num_pages: 96
description: Gollancz Digital Publisher Darren Nash brought the rights to Terry Pratchetts Discworld Colouring Book from Rob Wilkins at Narrativia who own and control the exclusive multimedia and merchandising rights to all of Sir Terrys works including his Discworld characters and creations.Gollancz published the Discworld novels in hardback from Equal Rites (1987) to Jingo (1997)  and recently republished the first twenty-one Discworld novels as cloth-bound hardbacks in its Discworld Collectors Library  and continues to publish a series of bestselling Discworld diaries and calendars.Darren Nash said This is the perfect mix of fad and phenomenon: adult colouring books and the UKs bestselling Fantasy series. And the fact that its come from Paul and Rob is a guarantee that Sir Terrys creations will be treated with the respect they deserve.Rob Wilkins said: Paul Kidby is Terry Pratchetts artist of choice. Paul  in a seemingly effortless and certainly modest way  breathed life into Terrys characters for more than two decades. Terry often commenting that Paul must have the ability to step right into Discworld because the accuracy with which he depicts his creations often surpassed his own imagination.Paul Kidby said: Its been a great pleasure to select some of my favourite artworks and recreate them as line drawings here ready for colouring. Now its over to you to embark upon the Discworld colouring-in extravaganza. The future is bright; its not orange its Octarine!If Terry Pratchetts pen gave his characters life Paul Kidbys brush allowed them to live it. He provided the illustrations for The Last Hero which sold over 300000 copies and has designed the covers for the Discworld novels since 2002. He is also the author of the definitive portfolio volume The Art Of Discworld.Containing black-and-white line drawings based on his hugely popular artwork as well as original pieces produced exclusively for this book Terry Pratchetts Discworld Colouring Book features iconic Discworld personalities as Granny Weatherwax Sam Vimes Rincewind Tiffany Aching and of course DEATH.
language: English
title: Terry Pratchett's Discworld Coloring Book
publisher: Gollancz