Equal Rites

Equal Rites

Catalan translation cover by Marina Vidal
Author	Terry Pratchett
Audio read by	Tony Robinson (abridged); Celia Imrie (unabridged) Indira Varma (new)
Cover artist	Josh Kirby (original) Marina Vidal (Mai Més Catalan edition)
Country	UK
Language	English
Series	Discworld
Release number	3
Sub-series	Witches
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Gollancz/Corgi
Publication date	1987-01-15
Preceded by	The Light Fantastic
Followed by	Mort

Blurb

The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of an eighth son. Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic (not to say misogynistic) world of magic, he failed to check on the new-born baby's sex.

Podcast episodes

Major appearances

These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this book.

Date	Show	Episode	External link
2015-09-06	Radio Morpork	“A Dungeon Dimension of One's Own”	radiomorpork.wordpress.com
2019-01-15	The Death of Podcasts	“Equal Rites”	aalgar.com
2019-03-28	Wyrd Sisters	“Equal Rites”	wyrdsisters.podbean.com
2019-11-08	Pratchat	“Eskist Attitudes”	pratchatpodcast.com
2019-12-01	Desert Island Discworld	“Amal El-Mohtar and Equal Rites”	desertislanddiscworld.com
2020-01-06	The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret	“My Knee Doesn't Have Lungs” (1/3)	thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2020-01-13	The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret	“Haitches Hon Heverything” (2/3)	thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2020-01-20	The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret	“Crumbs All Up in There” (3/3)	thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2020-02-25	The Compleat Discography	“Equal Rites”	compleatdiscography.page
2020-07-10	Who Watches the Watch	“Staffing Issues” (1/2)	who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co
2020-07-15	Who Watches the Watch	“Granny WILFerwax” (2/2)	who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co
2020-10-21	The Disc-Course	“Glocky Weatherwax” (1/4)	shows.acast.com
2020-11-04	The Disc-Course	“Assigned Staff at Birth” (2/4)	shows.acast.com
2020-11-18	The Disc-Course	“Quantum Magics” (3/4)	shows.acast.com
2020-12-02	The Disc-Course	“The Gender Fluid” (4/4)	shows.acast.com
2021-02-21	Disc Coverers	DCP 03	anchor.fm
2021-02-24	Stuck on Arrakis	“Discworld Book Three”	buzzsprout.com
2021-04-04	Unseen Academicals	“Equal Rites”	anchor.fm
2021-12-22	Nanny Ogg's Book Club	“Equal Rites”	fireside.fm
2022-11-24	I’ve Never Read Discworld	“Equal Rites”	fireside.fm

Other appearances

Episodes where there's significant discussion of the book, but it's not the focus of the episode.

Date	Show	Episode	External link
2012-07-08	The Pratchett Podcast	“The Pratchett Podcast episode 9”	thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com
2021-04-14	Fiction Fans	“Mexican Gothic & Equal Rites”	fictionfanspodcast.com

External links

• Equal Rites at the L-Space Wiki
• Equal Rites on Wikipedia