Love these books. Russell’s sister Lillian’s raccoon story is very funny. #bookbloggers #librarians #UKKidLit #ChildrensBooks #russellhoban #lillianhoban
February 4, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Love these books. Russell’s sister Lillian’s raccoon story is very funny. #bookbloggers #librarians #UKKidLit #ChildrensBooks #russellhoban #lillianhoban
Today would be Russell Hoban's 101st birthday. A great novelist, a great children's author, and a great picture book writer – and always completely and utterly unique. One of my favourites.
#Books #fantasy #russellhoban #UKKidlit #childrensbooks
#Books #fantasy #russellhoban #UKKidlit #childrensbooks
February 4, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Today would be Russell Hoban's 101st birthday. A great novelist, a great children's author, and a great picture book writer – and always completely and utterly unique. One of my favourites.
#Books #fantasy #russellhoban #UKKidlit #childrensbooks
#Books #fantasy #russellhoban #UKKidlit #childrensbooks
January 31, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Author of the Year: 2011
The most significant author who died in 2011.
Russell Hoban (1925-2011)
#Booksky
#AuthorOftheYear
#RussellHoban
#RiddleyWalker
#AmericanNovelists
The most significant author who died in 2011.
Russell Hoban (1925-2011)
#Booksky
#AuthorOftheYear
#RussellHoban
#RiddleyWalker
#AmericanNovelists
January 30, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Author of the Year: 2011
The most significant author who died in 2011.
Russell Hoban (1925-2011)
#Booksky
#AuthorOftheYear
#RussellHoban
#RiddleyWalker
#AmericanNovelists
The most significant author who died in 2011.
Russell Hoban (1925-2011)
#Booksky
#AuthorOftheYear
#RussellHoban
#RiddleyWalker
#AmericanNovelists
This is turning out to be my perfect book. Thank you @jacquiwine.bsky.social and others who drew my attention to it! #TurtleDiary #RussellHoban
October 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This is turning out to be my perfect book. Thank you @jacquiwine.bsky.social and others who drew my attention to it! #TurtleDiary #RussellHoban
(Adult v Childhood brain conflict)
Mouse and offspring living in the air filter is detrimental to operation of automobile.
However... #RussellHoban
(But if the Ride don't run, I become a Walker.) #BookSky
Mouse and offspring living in the air filter is detrimental to operation of automobile.
However... #RussellHoban
(But if the Ride don't run, I become a Walker.) #BookSky
September 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
(Adult v Childhood brain conflict)
Mouse and offspring living in the air filter is detrimental to operation of automobile.
However... #RussellHoban
(But if the Ride don't run, I become a Walker.) #BookSky
Mouse and offspring living in the air filter is detrimental to operation of automobile.
However... #RussellHoban
(But if the Ride don't run, I become a Walker.) #BookSky
"She said, 'Its some kind of thing it aint us but yet its in us. Its looking out thru our eye hoals.'" It sure is. Jesus what a book. #riddleywalker #russellhoban
May 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"She said, 'Its some kind of thing it aint us but yet its in us. Its looking out thru our eye hoals.'" It sure is. Jesus what a book. #riddleywalker #russellhoban
An astonishing book. I passed it to the boy last night and he’s devouring it. Or Arga Warga-ing it. #RiddleyWalker #RussellHoban #Books
February 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
An astonishing book. I passed it to the boy last night and he’s devouring it. Or Arga Warga-ing it. #RiddleyWalker #RussellHoban #Books
Not strictly speaking on my reading list this year, but it has been mentioned now...genies back in bottles and all that... #RiddleyWalker #RussellHoban
The crypt of Canterbury Cathedral AKA the stoan forest in Riddley Walker. @backlisted.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Not strictly speaking on my reading list this year, but it has been mentioned now...genies back in bottles and all that... #RiddleyWalker #RussellHoban
If we were playing Desert Island Books (as opposed to discs) it would be the one book I would keep when the others had to be washed away. #RiddleyWalker #RussellHoban
February 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
If we were playing Desert Island Books (as opposed to discs) it would be the one book I would keep when the others had to be washed away. #RiddleyWalker #RussellHoban
“More and more I think that madness is the world’s natural state and to expect anything else is madness compounded”. #RussellHoban Turtle Diary #SA4QE #Botd
February 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
“More and more I think that madness is the world’s natural state and to expect anything else is madness compounded”. #RussellHoban Turtle Diary #SA4QE #Botd
🎙️ NEW EPISODE: Our guest, @daveawl.bsky.social, shares the wild story of how he went from being a devoted Russell Hoban reader to becoming friends with the author himself.
#russellhoban #podcast #hoban100 #truestories
#russellhoban #podcast #hoban100 #truestories
January 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🎙️ NEW EPISODE: Our guest, @daveawl.bsky.social, shares the wild story of how he went from being a devoted Russell Hoban reader to becoming friends with the author himself.
#russellhoban #podcast #hoban100 #truestories
#russellhoban #podcast #hoban100 #truestories
In the pre-internet era, finding this author's books was like a treasure hunt through used bookstores. For one superfan, the hunt led to something far more valuable.
3 days until the episode drops!
#TrueStories #RussellHoban #LiteraryLife #Hoban100 #Podcast #BookHunting
3 days until the episode drops!
#TrueStories #RussellHoban #LiteraryLife #Hoban100 #Podcast #BookHunting
January 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
In the pre-internet era, finding this author's books was like a treasure hunt through used bookstores. For one superfan, the hunt led to something far more valuable.
3 days until the episode drops!
#TrueStories #RussellHoban #LiteraryLife #Hoban100 #Podcast #BookHunting
3 days until the episode drops!
#TrueStories #RussellHoban #LiteraryLife #Hoban100 #Podcast #BookHunting
A brand-new #Hoban100 page has been added to the official website at RussellHoban dot org — a centralized listing where details about each of the various centenary events will be added as they're announced. Bookmark it for easy reference and check back for updates!
russellhoban.org/hoban100/
russellhoban.org/hoban100/
Hoban 100 – celebrating Russell Hoban’s centenary
Artwork by Juan Esguerra Russell Hoban (1925-2011) would have been 100 on 4 February 2025. To mark the date, events and activities are being arranged in February by members of the Hoban community. …
russellhoban.org
January 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A brand-new #Hoban100 page has been added to the official website at RussellHoban dot org — a centralized listing where details about each of the various centenary events will be added as they're announced. Bookmark it for easy reference and check back for updates!
russellhoban.org/hoban100/
russellhoban.org/hoban100/
Warning: contains some of the most beautiful writing about animals ever. Beautifully read, too. Enter at your pleasure. #RussellHoban #TurtleDiary #genius.
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BBC Sounds - Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban on BBC Sounds.
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January 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Warning: contains some of the most beautiful writing about animals ever. Beautifully read, too. Enter at your pleasure. #RussellHoban #TurtleDiary #genius.
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A quirky paperback from a museum book sale sparked a decades-long connection between a reader and his literary hero. New episode drops this Sunday! #russellhoban #hoban100 #truestories #podcast #writingcommunity
January 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A quirky paperback from a museum book sale sparked a decades-long connection between a reader and his literary hero. New episode drops this Sunday! #russellhoban #hoban100 #truestories #podcast #writingcommunity
@daveawl.bsky.social will be on the upcoming episode of YMIS, which drops January 19th, to talk about HIS most interesting story... which does indeed involve Russell Hoban. Stay tuned! #RussellHoban #Hoban100 #truestories #turtlediary #RiddleyWalker
Some bookish fun for 2025: an international group of readers/scholars are planning a slate of events in February to celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of Russell Hoban (author of novels like Riddley Walker & Turtle Diary, plus a slew of classic children’s books). Stay tuned! #Hoban100
January 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
@daveawl.bsky.social will be on the upcoming episode of YMIS, which drops January 19th, to talk about HIS most interesting story... which does indeed involve Russell Hoban. Stay tuned! #RussellHoban #Hoban100 #truestories #turtlediary #RiddleyWalker
“Wel you know 1ce the kids start singing at you thats a cern kynd of track youre on not there aint too much you can do about it. Making the kids stop singing wont help its too late by then youve just got to clinch your teef and get on with it.” #RiddleyWalker chapter 10, #RussellHoban
Ouch.
Ouch.
December 15, 2024 at 12:42 PM
“Wel you know 1ce the kids start singing at you thats a cern kynd of track youre on not there aint too much you can do about it. Making the kids stop singing wont help its too late by then youve just got to clinch your teef and get on with it.” #RiddleyWalker chapter 10, #RussellHoban
Ouch.
Ouch.
One of today's pickups... The Mole Family's Christmas. Who are the Mole Family? I don't know but when it comes from the same team that brought us the original Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas it's worth finding out.
#Christmas #ChristmasThrifting #ChristmasThrifting365 #ChristmasBooks #RussellHoban
#Christmas #ChristmasThrifting #ChristmasThrifting365 #ChristmasBooks #RussellHoban
December 3, 2024 at 4:30 PM
One of today's pickups... The Mole Family's Christmas. Who are the Mole Family? I don't know but when it comes from the same team that brought us the original Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas it's worth finding out.
#Christmas #ChristmasThrifting #ChristmasThrifting365 #ChristmasBooks #RussellHoban
#Christmas #ChristmasThrifting #ChristmasThrifting365 #ChristmasBooks #RussellHoban
Author Belicia Rhea talks about some of her earliest influences, from inside the genre and out.
#writing #influences #inspiration #thefly #starshiptroopers #houseofleaves #russellhoban #brunoshulz #horrorwriters #horrorfromthehighdesertpodcast
#writing #influences #inspiration #thefly #starshiptroopers #houseofleaves #russellhoban #brunoshulz #horrorwriters #horrorfromthehighdesertpodcast
November 30, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Author Belicia Rhea talks about some of her earliest influences, from inside the genre and out.
#writing #influences #inspiration #thefly #starshiptroopers #houseofleaves #russellhoban #brunoshulz #horrorwriters #horrorfromthehighdesertpodcast
#writing #influences #inspiration #thefly #starshiptroopers #houseofleaves #russellhoban #brunoshulz #horrorwriters #horrorfromthehighdesertpodcast
#TurtleDiary #RussellHoban "I felt friendly towards the coaches, cars and motorcycles the forecourt, the people & the pigeons. I sat on the porch with the paper in my lap, sunlight again on my closed eyes....I was waiting for the self inside me to come forward (1/2)
November 29, 2024 at 11:37 PM
#TurtleDiary #RussellHoban "I felt friendly towards the coaches, cars and motorcycles the forecourt, the people & the pigeons. I sat on the porch with the paper in my lap, sunlight again on my closed eyes....I was waiting for the self inside me to come forward (1/2)
Hit a turgid spot in Casanova's Chinese Restaurant in my endeavor to catch up with #AnthonyPowellTogether (on The Kindly Ones!) Tempted to take a break with #RussellHoban #TheTurtleDiary or #ElizabethTaylor #SleepingBeauty or some #WendellBerry essays. Or a long walk. 🧐
November 29, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Hit a turgid spot in Casanova's Chinese Restaurant in my endeavor to catch up with #AnthonyPowellTogether (on The Kindly Ones!) Tempted to take a break with #RussellHoban #TheTurtleDiary or #ElizabethTaylor #SleepingBeauty or some #WendellBerry essays. Or a long walk. 🧐
An incredible reading of an incredible book.
Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
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Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
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November 28, 2024 at 8:42 PM
November 15, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Ooh, love her- will add to my list. That's why I was also reading the cozy, lightness of #NorthangerAbbey ! Just pulled #TurtleDiary by #RussellHoban from my shelves - to balance the gravity of #HenryIVpart2 .
November 10, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Ooh, love her- will add to my list. That's why I was also reading the cozy, lightness of #NorthangerAbbey ! Just pulled #TurtleDiary by #RussellHoban from my shelves - to balance the gravity of #HenryIVpart2 .