“The Snowman,” a picture book that tells the story of a boy whose snowman comes to life, sold millions of copies worldwide and became an Oscar-nominated film. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-08-10 19:54:52 UTC ]
Beloved creator of Fungus the Bogeyman and Father Christmas brought a distinctive strain of melancholy to the genre• The Snowman, the Bogeyman and Father Christmas: the world of Raymond Briggs – in pictures• Raymond Briggs obituary• Share your tributes and memories of Snowman author Raymond... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-08-10 07:20:39 UTC ]
Plans to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of Raymond Briggs' classic The Snowman are gearing up, with partnerships with Backyard Cinema, The Royal Mint and Waterstones among them. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Children’s will this autumn release a middle-grade novelisation of Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman, written by Michael Morpurgo. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The similarly titled labor of love that was Raymond Briggs’ 1999 graphic novel about the warmly rendered lives of his parents, takes on a beautifully animated life of its own in “Ethel & Ernest.” Peppered with knowing insights surrounding the British working class, the film creates a richly... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Raymond Briggs talks to Newsnight about The Snowman, what David Bowie got wrong and being childless. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Clothing brand Barbour is basing its Christmas campaign on Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman and The Snowdog, in a collaboration with Penguin Ventures. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fungus the Bogeyman and Stick Man are latest book characters to go on the boxAdaptations of children’s and young adult literature are big news right now, both in film and, increasingly, on television. Mockingjay – Part 2, the climax of Lionsgate’s big screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A television adaptation of Raymond Briggs’ Fungus the Bogeyman will be screened on Sky 1 next Christmas. Sky commissioned Imaginarium Studios, which will work in partnership with Double Negative's TV department, to make the series. The four 60-minute episodes will be written by Tom MacRae and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Raymond Briggs’ children’s book to be remade as four-part series featuring mix of animation and live action that will be centrepiece of channel’s Christmas 2015 scheduleFungus the Bogeyman is to be brought to back to life by Sky in a four-part adaptation of the Raymond Briggs children’s book.The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unbound is publishing a collection of Raymond Briggs’ writing and illustrations from The Oldie magazine. Notes from the Sofa is a collection of a decade’s worth of articles and illustrations and traces Briggs’ life from growing up to growing old. Subjects include being evacuated during the war,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]