Better Than A Poke In the Eye

21/07/2025

We had a fabulous time at Fantasy Forest

We'll be drip feeding out iconographs that were taken at Sudeley Castle over the next week or so.

First up, our Suffrajesters who protested against the Fools' Guild of Ankh Morpork as the guild won't allow women to join.

Did you see them or join them ?

If you did, share your pictures in the comments below.

01/07/2025

We haven't done a newsletter announcement for quite some time on socials, but recently someone said to me that they thought we should blow a trumpet and shout out a fanfare when they go out to our subscribers.

So *blows trumpet and *tada da da da daaaaa

Issue 0009 of Better Than A Poke is on its way to our subscribers and is available to read now on our website. https://betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk/newsletters/9

Go forth and read it...

01/07/2025

Llamedos Holiday Camp will have their tickets available from 18:00 BST today.

Don't miss out, it is a fun event !

Schmae Campers !

Today is THE day as our tickets sales go live at 6pm(18:00) BST exclusively on our website https://llamedosholidaycamp.com/2026/fulltickets/

Don't forget we only have 150 tickets available !

For those who like to know how to buy a ticket, we wrote a whole newsletter all about it, you can read that on our website https://llamedosholidaycamp.com/2026/newsletters/newsletter3

If you have any questions, queries or quips, please email us at [email protected] with the subject line "Help me Rincewind, You are my only hope!"

Good Luck everyone!

Rwby x

12/06/2025

And following on from yesterday's announcement from Llamedos Holiday Camp, the International Discworld Convention Committee have announced their date and venue for 2026.

Announcing the 2026 Discworld Convention! Taking place from 7th - 10th August 2026 at the Leonardo Hotel, Hinckley Island, Leicestershire.

Stay tuned for more news coming soon!!
https://2024.dwcon.org/contact/stay-informed-about-the-2026-convention/

11/06/2025

Llamedos Holiday Camp is an immersive Discworld event which has just announced its ticket pirce for its 2026 event.

You wont want to miss this one !

Ticket news !

With The Hogs Ball at Llamedos Holiday Camp date now set in stone, 6th - 8th March 2026, we can now announce our ticket information.

Ticket price is £155 per person with only 150 tickets available.
Your ticket will include:
Welcome Pack,
All Entertainment,
Evening meals on both Friday and Saturday of the event.
The Hogs Costume Ball ticket
and free parking at The Diplomat Hotel.

Tickets will go sale on 1st July at 6pm (BST) exclusively on our website only.

More information will be available in the next few days with regards to our policies and terms and conditions.

28/05/2025

6 years since Good Omens had a huge premiere in Leicester Square.

Not only were we there, but the likes of Frank Skinner, Terry Gilliam and others were all there to see the first two episodes of this amazing series.

Won't be long before Season three comes out !

Terry Pratchett's hat and scarf were with us at the World Premiere of on Tuesday 28th May. The second reserved chair was for the hat's bodyguard.

27/05/2025

People often wonder why we are called Better Than A Poke In the Eye

Well, when we were Discworld Monthly, Jason asked Terry to come up with a quote for a t-shirt...

Something along the lines of "Discworld Monthly... it's not s**t!"

But Terry being Terry came up with something much better.

So when we decided after 26 years to rebrand, there was only one thing we could rebrand to.

The very thing Terry said we were... Better Than a Poke in the Eye!

A certain close aide of Terry's put the quote with some of Paul's Kidby's artwork on a t-shirt for Jason way back when Terry first came up with the quote.

Whilst sorting through our belongings, as we've just moved house, we found the original T-shirt and thought you'd all like to see it.

25/05/2025

It's the Glorious 25th May !

We'll be spending the day with friends making the best memories.

How will you be spending ?

16/05/2025

[News] The Amazing Maurice 2 - The Waters of Life

The Amazing Maurice 2 - The Waters of Life, the squeakquel to the beautifully animated Sky Original The Amazing Maurice has had an update in its race to be produced.

Epsilon Film have been very busy selling the film to distributors worldwide.

The UK (Sky), France (KMBP), Spain (Flins y Piniculas), South Korea (Bluelabel), Portugal (NOS), Greece (Rosebud), Ukraine (Green Light), South Africa (Empire Entertainment), Turkey (Filmarti), Vietnam (Mockingbird), Ex-Yugoslavia (Investacommerce), the Middle East (Selim Ramia & Co), the Baltics (GPI) and North America (Viva Pictures) alongside Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Bulgaria.(all Prorom Media) have acquired the rights for their respective regions so far.

This means that the film is on the road to production as it means that the funding is in place.

The wonderful creative team behind The Amazing Maurice have reunited for this second Maurice adventure which will be directed by Toby Genkel with producers Emely Christians, Andrew Baker and Robert Chandler with Rob Wilkins.
Character design by Carter Goodrich and Heiko Hentschel with the script written by Giles New and Keiron Self.

Red Star and Studio Rakete are the studios behind the beautiful animation.

So what will be the plot I hear you ask ?

"Maurice, the most amazing cat in the world, or so he says, along with Malicia, Keith and the Clan Rats, are back for another thrilling adventure in a tale of pirates, vampires, werewolves and sirens, a furless cat and a perilous quest to find the Waters of Life.

Maurice, living with Malicia and Keith in Bad Blintz, fears he is becoming domesticated.
He steals away, hopping onto a barge, hoping to find a new life at sea as a ship’s cat, something he’s always wanted.

Malicia’s father, the Mayor, is seriously ill. Malicia learns the only thing that might save him is the Waters of Life, which her aunts, the Grim Sisters, wrote about in their ‘Grim Book of Fairy Stories’.
Malicia and Peaches head to the docks and stow away on a barge sailing up the river… only to find Maurice aboard.

The barge is attacked by ‘The Lorelei’, a pirate ship captained by a furless cat, Admiral Katz. Maurice wants Katz’ job.

Katz surprises Maurice by telling him he can’t have it - Katz can talk, too! Maurice doesn’t like that. Cue the catfight.

Keith, who should have accompanied Malicia on her quest, travels with the Clan Rats in a bid to catch up with Malicia. Their journey sees them facing vampires in recovery therapy and a werewolf who is a balding literary scholar by day in the forests of Uberwald.

Will our heroes meet eventually?
Will Malicia find the Waters of Life?
Will Keith lose his trousers?

You bet… but not in any way that’s expected."

We know many Terry Pratchett fans will be asking Why? What? How?

Terry was always happy for Discworld to continue in other media - Film, video games, role playing games, guides, encyclopedias, maps etc.

However, he was clear about there being no new novels after his passing, so much so he had his hard drive crushed by Rob Wilkins using a steam roller and a rock crusher.

The plot behind The Amazing Maurice 2 - The Waters of Life was hinted at in the original The Amazing Maurice novel and we are sure Terry had had discussions with Rob Wilkins about where that might have headed, as Terry would often discuss potential scenes or plots with him before heading into writing anything.

We trust that the team will tell this story in a way Terry would have been proud of, and with Rob Wilkins from Dunmanifestin/Narrativia/The Terry Pratchett estate/Big Wee Hag on board as a producer, there is no way he would allow them to screw it up.

After all, Terry's greatest gift to Rob was the ability to say NO.

Terry's legacy was always going to have to find ways to bring new fans to the books, and what better way than to grab the imagination of young readers and draw them in than a cuddly orange cat?

Anyway…

This family friendly film will be 90 mins long and it will be at least 2 years before any of us get to see it. I personally cannot wait !

In the meantime, here is some beautiful concept artwork for your eyes.

Stills taken from https://epsilonfilm.de/title/the-amazing-maurice---the-waters-of-life

28/04/2025

Happy Terry Pratchett Day !

Today would have been Terry's 77th birthday, and tonight many of us will be in London for a special version of The Magic of Terry Pratchett show to celebrate our favourite author.

How are you celebrating Terry today?

22/02/2025

[Production News]

Stage Production - Maskerade

Company: Peculiar Productions

Location: The Gate Theatre, Keppoch St, Roath, Cardiff, CF24 3JW, South Wales

Dates: 23rd April - 26th April 2025

Times: 7pm (2pm Matinee on Saturday 26th)

Tickets: £12.00 (Concessions £9.80)

Box Office: https://thegate.gigantic.com/terry-pratchett-s-maskerade-tickets/cardiff-the-gate/2025-04-23-18-30

19/02/2025

Fancy going to a Discworld Convention this year?

The German Convention aka Scheibenwelt Convention has tickets available for their 2025 event !

The theme for 2025 is Death's Domain!

Don't worry about any language barrier, the attendees of the German Convention come from all over the world and 90%+ speak English.

Location : Castle Ludwigstein, (Burg Ludwigstein)
37214 Witzenhausen, Germany

Dates: 29th of May - 1st of June 2025.

Website : https://www.scheibenwelt-convention.de/ #/en/