Dr Jane Carroll, the Ussher Associate Professor in Children's Literature at Trinity College Dublin, joins Mark to discuss the20th Discworld novel, Hogfather.

They discuss covering favourite books in your professional career, children's literature, Dickens, Pratchett making latin jokes, Pratchett referencing other author's making latin jokes, creating memorable characters, "everyone knows Charlie", and the even Star Trek Movie theory.

Multi award winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, Dogs of War, The Tyrant Philosophers Series) joins Mark to discuss the 19th Discworld novel, Feet of Clay.

They discuss Golems, influences, world building, why Pratchett's visual tricks are harder than you think, class, the Vetinari-Vimes dynamic, Pratchett puppeteering the reader, and Robocop references.

For more about Adrian Tchaikovsky:

- adriantchaikovsky.com- aptshadow.bsky.social (Bluesky)

Jen Sugden, co-writer of the podcast Victoriocity and Wodehouse award nominated novel High Vaultage, joins us to discuss the 18th Discworld novel, Maskerade.

We talk about adapting from scripted comedy to novels, crafting jokes, Cultural Osmosis, exclamation marks, bathos, Pratchett's publishing potshots, the challenges of fan favourites, funny villains and the complicated depiction of Agnes Nitt.

Jen's work:

Victoriocity (Spotify): https://bit.ly/3Lge2xQ

Victoriocity (Amazon): https://bit.ly/3LByFEG

High Vaultage (Amazon.co.uk): https://bit.ly/4oM3t44

Social media links:

Jen - @JenSugden (Twitter), @jensugden.bsky.social (Bluesky)

Victoriocity - @victoriocity (Twitter)

DWO - @DiscWorldOrder (Twitter & Bluesky)

Mark - @monkey_buckles (Twitter) @monkeybuckles (Bluesky)