Grandlunar: Regarding your recent '80 at 80' post - how would you like it to be credited to you in the booklet? If you'd care to supply a brief biographical...
Chris Bell
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Dec 1, 2004 9:40 am
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The Russell Hoban Convention is indebted to Bloomsbury, RH's publisher, for enthusiastically joining up with us to realise some of the weekend's activities....
... bothered ... can I). Chris, It has been niggling me. Is this the kind of reply you were waiting for, to that (somewhat) rhetorical question? - "I suppose...
... Hey Emmae, It was in reference to something I think Kleinzeit said [here paraphrased, but you get the general idea], when the doctor asked him if he drank...
Er, Kleinzeit might have said something like it, but I got it directly from Herman Orff to his doctor in The Medusa Frequency. Made me laugh too. You're right...
Help! I'm searching for a lost Hoban quote (lost in the sense that the source and exact wording have gone from my mind and I can't move on until I find them)....
Hi Y'Awl, Richard Cooper pointed out to me these Kiwi authors, talking about their selected summer reading on the www.stuff.co.nz site (the newspaper site of ...
Chris Bell
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Dec 5, 2004 11:24 pm
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Richard Could it be Kleinzeit? K says to Death, "You're only in my mind." D says to K, "Is your mind real?" K says, "Sure it is." D says, "Then I'm real too." ...
Convention Delegates Awl, After many weeks of procrastination (none of which you will have noticed), I today booked a flight to the UK and a room at the Lord ...
"Chris Bell" <chrisb@...> wrote: << Richard Cooper pointed out to me these Kiwi authors, talking about ... I wonder what makes Russ' work reverberate...
On a related note, there's also this passage from "The Bear in Max Ernst's Bedroom," in ... what cannot be put down, gods and demons and unnamable presences...
This is great - thanks very much, Russ & Dave! I had the feeling the passage I was thinking of cropped up in slightly different forms in a few different ...
It is also interesting that the two authors mentioned are very good childrens authors. Margaret Mahy has a great way with words and can approach Literature...
Re: Lord Jimming it Yes, I'm also booked in at the Lord Jim from the Friday. I can see us all now, lurking in the lobby with a copy of RW - or maybe a...
I can see us all now, lurking in the lobby with a copy of RW - or maybe a cabbage? - or maybe a ref/verential item of our own choice? - trying to identify each...
An update on confirmed or already received celebrity contributions to our very exciting Convention Commemorative Booklet (or the "Must- Have", as we're now...
Hello, my name is Kenny and I just stumbled upon this group while researching a term paper I'm writing on Riddley Walker. I was wondering if any of you might...
If you haven't already discovered it, Kenny, I recommend a leisurely stroll around www.graphesthesia.com/rw/ And, while you're exploring the possibilities of...
Chris Bell
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Dec 8, 2004 8:52 pm
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As you will all know from my post last week, Bloomsbury (Russell Hoban's publisher) are promoting the Some-Poasyum as one of their key author events of 2005....
Wow! Lovely. I am still waiting to hear from Harpercollins here re Russ' kids' books. Best-- ... Alida Allison, Professor Center for the Study of Children's...
Hi Awl, We're in the process of choosing a slogan to put on our Convention t-shirt. There will be a choice of colour and size, and the following are the ...
Chris Bell
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Dec 11, 2004 5:32 am
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Further to Chris's post, you will soon be able to vote for your favourite suggested slogan on the Hoban2005 site. Before that though, as Chris says, if you...
Hello everyone Marion here (amorica94) For me, I think the best slogan in the world - not just for the Hoban tee-shirts - & "sums up" all of Hoban's work is: ...
Excellent suggestions, Marion and Hamish. Keep them coming! I'll post another reminder about slogans on Thursday, giving everyone another 24 hours before...
"It must have been one of those sounds I hear in my head sometimes." The Moment Under The Moment or "A masked human certainly, but those eyes, the stare of...
I don't think it has to be a short quote................ "That's how it goes sometimes when you put things off too long," said Nameless Stranger. "Now if...
"Bernt Arse Pack" The Fools Circle 9wys Rhyme (the whole 10 lines) "Trubba Not" on the front "No Trubba" on the back "Arga Warga" "Save Ferris" "Why is Punch...
Hello I'd love to come to the convention, but probably won't know til mid-January or so whether there will be a squeeze-throughable gap in in my time and money...
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