Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News on Books

Charity reveals Raymond Briggs made annual donations in honour of his wife

The author’s wife Jean died from leukaemia in 1973.

The Independent UK

McFly praise Raymond Briggs for ‘bringing our childhood imaginations to life’

Prominent literary figures and famous faces have paid tribute to Briggs and shared how his work impacted their lives.

The Independent UK

Raymond Briggs: from The Snowman to When the Wind Blows, here are the author’s best books

Charming and melancholy, Briggs’s books are classics for a reason

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Letter: Peter Scupham obituary

Gavin Selerie writes: Peter Scupham was the only bookseller I have encountered who actively discouraged me from buying something from their shelves

The Guardian - UK

Raymond Briggs: Beloved illustrator who delighted millions with ‘The Snowman’

Briggs’ distinctive style and knack for storytelling brought generations of readers, young and old, enormous joy

The Independent UK

Feds say nothing deceptive about private email used by R. Kelly prosecutor in contact with journalist

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Julien on Tuesday told U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber he should not allow defense attorneys to embark on “a wide-ranging fishing expedition in the hopes of turning up evidence of some kind of government misconduct.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Florence Given: “I hate the idea of self-censorship”

Activist and debut novelist Florence Given says she doesn’t think young authors have to self-censor when creating fiction, despite the fears of literary grandees such as Anthony Horowitz.

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Raymond Briggs obituary

Author-illustrator known for The Snowman and Father Christmas whose books often explored the quiet heroism of ordinary lives

The Guardian - UK

‘We’ll still be watching in 50 years’: how Raymond Briggs’s The Snowman changed Christmas

When the film version of Briggs’s melancholy masterpiece was first screened in 1982, Britons clutched it to their hearts – where it has stayed ever since

The Guardian - UK

Best romance books: Try these must-read love stories

From surefire page-turners to coming-of-age classics, these romance books offer true love in literary form

Evening Standard

Raymond Briggs' two wives died in horrific ways, inspiring 'ghastly' Snowman ending

With no siblings or children of his own, Raymond Briggs spent a large part of his life struggling with loneliness and grief

Daily Mirror

Singer Aled Jones remembers Snowman creator Raymond Briggs following his death

The author’s 1978 book The Snowman was adapted into an animated film that has become a festive staple.

The Independent UK

Homophobia might be less prevalent today - but only so long as you're the 'right' kind of gay | Joe Ali

"It doesn't take a genius or historian to understand what linking grooming and sexualising children to LGBT+ people means"

Wales Online

James Welch Native Lit Festival brings acclaimed Indigenous writers together

Sterling HolyWhiteMountain read James Welch's "Winter in the Blood" for the first time more than 10 years ago, but he remembers the impact it had on him so vividly that it's as though he finished the novel yesterday.

Los Angeles Times

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Farewell Transmission,' by Will McGrath

NONFICTION: In "Farewell Transmission," Will McGrath offers globetrotting essays on obscure lives and furtive vocations, alerting readers to secrets without and within.

Tribune News Service

Review: 'The Women Could Fly,' by Megan Giddings

FICTION: Megan Giddings turns the wilds of the Upper Peninsula into a land where magic and oppression exist side-by-side.

Tribune News Service

Manhattan Project, a decade of inspiration led to Pa. native's first novel

PITTSBURGH — The idea for Sarah James' debut novel had been around in one form or another since she was 19. All it took was more than a decade to gestate into something tangible.

The Orange County Register

Hollywood publicist Dan Harary talks 50 years of celebrity encounters in new memoir

Dan Harary’s life has been filled with celebrity encounters.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Snowman creator Raymond Briggs brought kindness and generosity to his work

Briggs recalled his inspiration for the tale about a snowman who comes to life came during a winter of particularly heavy snowfall.

Liverpool Echo

The Snowman author Raymond Briggs dies aged 88

The award winning author and illustrator of The Fungus the Bogeyman and Father Christmas died on Tuesday morning

The Independent UK

British children’s authors pay tribute to ‘fantastic’ Raymond Briggs

The influential writer and illustrator has died at the age of 88.

The Guardian - UK

Share your tributes and memories of Snowman author Raymond Briggs

The writer and illustrator Raymond Briggs has died aged 88. Share your tributes here

The Hindu

Commissioner of Police V Balakrishnan’s first book ‘Travel Tales of a Cop’ launched at the Coimbatore Book Festival

Commissioner of Police V Balakrishnan’s first book Travel Tales of a Cop launched at the Coimbatore Book Festival is a comparison of policing systems in the UK and India

Chronicle Live

Good Morning Britain's Charlotte Hawkins stops show to deliver sad breaking news

Charlotte Hawkins halted Wednesday's Good Morning Britain to deliver the sad news to ITV viewers at home

Chronicle Live

Raymond Briggs, author and illustrator of beloved classic The Snowman, dies aged 88

'Raymond's books were loved by and touched millions of people around the world', his family said in a statement

1 … 689 690 691 692

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.