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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 · Aug 10, 2022

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 · Aug 10, 2022

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 · Aug 10, 2022

‘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 · Aug 10, 2022

21 best romance books you won't be able to put down on holiday

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

Evening Standard · Aug 10, 2022

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 · Aug 10, 2022

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 · Aug 10, 2022

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 · Aug 10, 2022

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 · Aug 10, 2022

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 · Aug 10, 2022