Generation Icarus #2: Take Flight has won a Notable Book Award from the Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust, identifying it as one of the 10 best books published for teenagers in NZ in 2018. Congratulations to the other worthy winners! #TakeFlight #review #award

The Russian edition of Air Born, released earlier in 2018 by Arkadia, is currently averaging ratings more than 9 stars out of 10 on Russian book selling websites! Click the screenshot below to see the listing for yourself! Screenshot taken 21 June 2018. #GenerationIcarus #AirBorn #internationaleditions #Russiantranslation

Following the great success of J L Pawley's visit to Howick College, a wonderful article was published about it in the Botany & Ormiston Times and the Howick & Pakuranga Times in East Auckland. "Geraldine Jamieson, English teacher and supporter of the school’s creative writing group, said it was a school trip to the recent Auckland Writers Festival that spurred her to set up the visit. 'The students were so intrigued by Pawley’s presentation (and her wings of course) that w

J L Pawley and Steam Press are thrilled to announce the title and cover for Air Born's sequel: The Flight will be launching again in Auckland during August 2018. #news #GenerationIcarus #mediarelease #TakeFlight

“I totally connected with the pre-flight suspense, and heart-stopping opening sequences of Air Born. ... The story flows well with appropriate pace, and includes: entertaining banter, teenage angst, and crushes. ... If you’ve ever wished you could fly, then I strongly recommend you read ‘Air Born’.” Read the full review here, by WJ Scott, Award Winning Children’s Author #review #GenerationIcarus #AirBorn

An in-depth interview with Jessica was published in the Weekend Herald on Saturday, marking her debut in national print news media. The full text is available to read online for free here. #Interview #news #Newspaper #AirBorn #GenerationIcarus

Air Born is listed in The Sapling's top 5 NZ teen books for 2017. #Review #AirBorn #GenerationIcarus

NZ literary fixture and prominent member of the national book publishing community, Graham Beattie, featured Air Born on his blog. #AirBorn #mediarelease #GenerationIcarus

Steam Press and J L Pawley appeared at the Auckland Armageddon Expo over the weekend of 20-23 October to sell and promote Air Born....

Not only was it J L Pawley's debut newspaper interview, it was featured on the front page! Read the text online in full here. #news #Newspaper #Frontpage #AirBorn #GenerationIcarus #Interview

Read the North Shore Times / Stuff.co.nz article here. #interview #GenerationIcarus #AirBorn #onlinemedia

View Jess's first-ever prime time interview on NZ's current events show Seven Sharp, broadcast on Friday 13 October, 2017. #AirBorn #GenerationIcarus #interview #tv #cosplay #wings #onlinemedia #video #news

Listen to J L Pawley's first-ever live interview, broadcast on Radio NZ with Jesse Mulligan on the 1-4 afternoon show, at 1.30pm on Friday 13 October, 2017. #interview #AirBorn #GenerationIcarus #radio #onlinemedia

On Tuesday 10 October 2017, Jess's debut TV interview was broadcast on NZ's channel Three, on the morning show The Cafe, hosted by Mike Puru and Melanie Homer. #interview #tv #video #AirBorn #GenerationIcarus #onlinemedia

J L Pawley's first Q & A interview is published by NZ Booklovers #GenerationIcarus #AirBorn #interview #QA

Massey University's media release about graduate Jessica Pawley. #GenerationIcarus #AirBorn #mediarelease

The first online review for Air Born, featured on the NZ Booklovers website. "Air Born is the first in a new young adult series, Generation Icarus, which is perfectly pitched to its target audience with compelling characters, a fantastic page-turning plot and taut, well-paced writing. It is action-adventure from start to finish, and a very enjoyable read. I’m looking forward to reading the rest of the books in this series as they publish." - Karen McKenzie #AirBorn #Generat

View the recorded livestream of Air Born's official launch party at Takapuna Library on Auckland's North Shore, on Saturday 23 September 2017. #GenerationIcarus #AirBorn #video #launch