Category Archives: Taken Away/Into The Grey

Octocon 2016 : schedule and sales room

I’ll be at a guest at Octocon  again this weekend! In case you don’t know, Octocon is a SFF convention held in Dublin – and one of the very few I feel comfortable attending. It’s small, friendly, and very creative-oriented which means it features a … Continue reading

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Animated BookCover INTO THE GREY

To celebrate INTO THE GREY being £1.09 as part of the Kindle spring sale, I made a little animated bookcover. Sadly I can’t share the swf here, so I made this wee AVI of it. Hope you like it 😀 … Continue reading

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Halloween Giveaway (Resonance & Into the Grey)

DEADLINE EXTENDED DUE TO MY OWN LAZINESS. STILL INKING PRIZE ARTWORK! My dear hearts, The time of long nights and foggy evenings is upon us. What better time to win a scary, scary book! As you know, Resonance hasn’t yet … Continue reading

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Fantastic Review for Into the Grey: The Philadelphia Inquirer

Into the Grey review, Philadelphia Inquirer, Sun Oct 05 2014 Lots of YA writers are trying their hand at supernatural fiction these days. You should see the bookshelves here at The Inquirer: Practically every other book has some wannabe-spooky, Twilight-looking image … Continue reading

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Terrific BCCB Review for Into the Grey

Another wonderful review for Into the Grey. This time from The Bulletin of the Centre for Children’s Books (October edition) Thrilled to be getting such great support from the teachers and librarians and children’s book community of the US (NOTE: … Continue reading

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Into the Grey Audio Book

This week sees the release of Into the Grey in the US and Canada. Sometime in the next week or so I’ll be doing an international giveaway of the glorious Candlewick Press hardback edition (see left – what a cover!) … Continue reading

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More terrific Into the Grey Reviews (USA)

Many thanks to my American publishers, Candlewick, for sharing these with me. The first is from American Library Association magazine, Booklist. The second is from library review journal, VOYA. Into the Grey. Kiernan, Celine (Author) Aug 2014. 304 p. Candlewick, hardcover,  $16.99. … Continue reading

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Lovely Into the Grey review from Carousel Magazine

Another lovely review of Into the Grey, this time from Carousel: The Guide to Children’s Books. Many thanks to my eds at Walker UK for forwarding this to me: Into the Grey Walker(eB) £6.99 ISBN 978-1406347326 After Nan accidentally burns … Continue reading

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Another lovely review for Into the Grey

To go with last week’s USA School Library Journal review, Walker have sent me a scan of this lovely UK School Librarian magazine review of Into the Grey: Kiernan, Celine. Into the Grey Walker. 2013. £6.99. 978 1 40634 732 6 … Continue reading

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Terrific SLJ Review for Into the Grey

Another lovely review for Into the Grey (aka Taken Away) This time from the School Library Journal. Kiernan, Celine. Into the Grey Candlewick. Aug. 2014. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9780763670610. LC 2013952836. Gr 7 Up–Set in Ireland in the early 1970s, this … Continue reading

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