R.B. Russell


R.B. Russell


R.B. Russell is an English publisher,[1] editor, author,[2] illustrator,[3] songwriter,[4] and film maker.[5]

Biography

Russell runs the award-winning Tartarus Press with Rosalie Parker, and for many years compiled the Guide to First Edition Prices.[6] As an author he has had four collections of short stories, three novellas and one novel published. His story "Loup-garou" was chosen for Ellen Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year. "In Hiding" was nominated for the 2010 World Fantasy Award,[7] and "The Beautiful Room" for the 2011 British Fantasy Award.[8] Michael Dirda has described Russell as "...among the leading practitioners of classic supernatural fiction".[9]

His novella, Bloody Baudelaire, has been filmed by 3:1 Cinema with the new title Backgammon and was released 2016.[10]

He contributes artwork to Tartarus Press titles, and a selection of his art was on display at the Link Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax, 2010/11.

Russell is also a songwriter, having previously composed songs released by The Bollweevils.[11] His first solo CD, Ghosts,[12] was released by Klanggalerie in February 2012. The accompanying video presentation was premiered in Vienna in March 2012,[13] and was subsequently shown at Dean Clough Galleries October 2012.[14] Dean Clough Galleries presented The Romance of Shortwave Radio Numbers Stations as a video installation in 2018.[15]

Russell was the co-creator of C.W. Blubberhouse with Mark Valentine.

Writing

Guide to First Edition Prices

  • Eight editions, Tartarus Press, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 & 2010.

Short stories

  • Putting the Pieces in Place, Ex Occidente Press (Bucharest, Romania), 2009.[16]
  • Literary Remains, PS Publishing (Hornsea, East Yorkshire), 2010.[17]
  • Leave Your Sleep, PS Publishing (Hornsea, East Yorkshire), 2012.
  • Death Makes Strangers of Us All, Swan River Press (Dublin, Ireland), 2018.

Novellas

  • Bloody Baudelaire, Ex Occidente Press (Bucharest, Romania), 2009.[18]
  • The Dark Return of Time, Swan River Press (Dublin, Ireland), 2014.
  • The Stones are Singing, PS Publishing (Hornsea, East Yorkshire), 2016.

Novel

  • She Sleeps, PS Publishing (Hornsea, East Yorkshire), 2017.

Collected Edition

  • Ghosts, Swan River Press (Dublin, Ireland), 2012. (Contains Putting the Pieces in Place and Bloody Baudelaire. Available with Ghosts CD in a limited edition.)

Translation

Music

  • Ghosts, Klanggalerie (Austria), 2012.
  • Bloody Baudelaire: A Soundtrack, Klanggalerie (Austria), 2014.[20]
  • The Romance of Shortwave Radio Numbers Stations, Persepolis, 2016.[21]

Film/video

  • Backgammon, 2016 (co-scriptwriter)
  • Coverdale: A Year in the Life, 2016 (co-director/producer)[22][23]
  • Robert Aickman: Author of Strange Tales, 2015 (co-director/producer)[24]
  • Current 93: Live at Halifax Minster, 2014 (co-director/producer)[25]
  • Collecting Vinyl Records: A Personal History, 2012 (director/producer)[26]
  • A Mild Case of Bibliomania, 2011 (director/producer)[27]

Further reading

  • "An Interview with R.B. Russell", by John Kenny, Swan River Press Interviews May, 2012.
  • "An Interview with R.B. Russell", by Jason Rolfe, Bibliomancy Tuesday, 7 February 2012.
  • "An Interview with Ray Russell", by Everett Bleiler, Fantasy Commentator, Winter 2001-2002, pps.97-100.
  • "Uncollected Characters of the Book World: 5", by Victoria Hyde-Greene, Antiquarian Book Monthly, May 1999, pps8-9.

References

  1. ↑ Tartarus Press website
  2. ↑ isfdb entry
  3. ↑ Illustrations by Russell
  4. ↑ Discogs entry
  5. ↑ imdb entry
  6. ↑ "Review" by Robert McCrum, Literary Editor, The Observer, 14/11/99
  7. ↑ World Fantasy Awards 2010 Archived 27 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ British Fantasy Awards 2010
  9. ↑ Dirda's Reading Room, The Washington Post, May 2012
  10. ↑ IMDb entry
  11. ↑ Discogs entry for Talk To Me
  12. ↑ Ghosts page at Discogs
  13. ↑ Ghosts CD and videos launch
  14. ↑ What's On at Dean Clough
  15. ↑ Raymond Russell: The Romance of Short Wave Radio Numbers Stations
  16. ↑ Ellen Datlow, The Best Horror of the Year, Night Shade Books, 2010, p.21.
  17. ↑ Peter Bell, Supernatural Tales 18, Autumn 2010, pp3 82-83.
  18. ↑ Publishers Weekly, 25 August 2009.
  19. ↑ "A Bird Was Learning Its Song," by Adrian Tahourdin, Times Literary Supplement, 21 May 1999.
  20. ↑ Bloody Baudelaire: A Soundtrack page at Discogs
  21. ↑ The Romance of Shortwave Radio Numbers Stations page at Discogs
  22. ↑ Northern Echo report of premiere
  23. ↑
  24. ↑ Film maker's webpage for Robert Aickman: Author of Strange Tales
  25. ↑ Film maker's webpage for Current 93: Live at Halifax Minster
  26. ↑ Film maker's webpage for Collecting Vinyl Records: A Personal History
  27. ↑ Film maker's webpage for A Mild Case of Bibliomania
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