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Russell Hoban
@russellhoban.bsky.social
Official account for author Russell Hoban (1925–2011), author of Riddley Walker, Turtle Diary, The Mouse and His Child, Frances the Badger, etc. https://russellhoban.org/

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@daveawl.bsky.social
@thoughtcat.bsky.social
Congrats to author Graeme Wend-Walker on the arrival of his brand-new book about Russ! The book is entitled "Russell Hoban: Faithful to the Strange" and it's already available at booksellers. The cover features a painting Russ loved—the head of Orpheus with his lyre as depicted by Odilon Redon.
September 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Just hours away! The free #Hoban100 panel discussion of Riddley Walker (featuring Wieland Hoban, among others) takes place via Zoom on Sunday, Feb 16 at 7:30 pm GMT (UK time).

That's 2:30 pm Eastern time in the US, and 8:30 am on Monday Feb 17 in New Zealand.

Full info: russellhoban.org/hoban100/
February 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
DAVE AWL, cohost (@daveawl.bsky.social), is an alumnus of the Neo-Futurists theater company in Chicago and the founder of the Russell Hoban online community as well as the creator of the original Russell Hoban website, The Head of Orpheus. 6/6

Full info about the event: russellhoban.org/hoban100/
February 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
DIANA SLICKMAN, host and moderator, is an alumna of the Chicago Neo-Futurists, current Theater Oobleck ensemble member, and the creator of the #SA4QE event in which readers publicly share quotations from Russell Hoban’s books to celebrate his birthday each year. 5/6
February 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
ELI BISHOP, panelist (@errorbar.bsky.social), is an ensemble member in the San Francisco Neo-Futurists, a writer and illustrator of comics, and the creator and maintainer of the Riddley Walker Annotations website. 4/6
February 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
DR. KATE LAITY, panelist (@katelaity.bsky.social), is an author, scholar, filmmaker, and arcane artist who teaches medieval literature, film, gender studies, digital humanities, and popular culture. 3/6
February 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
WIELAND HOBAN, panelist, is a composer and translator who is currently working on a music theatre version of Riddley Walker; he’s also the son of Russell Hoban to whom the book is dedicated. 2/6
February 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
🧵 Meet our panel for the free Riddley Walker Zoom event this Sunday the 16th! (Or Monday morning the 17th if you're in Australia/New Zealand.)

Bios for each of the panelists and moderator are in the thread below; for full info about the event visit russellhoban.org/hoban100/ 1/6
February 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Just 3 days away ... No rumpa no dum when Riddley Walker Zoom panel come!

The free #Hoban100 panel discussion of Riddley Walker (featuring Wieland Hoban, among others) takes place online this Sunday, Feb 16 at 7:30 pm GMT (UK), which is 2:30 pm Eastern (US).

Full info: russellhoban.org/hoban100/
February 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Graeme Wend-Walker reading from the manuscript of his forthcoming book about Russell Hoban at the Hopleaf in Chicago.
February 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Diana Slickman introducing the reading from Turtle Diary at the Hopleaf in Chicago.
February 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Dave Awl reading from The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz by Russell Hoban at the Hopleaf in Chicago.
February 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Eli Bishop reading from The Last of the Wallendas by Russell Hoban at the Hopleaf in Chicago.
February 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🧵 Photos from last week's #Hoban100 reading from the books of Russell Hoban at the Hopleaf bar in Chicago, with Diana Slickman, Eli Bishop, Dave Awl, and Graeme Wend-Walker. See alt text for captions and thread below for more pics.
February 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🧵 Trubba not! The first online event for the #Hoban100 celebration will be a free Zoom panel discussion of Riddley Walker featuring Wieland Hoban—composer, translator, and the son of Russell Hoban to whom the book is dedicated. Full details in the thread below, or visit russellhoban.org/hoban100/
February 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Malachy O'Neill shared this photo of Putney Bridge taken on 4/2/25 as part of a visit to various Russell Hoban spots in London. The yellow paper reads: "It is the longing for what cannot be that moves the world from night to morning" - quoted from The Second Mrs Kong #Hoban100
February 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
🧵 Depending on where you are in the world, it might already be February 4, 2025—and if it isn’t, it will be soon. So happy 100th birthday to the waves and particles that used to be Russell Hoban! Thanks for all the beautiful words and for helping to enlarge the limited-reality consensus. #Hoban100
February 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Twenty years ago this month: Russell Hoban reading from his novel Come Dance With Me at Nomad Books in London, during the Some-Poasyum — a convention held in honor of his 80th birthday in 2005. #Hoban100

📸 Lisa Greenstein
February 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If you’ve recently read Turtle Diary (or heard the BBC version) and find yourself having turtle thoughts, Sy Montgomery’s book Of Time and Turtles makes a great follow-up. It delves into the heroic efforts of modern-day turtle rescuers who care for, heal, and release turtles back into the wild. 📚
January 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in the US shared this post about Russell Hoban's Time magazine portrait of Joan Baez — from his early career as a visual artist, before he shifted to painting with words. #JoanBaez #Hoban100
January 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
For Hoban fans in Western Australia: in honor of his 100th birthday there will be a Reading Club event celebrating Russell Hoban's classic books for children, at Paper Bird in Fremantle, Perth on Friday, February 7th. #Hoban100

For full info and to RSVP, see: www.facebook.com/events/59518...
January 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Dave Awl is the guest on the new episode of the Your Most Interesting Story podcast, telling the story of how he built the first Russell Hoban website in 1998—leading to the formation of an international community of Hoban fans. #Hoban100

You can listen here: ymis.buzzsprout.com/2362123/epis...
January 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A favorite quotation from Turtle Diary that was shared as part of the Russell Hoban birthday celebration in 2022 ... #SA4QE #Hoban100 #BookSky 📚

📸 by Yvonne Studer
January 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The #Hoban100 centenary celebrations will be kicking off in Chicago on February 5 with an evening of readings at the Hopleaf bar—featuring several past and present members of the Neo-Futurists theater company. (A London meetup is being planned as well, in addition to online events; details to come!)
January 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Speaking of Turtle Diary’s 50th anniversary: Beginning Monday, January 13, BBC Radio 4 will be airing a new reading of Russell Hoban’s classic novel in 10 episodes of around 15 minutes each. Episodes will be available online after broadcast. Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #Hoban100
January 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM