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

Our podcast bookshop in Ireland is Halfway Up the Stairs: www.halfwayupthestairs.ie. You might also like to check out www.kennys.ie for free shipping within the Republic of Ireland!

In the UK, check out our storefront on: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyshaped. Disclaimer: If you buy books linked to our site, we may earn a commission from bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookshops.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.