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Milstein Exhibition Centre & Seminar Rooms
This is event is suitable for adults, younger guests are also welcome to attend.
Booking is essential.
Accessibility information: Accessible parking. Accessible toilet. Step-free access. Hearing loop. For full accessibility information, please click here. Please email events@lib.cam.ac.uk to let us know if you have any access requirements, or queries relating to this event.
‘Below painting comes illustration … below that comes cartoons … then, below the gutter, are the sewers – strip cartoons! Comics! Ugh! The very cesspits of non-culture.’ - Raymond Briggs
Professor Martin Salisbury explores the legacy of Raymond Briggs (1934-2022), the beloved author-illustrator of The Snowman (1978), Ethel and Ernest (1998) and Fungus the Bogeyman (1977), and his influence on todays visual storytellers. The talk will be followed by a Q&A and the opportunity to enjoy the exhibition with a glass of wine.
Professor Martin Salisbury is an author, illustrator, and Director of the Centre for Children’s Book Studies at the Cambridge School of Art.
This talk is hosted by the Friends of Cambridge University Library but everyone is welcome. Friends fund some of the most crucial activities in the library - securing new acquisitions, conserving and digitising our collections, and supporting our public programmes. Find out more and join here.
