When he was young Terry Pratchett worked as a reporter for the Bucks Free Press. On the 25th of April in 1969, the fresh-faced Terry (using his full name- Terence) wrote to famous author Roald Dahl to ask for an interview. Letters from the Roald Dahl Museum’s Archive show the communication between Pratchett and Dahl. Despite this tantalising look at what would’ve been a fabulous interview of two hilarious and creative minds- no other letters have been discovered, and no record yet of the interview.
Fingers crossed something emerges in the future…
Pratchett’s letter to Dahl in 1969
“Dear Sir,
As an admirer of your work – both the short stories and the children’s books – I would like, if possible, to visit you at some time in the near future to write a feature for my newspaper.
I wonder if you care to contact me at the above address so that we could arrange a meeting to suit you?
Yours faithfully,
Terence Pratchett.”
Dahl’s response
“Dear Mr Pratchett,
If you would phone me any day here around 12.30 I will see if we can arrange a meeting.
Yours sincerely,
Roald Dahl.”
Hopefully more of this correspondence will come to light in the future as this is one meeting of minds that would have been wonderful to witness!
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