Fungus The Bogeyman by Raymond Briggs - Revisited

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🗓️ 7 February 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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In memory of Raymond Briggs we are replaying the episode where John and Andy were joined by author-illustrator Nadia Shireen and writer Andrew Male for a smellybration of Fungus the Bogeyman (1977) by the great Raymond Briggs. The much-loved and bestselling picture book Andrew describes as "the children's Anatomy of Melancholy". We consider Briggs's life and work in full: Father Christmas, The Snowman, When the Wind Blows, Ethel & Ernest and the sepulchral Time For Lights Out (2019), his latest - and perhaps last - book; we also hear several times from the (often very funny) author himself. Also in this episode Andy talks about issues raised by reading Laugh a Defiance, a long out-of-print memoir by campaigner Mary Richardson; while John shares his enthusiasm for Jessica Au's new novel, Cold Enough For Snow (Fitzcarraldo). Timings: (may differ due to variable advert length) 10:12 - Laugh A Defiance by Mary Richardson 17:56 - Cold Enough For Snow by Jessica Au 23:31 - Fungus the Bogeyman by Raymond Briggs * To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops. * For information about everything mentioned in this episode visit backlisted.fm *If you'd like to support the show, listen without adverts, receive the show early and with extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a Patreon at patreon.com/backlisted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.0	Hello, I'm Andy Miller, one of the hosts of Backlisted.
1:02.0	Thank you for listening to this episode from our archive.
1:06.0	It was recorded in March 2022 just under a year ago.
1:10.0	The subject is the classic picture book, Fungus the Bogeyman,
1:14.0	by the much loved writer and illustrator Raymond Briggs.
1:17.0	We wanted to share this episode again by way of tribute to Briggs
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