Olaf Schneider SA4QE animations

Over the years Olaf Schneider has created many superb Flash animations inspired by quotes from Russell Hoban books. Click on a still from an animation to view it. Hover over still images to see titles and sources. Links open in a new window. You will need Adobe Flash to view the animations.

Russell Hoban recites Rivers In Your Mind (The Last of the Wallendas)

The Pigeons of Trafalgar Square (Amaryllis Night and Day)

Tiny tiny dancing giants (Angelica Lost and Found)

The District Line at Notting Hill Gate (The Last of the Wallendas)

The rolling passage in the darkness of my mind (The Bat Tattoo)

Who left the yellow paper? (The Marzipan Pig)

London Transport Owls (The Moment under The Moment)

Voices of the Starfield (Her Name Was Lola)

This is your life (Amaryllis Night and Day)

The Flickering (Fremder / The Medusa Frequency)

Aristeus's story on the Potsherds (The Medusa Frequency)

What a convenience (The Medusa Frequency)

An animated Fremder cover: Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction with Chopin accompaniment

Full moon spring tide turtle wind (Turtle Diary)

Three o'clock in the purple-blue morning (The Medusa Frequency)

The Dream of the Kraken - Russell Hoban recites his own poem from The Last of the Wallendas

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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.

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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.

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