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Welcome to "Discworld Monthly" the free monthly on-line newsletter about the best selling author Terry Pratchett OBE and his expansive collection of brilliantly written novels. Discworld Monthly was created in May 1997 with the aim of keeping fans informed about the latest happenings in the Discworld and Terry Pratchett Fan Communities. Examples of what we publish include: Information about Terry's next book releases, signing tour dates, TV adaptations, Terry's health, reviews of Discworld Plays, information about community events and reviews of new pieces of Discworld Merchandise. Each month we include reader's letters and small ads sections so that you can have your say about Discworld related items or buy or sell that rare Pratchett item you have been coveting for years. We also try to have a competition each month to give you chance to win some Discworld goodies and we like to challenge you each month with a small trivia section.

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The latest issue of Discworld Monthly Issue 133 was sent out on Wednesday 30th April 2008.

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Discworld Monthly - Issue 133 released on Wednesday 30th April 2008

Discworld Monthly issue 133 includes a review of the re-released The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic graphic novels information about UK government funding for Alzheimers, a competition to win Nation and the usual mix of readers letters, ads, news and trivia.

Published: 30-Apr-2008 23:06 by Jason Anthony

Pratchett donates one million dollars to Alzheimer's Research

Terry Pratchett has recently donated one million dollars of his own money to help fund research in to Alzheimers. Terry was diagnosed with a rare form of early onset Alzheimers in December 2007. In the UK 11 GBP is spent in research per year for each person with Alzheimers, by comparison, 289 GBP is spent researching Cancer. Rebecca Wood, Chief Executive of the Alzheimer's Research Trust, said: "Terry's generous donation will fund promising UK research which hopes to find ways to slow down or halt the disease. The reality is that we are scraping for every penny and have to turn down two out of every three research projects."

Rob Wilkins has told us that Ed Sturton has just interviewed Terry for the Today programme and this will be broadcast between 8.00am and 9.00am on Thurdsay 13th March on Radio 4. Also, the BBC has the exclusive on the Alzheimer's conference and so take a look at the news Thursday evening. There's also a lot of other media booked throughout the day and so this should be covered in print over the next few days. A video of his speech can be found on the BBC website.

Published: 13-Mar-2008 07:06 by Jason Anthony

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