Since being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease the immensely successful fantasy writer Sir Terry Pratchett has travelled the world talking about the condition. He has found ways to work around it too, like dictating speech to his computer. How does a writer go on, and what are Terry Pratchett’s ideas about what he wants to happen in the end?
Terry Pratchett on writing and living with Alzheimer’s disease — The Book Show, ABC
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