We were beside ourselves with glee this week as we sat for a chat with the brilliant Celine Kiernan, an artist who has been influencing - and Storyshaping - our lives since way before she began writing her brilliant children's books. Celine's career began in the animation industry, where she was part of the team who brought the world such incredible tales as The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go To Heaven, An American Tail, and more - and we got the pleasure of chatting to her about that time in her life, as well as her own work, and the stories which have shaped her incredible literary and artistic output. This one was super-special. Come and join us, won't you? Somewhere out there...
Books mentioned in this week's episode include Celine's own:
The Moorehawke Trilogy (The Poison Throne, The Crowded Shadows, The Rebel Prince)
Into the Grey
The Wild Magic Trilogy (Begone the Raggedy Witches, The Little Grey Girl, The Promise Witch)
Resonance
And the stories that shaped her include:
Twinkle, a periodical comic and annual
Little Grey Men, by BB
Down the Bright Stream, by BB
The Yearling, by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The Borrowers, by Mary Norton
Judy magazine
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, by Alan Garner
The Moon of Gomrath, by Alan Garner
The Mouse and his Child, by Russell Hoban
Riddley Walker, by Russell Hoban
Water Babies, by Charles Kingsley
Something Wicked this Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
The Doll House (later, Tottie) by Rumer Godden
Ned Kelly and the City of the Bees, by Thomas Kenneally
The work of Raymond Chandler
The work of John Steinbeck
The work of Charles Dickens
The work of Ernest Hemingway
The short stories of Moira McHugh
Brides of Rollrock Island, by Margo Lanagan
Tender Morsels, by Margo Lanagan
Savage Her Reply, by Deirdre Sullivan
Tangleweed and Brine, by Deirdre Sullivan
Piranesi, by Susannah Clarke
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, by Susannah Clarke
The Small Hand: A Ghost Story, by Susan Hill
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