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Worst-Case Scenario: The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains visceral and urgent

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/04/10/worst-case-scenario/

Submitted by AdministratorUser1 on 5 June, 2018 - 09:35

Tom Overton writes in the Paris Review (April 2017) on 1984 British nuclear war drama Threads. Russell Hoban reviewed the film for The Listener magazine and is quoted here "This is not a film to be reviewed as a film; its art is that it cancels all aesthetic distance between our unthinking and the unthinkable." Overton describes the film's harrowing plot and draws comparisons with Hoban's Riddley Walker.

Helen DeWitt's 6 favorite books that illuminate the workings of singular minds

http://theweek.com/articles/773699/helen-dewitts-6-favorite-books-that-illuminat…

Submitted by AdministratorUser1 on 21 May, 2018 - 19:39

Novelist Helen DeWitt describes Riddley Walker as the "underrated equal of T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land" in this brief list of favourite books.

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Art and words for Frances - A new exhibit spotlights the work of picture-book icons Russell and Lillian Hoban

http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/257002/art-and-words-for-franc…

Submitted by AdministratorUser1 on 13 March, 2018 - 09:58

Marjorie Ingall reviews the 2018 exhibition at the Beinecke Library of Russell and Lillian Hoban's collaborations, with an emphasis on Lillian. Includes some fascinating details from private interviews with the Hobans' children, as well as remarks on the manuscripts on display at the exhibition including an unpublished Frances title.

Exhibition inspired by Barrow [and Riddley Walker] takes on new life in Manchester

http://www.nwemail.co.uk/what-s-on/article/Exhibition-inspired-by-Barrow-takes-o…

Submitted by AdministratorUser1 on 1 March, 2018 - 09:21

News story reporting that Sam Meech's Riddley Walker-inspired exhibition Time Back Way Back, originally shown in Barrow-in-Furness, has moved to the International Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester, under the name Girt Shyning Weals: Riddley Walker and Anthony Burgess.

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SA4QE 2022 - Yvonne Studer - Zürich, Switzerland

This weekend I took part in a geography excursion to Halle an der Saale and Magdeburg in Germany from Friday night the 2nd until Sunday morning the 4th of February, Russ's birthday. A colleague of mine had arranged the adventure and had invited me to accompany him and a group of 14-year-old students we both teach. That in itself was cool, but in addition, it was also a wonderful opportunity to boldly place quotations from Russell Hoban's works in a location the yellow paper had never been to before.

Submitted by Yvonne on 5 February, 2018 - 21:57

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Guide to the Russell Hoban Papers at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

http://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/5739.pdf

Submitted by AdministratorUser1 on 21 December, 2017 - 18:33

A full list (PDF) of all the manuscripts of children's books and novels, plus diaries, correspondence and notebooks, acquired by the Beinecke Library in 2017 from Russell Hoban's family. The list describes over 80 boxes of papers including various drafts of classic works such as Riddley Walker, The Mouse and His Child and The Medusa Frequency, as well as a number of curios including an invitation to the White House and correspondence with Harold Pinter. The actual list of items can be explored online at https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/11/resources/5739 via the sidebar.

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Riddley Walker walking tours of Canterbury in November

27/10/2017 11:10

The Being Human Festival, a festival of humanities, is running a free Riddley Walker-themed walking tour of Canterbury on three dates in November.

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New limited edition of Riddley Walker illustrated by Quentin Blake

14/05/2017 11:56

The Folio Society have released a special limited edition of Russell Hoban's 1980 classic.

SA4QE 2022 - Ra McGuire - Los Cabos, Mexico

Russ’s naming day fell on a holiday for me so, although I live in White Rock BC Canada, my yellow paper was left in Los Cabos Mexico, at the Marriott resort where I’m staying.

The quote seemed appropriate considering the 2017 political winds.

Submitted by ramcguire on 4 February, 2017 - 23:35

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Riddley Walker

Worst-Case Scenario: The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains visceral and urgent

Helen DeWitt's 6 favorite books that illuminate the workings of singular minds

Art and words for Frances - A new exhibit spotlights the work of picture-book icons Russell and Lillian Hoban

Exhibition inspired by Barrow [and Riddley Walker] takes on new life in Manchester

SA4QE 2022 - Yvonne Studer - Zürich, Switzerland

Guide to the Russell Hoban Papers at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Riddley Walker walking tours of Canterbury in November

Riddley Walker

New limited edition of Riddley Walker illustrated by Quentin Blake

SA4QE 2022 - Ra McGuire - Los Cabos, Mexico

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