Artwork by Juan Esguerra

Panel takes place at 7:30pm UK (2:30pm NY )

Free to the public via Zoom at this link: http://tiny.cc/hoban100riddley

RussellHoban.org presents a one-hour online panel discussion of Riddley Walker, with panellists Wieland Hoban, Eli Bishop, and Dr. Kate Laity. Moderated by Diana Slickman, with co-host Dave Awl. A recording will be available after the event.

PARTICIPANT BIOS:

• Wieland Hoban, panellist, is a composer and translator who is currently working on a music theatre version of Riddley Walker; he’s also one of Russell Hoban’s sons.
• Eli Bishop, panellist, is the creator and maintainer of the Riddley Walker Annotations website, as well as a current member of the San Francisco branch of the Neo-Futurists theater company.
• Dr. Kate Laity, panellist, is an author, scholar, filmmaker, and arcane artist who teaches medieval literature, film, gender studies, digital humanities, and popular culture.
• Diana Slickman, host and moderator, is an alumnus of the Neo-Futurists theater company in Chicago and the creator of the #SA4QE event in which readers publicly share quotations from Russell Hoban’s books to celebrate his birthday each year.
• Dave Awl, co-host, is an alumnus of the Neo-Futurists theater company in Chicago and the founder of the Russell Hoban online community as well as the creator of the original Russell Hoban website, The Head of Orpheus.

JOIN US FOR A LIVELY DISCUSSION!