Jamie Russell
Lewisham Book Awards 2022
Had a fantastic time at the Lewisham Book Awards 2022. A superb shortlist, passionate readers, and Skywake won a little prize! You can...
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Jamie Russell
- Jun 30
- 1 min
Worcestershire Book Club Event
I always love meeting readers and the students at the WorcesterShire Book Club had some really great questions for me. We even played...
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Jamie Russell
- Apr 22
- 1 min
Forbidden Planet Signing
I had great fun signing a lot of books at the wonderful Forbidden Planet in London. I've been visiting FP ever since the 1980s for my...
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Jamie Russell
- Jan 25
- 1 min
Skywake on the shortlist for the York Book Award 2022
These are some of the most acclaimed children's books of last year... and also my book Skywake! Absolutely honoured to be in company like...
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Jamie Russell
- Jan 25
- 1 min
Skywake on the British Science Fiction Association Awards Longlist!
Thrilled that SkyWake Invasion has been nominated for the longlist of the British Science Fiction Awards. As a lifelong sci-fi fan, this...
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Jamie Russell
- Dec 8, 2021
- 1 min
Skywake Battlefield cover reveal
Book 2 in the Skywake series is landing on 7 April and today I got to reveal this eye-popping cover by James Fraser. I know you can't...
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Jamie Russell
- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
Skywake on the Shropshire Bookfest shortlist!
So excited that Skywake Invasion has made it onto the shortlist of 6 books for the 2022 Shropshire Bookfest Award, whittled down from...
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Jamie Russell
- Oct 4, 2021
- 1 min
SKYWAKE in the Great Books Guide 2021
SKYWAKE picked for Booktrust's Great Books Guide 2021
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Jamie Russell
- Sep 27, 2021
- 1 min
SKYWAKE nominated for Bookfest Shropshire 2022
SKYWAKE nominated for the Bookfest Shropshire 2022 Book Award
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Jamie Russell
- Sep 16, 2021
- 1 min
SkyWake Selected For BookTrust School Library Pack
Absolutely blown away to see SkyWake selected for the BookTrust School Library Pack for 2021/2022. It's in the 'Future Classics' category...
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Jamie Russell
- Sep 6, 2021
- 1 min
Talking Books & Games with Time Out Dubai
One of the weird things about publishing a book is that you have to talk about yourself ALL THE TIME... whether you want to or not....
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Jamie Russell
- Sep 1, 2021
- 1 min
Signing Books in Shrewsbury
Just me and David Walliams hanging out in my local Waterstones branch :) I signed a few copies when I popped in the other day (of SkyWake...
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Jamie Russell
- Aug 3, 2021
- 1 min
Making Movies
After eight years, three shorts, and numerous near misses, this is my debut feature film... So excited. Look at that cast!...
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Jamie Russell
- Jul 24, 2021
- 1 min
Lovely mini review in the i newspaper
"If any book can get between kids and their screens, it's this one." Not many children's books get national press exposure, so I was...
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Jamie Russell
- Jul 7, 2021
- 1 min
Virtual School Visits
The downside of launching a book for young readers in July is that school is almost out. Fortunately, I've been able to sneak in a couple...
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Jamie Russell
- Jul 1, 2021
- 1 min
SKYWAKE: INVASION launches!
After a *long* wait (thanks a bunch Covid), SKYWAKE: INVASION is now out in bookshops. I had such a brilliant launch - cheered on by...
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