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Retro News: Pratchett signing in Southport and interview (02 October 2008)

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On October 2nd, Terry Pratchett stopped at Broadhurst’s of Southport for a signing. Broadhurst’s won the privilege to host the event by putting together an award-winning Terry Pratchett window display.

SouthportVisitor.co.uk interviewed Pratchett at the event. To quote the article:

[Terry Pratchett] praised the Southport bookshop and said: “I can’t actually believe it’s real. I find it extremely hard to believe there are still bookshops like this with… books.

“In the manager’s office there’s one I’m going to steal if I can shove it down my trousers and get down to the street before he notices - an old one that you long to open.

“And, it’s great the children’s books are arranged like this.”

Terry said: “When you go on a signing tour, you get out of the helicopter or car, or off the train - into a large town or city and after a while it all looks the same but I have a suspicion I have been to Southport before.”

Terry, who admitted hating school had one piece of advice for writers. He said: “Stop writing to me asking for advice because the only advice I can give is… be you.”

Hundreds of fans lined up for hours to have Pratchett sign their books.

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