SA4QE around the world

UPDATED TO INCLUDE 2012 REPORTS

The towns/cities/countries listed alphabetically below have all been 4qated. Click on one to display all the yellow paper drops in that location.

AUSTRALIA

Adelaide

Bendigo

Mandurah

Melbourne

Queensland

Sydney

Toowoomba

AUSTRIA

Vienna

CANADA

Alberta

Calgary

White Rock, BC

FINLAND

Helsinki

FRANCE

Alps

Paris

HUNGARY

Pécs

IRELAND

Donegal

Galway

Waterford

NETHERLANDS

Rotterdam

NEW ZEALAND

Auckland

Christchurch

POLAND

Warsaw

SOUTH AFRICA

Cape Town

SOUTH KOREA

Daegu

SWEDEN

Umea

SWITZERLAND

Canton Nidwalden

Hergiswil

Zürich

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UNITED KINGDOM

Appin

Brighton

Bristol

Bromley

Cambridge

Dad

Devon

Glasgow

Henley-on-Thames

Liverpool

Livingston

London

Ludlow

Manchester

Milton Keynes

Ormskirk

Pennines

Rugby

Sheffield

Southampton

Tring

Worthing

UNITED STATES

Alaska

- Anchorage

California

- Los Angeles

- San Diego

- San Francisco

- San Marcos

- Thousand Oaks

Florida

- Space Coast

Hawaii

- Honaunau

Illinois

- Chicago

- Evanston

Indiana

- Speedway

Maryland

- Gaithersburg

Massachusetts

- Buckland

- Gill

Michigan

- Ypsilanti

Nebraska

- Omaha

New Mexico

- Lincoln County

New York

- Brooklyn

- East Village

- Rochester

North Carolina

- Arden

Ohio

- Fairfield

Pennsylvania

- McMurray

- Peters Township

Texas

- Dallas

VIETNAM

Ha Noi & Ha Long Bay

WORLD WIDE WEB

Cyberspace

Facebook

Huffington Post

Pet Society

Twitter

YouTube

SA4QE is now on russellhoban.org!

New Russell Hoban website launched!

New Russell Hoban books out now!

On 1 March 2012 Walker Books published Russell Hoban's final young-adult book Soonchild, with amazing illustrations by Alexis Deacon. Read a lovely review in the Guardian, see some exclusive spreads from inside the book and get more details and a text extract at the Head of Orpheus website. Walker tweeted photos of Russ and Alexis at their offices in January 2011.

Also, on 4 October 2012 Walker published a beautiful new children's book. Rosie's Magic Horse is illustrated by the legendary Quentin Blake (with whom Russ had formerly collaborated on Trouble on Thunder Mountain, among other titles) and tells the story of a little girl and her collection of ice-lolly sticks, which dream of being a horse.

russell hoban news

Our dear friend Russell Hoban passed away on 13 December 2011. He was 86. There are more details in this blog post. You can also sign our book of condolence.

Russell Hoban's last novel Angelica Lost and Found was published in November 2010 and is available from Amazon and all good bookshops. There were good reviews of the book in the Guardian and Independent and an excellent interview with Russell Hoban in the Scotsman, as well as a revealing audio interview at Tim Haigh Reads Books.

In October 2012 another new children's book, Rosie's Magic Horse, with illustrations by the great Quentin Blake, was published by Walker Books, who tweeted a photo of the two together in July 2011.

See all blog posts tagged "Russell Hoban news"

2010-2011 activity

Between late 2010 and early 2011 Russell Hoban took part in an almost unprecedented number of media activities to promote his new book Angelica Lost and Found and the 30th anniversary of his most famous novel, Riddley Walker. SA4QE blogged about all of these events and this site contains some exclusive content from them:

On 16 October 2010 Russ made an appearance in London at the Serpentine Map Marathon event - SA4QE has an exclusive transcript of the interview and pictures and the Serpentine Gallery posted a full video in June 2011.

On 22 November 2010 Russ took part in a live interview about Riddley Walker in London for the Guardian Book Club series - the evening was fascinating, entertaining and a sell-out. SA4QE has a full report and pictures and an exclusive video clip while you can hear an edited version of the event on the Guardian podcast.

Riddley Walker was the Guardian Review's Book Club book from 13/11/10 to 4/12/10 - here are links to the articles:
Week One 13/11: John Mullan on reconstructed language
Week Two 20/11: John Mullan on catastrophe
Week Three 27/11: Russell Hoban on how being friends with his head powered the writing
Week Four 4/12: John Mullan on readers' responses

On 15 February 2011 Russ took part in a brilliant conversation with Will Self at the British Library about Riddley Walker; SA4QE has a full multimedia report including a transcript, photos and a video of Self reading a classic passage from the book.

Between 29 September and 16 October 2011 the Trouble Puppet Theatre Company in Austin, Texas staged a version of Riddley Walker. Russell Hoban was supportive of the production. Details can be found on the Trouble Puppet site. There is currently talk of the show touring to other venues in the US.

Still available - the 2005 Russell Hoban Convention booklet

In 2005 the first international convention for Russell Hoban fans took place in London, and was marked by the publication of a fantastic 48-page booklet featuring exclusive contributions from innumerable fans and associates including novelist David Mitchell and actress Glenda Jackson. A wonderful memento of the event, it's also a beautiful collector's item and must-have for any Hoban fan. Although in limited supply, copies of the booklet are still available at £6.00 each plus p&p. Order direct from the Russell Hoban Some-Poasyum website.

This is the old SA4QE website. See the most recent posts at russellhoban.org/sa4qe

Monday, 1 January 2001