Greylands

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Greylands

Greylands first edition cover.
Author Isobelle Carmody
Country Australia
Language English
Genre Fantasy
Publisher Puffin Books
Publication date
 1 September 1997
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 175 pp (first edition)
ISBN 0-14-038749-8

Greylands is a 1997 young-adult novel by Isobelle Carmody. It follows the story of Jack who in order to come to terms with his mother's death writes a story in which he enters another world where he confronts his fears and finds answers to his questions.[1] In 2012, Greylands was self-published into an ebook and republished by Ford Street Publishing.[2]

Background

Greylands was first published in Australia on 1 September 1997 by Puffin Books in trade paperback format.[3] In 1998 it was published as an audiobook by Louis Braille Books.[4] Greylands was a joint winner, along with Catherine Jinks' Eye to Eye, of the 1997 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel.[5]

Synopsis

Jack and his sister Ellen are suffering in the aftermath of their mother's death, which has caused their father to withdraw into himself. There is some unsolved mystery which Jack tries to explore. To him, the mystery has something to do with the "greylands", a world on the other side of his mirror. Much of the action takes place in these greylands, where Jack meets a strange girl and discovers that his soul is at risk. The adventure is described from Jack's point of view, and within the context of the novel may be a true account of his experiences or a story he is inventing.

Movie

Isobelle Carmody herself is writing the screenplay to a movie adaptation, which will be produced by Tara Morice.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Greylands / Isobelle Carmody". Amlib. Retrieved 2010-01-25. 
  2. ↑ http://www.fordstreetpublishing.com/ford/index.php/ford-street-titles/196-greylands
  3. ↑ "Bibliography: Greylands". ISFDB. Retrieved 2010-01-25. 
  4. ↑ "Formats and Editions of Greylands". WorldCat. Retrieved 2010-01-25. 
  5. ↑ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1998 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 2010-01-25. 
  6. ↑ Hawker, Phillipa (10 October 2013). "New money could bring another Ned to our screens". The Age. Retrieved 11 October 2013. 

External links

Short stories
  • "Roaches" (Into the Future, 1991)
  • "Long Live the Giant!" (The Lottery: Nine Science Fiction Stories, 1994)
  • "A Splinter of Darkness" (Dark House, 1995)
  • "Green Monkey Dreams" (Green Monkey Dreams, 1995)
  • "The Keystone" (Dream Weavers, 1996)
  • "The Man Who Lost His Shadow (Dreaming Down-Under, 1998)
  • "Guinevere, or the Sleeping of Beauty" (The Road to Camelot, 2002)
  • "The Dove Game" (Gathering the Bones, 2003)
  • "Santorini" (Kids' Night In 2, 2005)
  • "Perchance to Dream" (Dreaming Again, 2008)
  • "The Stranger" (Exotic Gothic 2, 2009)
Collections
  • Green Monkey Dreams (1996)
  • This Way Out: Five Plays (1998)
  • Metro Winds (May 2012)
Picture books
  • Dreamwalker (2000)
  • Wildheart (2002)
  • Journey From the Centre of the Earth (2003)
  • The Wrong Thing (2006)
  • Night School (2010)
Gateway trilogy
  • Billy Thunder and the Night Gate (2000)
  • The Winter Door (2003)
  • Firecat's Dream (forthcoming)
The Kingdom of the Lost
  • The Red Wind (2010)
The Legend of Little Fur
  • Little Fur (2005)
  • A Fox Called Sorrow (2006)
  • A Mystery of Wolves (2007)
  • A Riddle of Green (2008)
Legendsong Saga
Obernewtyn Chronicles
Miscellaneous


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