Fungus the Bogeyman by Raymond Briggs

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🗓️ 14 March 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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We are 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) 07:58 - Laugh a Defiance by Mary Richardson. 15:42 - Cold Enough For Snow by Jessica Au. 20:51 - 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 www.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 www.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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0:00.0	Not you, where are you calling from in the world?
0:28.3	I am calling from Brighton by the seaside, yeah.
0:32.3	Oh my goodness.
0:33.7	Yeah, why? Why are my goodness?
0:35.5	I was a student in Brighton many years ago, and now a close family member is a student
0:40.9	in Brighton.
0:41.9	Right.
0:42.9	I took him out for drinks, so the basket makers.
0:45.2	Right, I'm still getting to know it.
0:48.0	I look out of my window and really squint.
0:51.3	I can't just about see the sea, and that's a really nice thing to me.
0:56.1	I sit here, days up sea, and miss all my book deadlines.
0:59.9	Ah, the best of all possible.
1:01.8	I've been doing that for years.
1:03.7	Yeah, it's great.
1:05.5	John, you're not calling from your usual Oxfordshire, are you?
1:09.0	No, I'm in Stillington in North Yorkshire.
1:10.9	I'm looking out.
1:12.1	Well, I'm not actually.
1:13.0	I've got my back to the Hawardian Hills, which are very beautiful.
1:18.6	It's very near Castle Howard.
1:20.9	Castle Howard, please.
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