A special RUNT edition

THE TRAILER IS FINALLY HERE !!!

Dearest Readers,

A few years ago I read Craig Silvey’s novel ‘Honeybee’ for the first time and it moved me in ways I can’t possibly try and articulate here. After reading of the book I shoved it into Jamie’s hands and demanded he MAKE THE FILM.

If you haven’t read this book, respectfully, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

Unfortunately the rights had already sold but the reach out to Craig prompted another discussion about a script he had in the works called ‘RUNT’.

The rest, my friends, is history.

Today the trailer for RUNT came out and it feels like a really beautiful full circle moment for our whole community. We launched the book back in 2022 with Craig’s family and friends and oh how far we’ve come since then !

Craig is a great writer but, more importantly, he makes the best carbonara.

Strangers are always quite impressed when I tell them my husband works in film but what people don’t usually see are the extremely unglamorous parts of production. The late night phone calls and long days on set aren’t exactly sexy to talk about, but all par for the course in this industry.

Jamie spent 4 months away from us last year and it was NOT easy. Thank god for Facetime (where we saw that Jamie adopted a kind of cowboy alter ego with his akubra hat on set. )

Round ‘em up! (he’s gonna kill me for posting this mwahahahah)

Not happy Jan.

Friends often joke I am a #filmwidow but it feels worth it on days like these when I can share the magic with everyone. I was in Lennon’s classroom teaching this morning when the trailer came out. You can IMAGINE the excitement and the pride shining from little Lenny’s face.

Here’s the trailer :

(photos taken at Open Book #sponsored #ourchairs #claimtofame #shoplocal #dog)

The amount of times I have heard the song ‘Run to Paradise’ should be illegal

Jamie, if you are reading this I am very proud of you.

Craig, surely this dedicated #craigsilvey post entitles me to a huge bowl of carbonara?

Allen & Unwin, I love you and thank you for making this book so beautiful and getting it into kids hands. You are awesome. Especially Ange - rockstar queen!

Make sure you take EVERYONE you know to the cinema in September so I can keep selling books LOL.

Happy Reading! (of #craigsilvey’s books)

Jess

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