Pig Named After Terry Pratchett's Novel Snuff at Hay Festival 2012

Posted on June 7, 2012

British fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett's novel Snuff won the 13th annual Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction.

The winner of annual prize gets a jeroboam of Champagne Bollinger Special Cuvee and a collection of works by P. G. Wodehouse. They also get a Gloucester Old Spot pig named in their honor. Here is a video of Pratchett being presented with a pig named "Snuff" at the Telegraph Hay Festival. It is a very unique prize. Take a look:

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