Marc Burrows

Marc Burrows is a writer, comic and musician based in London. He is the author of The Magic of Terry Pratchett, the first full biography of Terry Pratchett, which won the Locus Award for non-fiction in 2021. Since 2023 Marc has performed a one-man show based on the book; after a debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, he has toured it all around the UK and will take it to Australia in 2025. Marc has also written several further non-fiction books about music.

Books

• The Magic of Terry Pratchett (2020)
• Turtles All the Way Down (2020) - a companion volume to The Magic of Terry Pratchett, with extra material cut from the book
• The London Boys: David Bowie, Marc Bolan and the 60s Teenage Dream (2022)
• Tales From Roundworld (2023) - a collection of Pratchett rarities published (with permission) to accompany the live show
• Nirvana: A Detailed Guide to the Band that Changed Everything (2024)
• Christmas Singles book (as yet untitled; expected in 2025)

Podcast episodes

As guest

Date	Show	Episode	External link
2020-07-10	Radio Morpork	“The Magic of Terry Pratchett (w/Marc Burrows)”	radiomorpork.wordpress.com
2020-07-29	The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret	“The Magic of Terry Pratchett (an interview with Marc Burrows)”	thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2020-11-15	Desert Island Discworld	“Marc Burrows and the Bromeliad”	desertislanddiscworld.com
2021-01-08	Pratchat	“All the Fun of the...Fish?”	pratchatpodcast.com
2021-08-13	The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret	Bonus: “The Watch feat. Marc Burrows (Machina Ex Deus)”	thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2022-08-16	The Compleat Discography	“Monstrous Regiment”	compleatdiscography.page
2022-10-09	The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret	Bonus: “An Episode with Footnotes”	thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2023-07-24	The Edinburgh Fringe Show, with Ewan Spence	“Marc Burrows (The Magic Of Terry Pratchett)”	thepodcastcorner.com
2023-09-05	Alienating the Audience	“The Hilarious Fantasy of Terry Pratchett”	libsyn.com
2023-11-06	The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret	“Voices of Discworld”	thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2023-11-24	Desert Island Discworld	“Al Kennedy and The Shepherd's Crown”	desertislanddiscworld.com
2024-01-20	I’ve Never Read Discworld	“Ep 15 The Magic of Terry Pratchett (ft. Marc Burrows)”	spotify.com
2024-06-23	On the Mic	“Episode 82: Marc Burrows' Origin Story”	podbean.com
2024-12-16	Bah Humbug	“Dear Santa”	megaphone.fm (mp3)
2025-03-14	We Can Be Weirdos	“The Bolan Glitch: Marc Burrows and the Shuffling Cemetery”	captivate.fm

External links

• marcburrows.co.uk - official website