info/sf/Hugo2005.htm The Hugo Nominees 2005], by Nicholas Whyte; at NicholasWhyte.info; published 5 June 2005</ref> In the same year, ''[[A Hat Full of Sky]]'' won a [[Mythopoeic Awards|Mythopoeic Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mythsoc.org/awards/awards-2005.htm|title=Mythopoeic Awards — 2005|publisher=[[Mythopoeic Society]]|accessdate=6 April 2023}}</ref> In 2008, ''Making Money'' was nominated for the [[Nebula Award for Best Novel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/making-money/|title=Making Money by Terry Pratchett (Published by Harper) - Nominated for Best Novel in 2008|publisher=[[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association]]|accessdate=6 April 2023}}</ref> ''[[I Shall Wear Midnight]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfwa.org/2011/05/nebula-award-winners-announced/ |work=Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Inc |date=21 May 2011 |title=Nebula Award Winners Announced}}</ref> won the 2010 [[Andre Norton Award]], presented by the [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]] (SFWA) as a part of the [[Nebula Award]] ceremony.

In 2016 the SFWA named Pratchett the recipient of [[Kate Wilhelm#Recognition|Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award]], given for "significant impact on the science fiction or fantasy landscape".<ref>{{cite web |author-last=Baker| author-first=Kathryn|url=https://www.sfwa.org/2016/03/sir-terry-pratchett-receive-kate-wilhelm-solstice-award/|work=Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Inc|title=Sir Terry Pratchett to Receive the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award|date=14 March 2016}}</ref> He received the [[New England Science Fiction Association|NESFA]] [[Edward E. Smith Memorial Award|Skylark Award]] in 2009<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nesfa.org/awards/skylark.html |title=The E. E. Smith Memorial Award |publisher=Nesfa.org |access-date=3 December 2012 |archive-date=4 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204000351/http://www.nesfa.org/awards/skylark.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [[World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=World Fantasy Convention|title=Winners - World Fantasy Convention|url=http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/winners/|access-date=2 March 2023}}</ref> In 2011 he won [[Margaret A. Edwards Award]] from the [[American Library Association]], a lifetime honour for "significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature".<ref name="edwards" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/01/bacigalupi-and-pratchett-win-ala-awards/ |title=Bacigalupi and Pratchett Win ALA Awards |website=Locus Online News |date=10 January 2011 |access-date=29 November 2013}}</ref> The librarians cited nine ''Discworld'' novels published from 1983 to 2004 and observed that "Pratchett's tales of Discworld have won over generations of teen readers with intelligence, heart, and undeniable wit. Comic adventures that fondly mock the fantasy genre, the Discworld novels expose the hypocrisies of contemporary society in an intricate, ever-expanding universe. With satisfyingly multilayered plots, Pratchett's humor honors the intelligence of the reader. Teens eagerly lose themselves in a universe with no maps."<ref name="edwards" /> In 2003 the [[BBC]] conducted [[The Big Read]] to identify the "Nation's Best-loved Novel" and finally published a ranked list of the "Top 200". Pratchett's highest-ranking novel was ''Mort'', number 65, but he and [[Charles Dickens]] were the only authors with five in the Top 100 (four of his were from the ''[[Discworld]]'' series). He also led all authors with fifteen novels in the Top 200.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread|title=The Big Read|date=n.d.|access-date=6 June 2007}}</ref>

An asteroid ([[127005 Pratchett]]) is named after Pratchett.<ref name="asteroid">{{cite web|title=Asteroid 127005 at NASA JPL Minor Planets list|url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=127005+Pratchett|access-date=1 February 2012|publisher=NASA}}</ref> In 2013 Pratchett was named Humanist of the Year by the [[British Humanist Association]] for his campaign to fund research into Alzheimers, his contribution to the [[right to die]] public debate and his Humanist values.<ref>{{cite web|title=BHA mourns patron Terry Pratchett|url=https://humanism.org.uk/2015/03/12/bha-mourns-patron-terry-pratchett/|access-date=7 March 2017|publisher=[[British Humanist Association]]}}</ref> Pratchett's ''Discworld'' novels have led to dedicated conventions, the first in Manchester in 1996,<ref name="arena">{{cite web|publisher=Lspace.org|url=http://www.lspace.org/about-terry/interviews/Arena.html|title=Arena interview|date=22 November 1997|access-date=17 February 2008}}</ref> then worldwide,<ref name="conventions">{{cite web|publisher=Lspace.org|url=http://www.lspace.org/fandom/events/conventions/dwcon.html|title=Discworld Conventions|date=n.d.|access-date=17 February 2008}}</ref> often with the author as guest of honour.<ref name="goh">{{cite web|publisher=Dwcon.org|url=http://www.dwcon.org/past-events|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214190928/http://www.dwcon.org/past-events|archive-date=14 December 2007|title=Past Events|date=n.d.|access-date=17 February 2008}}</ref> Publication of a new novel was sometimes accompanied by an international book-signing tour;<ref name="ussigning">{{cite web|publisher=Funny.co.uk|url=http://www.funny.co.uk/news/art_167-3708-Pratchett-Book-Signing-Dates.html|title=Pratchett Book Signing Dates|date=13 September 2005|access-date=17 February 2008}}</ref> queues were known to stretch outside the bookshop as he continued to sign books well after the intended finishing time.<ref name="arena" /> His fans were not restricted by age or gender, and he received a large amount of fan mail from them.<ref name="arena" /> Pratchett enjoyed meeting fans and hearing what they think about his books, saying that since he was well paid for his novels, his fans were "everything" to him.<ref name="january1997">{{cite web|publisher=januarymagazine.com|url=http://januarymagazine.com/profiles/pratchett.html|title=Terry Pratchett's Discworld|year=1997|access-date=17 February 2008}}</ref>

In March 2017, Beaconsfield Town Council commissioned a commemorative plaque dedicated to Pratchett for Beaconsfield Library.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-39197584|title=Plaque unveiled to Discworld author Sir Terry Pratchett|work=[[BBC News]]|date=7 March 2017|accessdate=6 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/15099691.sir-terry-pratchett-set-to-be-honoured-with-commemorative-plaque-at-beaconsfield-library/|title=Sir Terry Pratchett set to be honoured with commemorative plaque at Beaconsfield Library|work=[[Bucks Free Press]]|date=17 February 2017|accessdate=6 April 2023}}</ref>

===Coat of Arms===
In 2010, Pratchett was granted his own [[coat of arms]] following his knighthood.<ref name="swordindy"/> The arms were designed by [[Hubert Chesshyre]] and granted by Letters Patent of [[King of Arms#Kings of Arms of England, Wales and Northern Ireland|Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms]].<ref name="College of Arms Grant"/><ref name="The College of Arms September 2010"/> The owl is a [[morepork]], which taken together with the [[ankh]] is a reference to the city of [[Ankh-Morpork]]. The image of a morpork holding an ankh appears in the fictional Ankh-Morpork City Arms. The motto "Noli Timere Messorem" is a corrected version of the [[dog Latin]] "Non Timetis Messor", the motto of Death's son-in-law and former apprentice, Mort of Sto Helit<ref name="The Annotated Pratchett File v9.0 - The Discworld Companion"/> and his heirs. The phrase is a reference to the song "[[(Don't Fear) The Reaper]]" by [[Blue Öyster Cult]].<ref name="The Annotated Pratchett File v9.0 - Hogfather"/>
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