Riddley Walker

Chitra Ramaswamy's wonderful 2010 encounter with Russell Hoban takes in his new novel Angelica Lost and Found, recollections of Riddley Walker and how meeting his wife Gundela helped him to start writing again. He also talks about his poor health, writing technique, his fan club The Kraken and poetry.

Extensive interview about several books. The link supplied is to the Google Books partial online version originally published by Methuen, 1985. Click on the "Russell Hoban" link off the contents page.

Study guide to Barbara J. Becker's course on the history of technology, which uses Riddley Walker as a text; each week's reading includes an extremely detailed "Riddley Guide" with illustrations and commentary on many related subjects. Note: as at August 2012 the site is hosted under a secure connection which appears to be faulty, so although we don't have any reason to think the site is suspicious, you should ignore browser warnings at your own risk.

2010 interview mainly about Riddley Walker but touching on other books and the creative process.