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Russell Hoban
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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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This is the book Graeme read excerpts from during our #Hoban100 event at the Hopleaf in Chicago earlier this year, which also included readings from Russell Hoban's books in honor of his centenary.
September 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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What a book for a child to read
September 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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'Still the child stared, and saw between the dots of color blank white space, emptiness that seemed to flow back toward him from the smallest dog out through the largest.

“Nothing,” said the mouse child. “I can see the nothing between the dots"'
September 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Trubba not! If you haven't already found your way to it, there's a recording of the panel on YouTube, as well as a transcript available here: russellhoban.org/2025/02/21/r...
Riddley Walker panel discusses new theatre adaptation, first encounters with the book and more
Our online panel discussion of Russell Hoban’s 1980 novel Riddley Walker last Sunday, 16th February, took in early experiences of the book, names, weather, puns, social habits in the Middle A…
russellhoban.org
June 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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May 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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(several decades late to it, but Riddley Walker is incredible)
February 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM