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The Atlantic has chosen 65 titles to help foster a child’s lifelong relationship with books and to give these formative works the respect and scrutiny they deserve. Wonderful to see Russell Hoban's Frances represented here. @russellhoban.bsky.social theatln.tc/n94P8cOs
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Atlantic has chosen 65 titles to help foster a child’s lifelong relationship with books and to give these formative works the respect and scrutiny they deserve. Wonderful to see Russell Hoban's Frances represented here. @russellhoban.bsky.social theatln.tc/n94P8cOs
There's new work by Russell Hoban! In the mid-nineties he and Andy Bown of Status Quo hatched a plan for a sci-fi musical. Songs were recorded, but the project stalled. Now, in Russ's 100th birthday year, Bown has resurrected the tapes. Russ would be absolutely chuffed.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
There's new work by Russell Hoban! In the mid-nineties he and Andy Bown of Status Quo hatched a plan for a sci-fi musical. Songs were recorded, but the project stalled. Now, in Russ's 100th birthday year, Bown has resurrected the tapes. Russ would be absolutely chuffed.
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The International Anthony Burgess Foundation has a new episode in their excellent "Ninety-Nine Novels" podcast featuring me talking about Riddley Walker. You can listen here:
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Ninety-Nine Novels: Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban - The International Anthony Burgess Foundation
In 1984, Anthony Burgess published Ninety-Nine Novels, a selection of his favourite novels in English since 1939. The list is typically idiosyncratic, and shows the breadth of Burgess’s interest in fi...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The International Anthony Burgess Foundation has a new episode in their excellent "Ninety-Nine Novels" podcast featuring me talking about Riddley Walker. You can listen here:
anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/n...
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"Hoban’s work often has the feel of a jazz improvisation growing out of whatever has caught his attention… Wend-Walker’s study comes closer to finding that key, to making sense of that mystery, than anyone has a right to expect."
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Fruitful Confusion: Review of Graeme Wend-Walker’s Russell Hoban
Paul Kincaid Under Review:Russell Hoban: Faithful to the Strange. Graeme Wend-Walker. McFarland, September 2025. I have, throughout my career, throughout my life, found myself drawn to those writer…
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November 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Hoban’s work often has the feel of a jazz improvisation growing out of whatever has caught his attention… Wend-Walker’s study comes closer to finding that key, to making sense of that mystery, than anyone has a right to expect."
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Russell Hoban's masterpiece *Riddley Walker* is 45 years old today!
“In fear and tremmering only not running a way. In emtyness and ready to be fult. Not to lern no body nothing I cant even lern my oan self all I can do is try not to get in front of whats coming.”
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“In fear and tremmering only not running a way. In emtyness and ready to be fult. Not to lern no body nothing I cant even lern my oan self all I can do is try not to get in front of whats coming.”
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October 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Russell Hoban's masterpiece *Riddley Walker* is 45 years old today!
“In fear and tremmering only not running a way. In emtyness and ready to be fult. Not to lern no body nothing I cant even lern my oan self all I can do is try not to get in front of whats coming.”
@russellhoban.bsky.social
“In fear and tremmering only not running a way. In emtyness and ready to be fult. Not to lern no body nothing I cant even lern my oan self all I can do is try not to get in front of whats coming.”
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Today my book on Russell Hoban is published. Thank you to the friends, family, and colleagues who helped get me here, and thank you especially to my wonderful wife! @russellhoban.bsky.social @mcfarland.bsky.social @txst.edu
September 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Today my book on Russell Hoban is published. Thank you to the friends, family, and colleagues who helped get me here, and thank you especially to my wonderful wife! @russellhoban.bsky.social @mcfarland.bsky.social @txst.edu
September 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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I've listened to the new BBC radio presentation of Turtle Diary now, and I really loved it. The performances are beautiful—the rhythm, pacing, and tone are just right. I think it captures the essence of the book well enough to make a nice gateway for anyone who’s never read Russell Hoban before. 1/2
BBC Radio 4 - Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban
Daniel Weyman and Katherine Parkinson read Hoban's poignant novel, published in 1975.
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January 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I've listened to the new BBC radio presentation of Turtle Diary now, and I really loved it. The performances are beautiful—the rhythm, pacing, and tone are just right. I think it captures the essence of the book well enough to make a nice gateway for anyone who’s never read Russell Hoban before. 1/2
Reposted by Graeme Wend-Walker
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 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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