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- ↑ Paul Kidby, PaulKidby.com Archived March 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Manveet Kaur (18 December 2002). "Need to fill those stockings?". New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014– via HighBeam Research.
- ↑ Kidby painted the Mona Ogg, which is on the cover of The Art of Discworld.
- ↑ Raphael G. Satter (12 December 2007). "Author Terry Pratchett has Alzheimer's". USA Today.
- ↑ Lisa Campbell (24 March 2016) "Terry Pratchett colouring book coming in August", The Bookseller. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ↑ Royal Mail "Terry Pratchett's Discworld Stamp Set"
