How can you tell if your favourite character is, in fact, a manipulative bastard?

We likely get the narrative concept of the mentor from the Greek mythological character called, surprise surprise, Mentor.

It’s difficult to say where this trope originated from, given, as far as I can see, it’s been part of Western culture since literature began

There are well over 1100 named characters in the Discworld series, far more than I ever have a hope of covering in a month-long series.

Cheery is a dwarf from Überwald (basically the Discworld's version of Transylvania) who moves to Ankh-Morpork as many dwarfs to.

Being a librarian isn't an easy job by any means. But in the Discworld, it can be lethal.

Susan Sto Helit is the granddaughter of Death. She's the child of Mort (Death's apprentice) and Ysabell (Death's adopted daughter).

By the way, if any of you are thinking - hang on, this sounds very much like the real-world issue of X, Y or Z then, yeah

When all is said and done, there is a lot about Vetinari that seems scarily inhuman (in a good way).

IT IS THE THINGS YOU BELIEVE WHICH MAKE YOU HUMAN. GOOD THINGS AND BAD THINGS, IT’S ALL THE SAME. Hogfather, Terry Pratchett When one...

Granny Weatherwax was not an advertisement for witchcraft. Oh, she was one of the best at it, no doubt about that. At a certain kind,...

Pratchett's go-to figure in the series for law and order. If Vimes agrees, we can usually be assured that it's the just option.

Here’s my list of five signs that you're dealing with a clichéd bad guy...

What does Lucifer, The Umbrella Academy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek, Bones, Red Dwarf and Stargate SG-1 have in common?

George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is a classic example, but it turns up in pop culture a lot in the 1950s.

That prehistoric literary criticism stifles what authors can do.

I've got a bunch of new weird and wonderful facts and Easter eggs in this series.

Neil Gaiman gave his list of writing 'rules' which in my opinion are the most sensible and useful I've ever read.

It's not in the top ten favourites of the Discworld novels, but definitely in the top twenty.

The Return of the Obra Dinn - an Insurance Adventure with Minimal Colour.