• My celebrity stalker!

    13 January 2012

    Help!! I'm being stalked by Jacqueline Wilson!!! She seems to follow me everywhere I go, to the theatre, underground on the Tube... is there to be no escape for poor, unfortunate Darren Shan?!?!?...

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  • Some of my favourite things… in 2011

    08 January 2012

    Although I included a quick round-up of work-related highlights from 2011 in the January issue of the Shanville Monthly, I didn't talk about any of my cultural highlights of the year. So here...

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  • The Forgotten Blogger

    01 January 2012

    Happy New Year, everybody! And welcome to my first blog of 2012 -- and, if my recent blogging schedule is anything to go by, it will quite possibly be one of a rare breed this year!! I'm well...

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  • Shanta Claus!!

    21 December 2011

    My Shanta Claus story, which I post for a week or two every Christmas, is online NOW!! I plan to remove it again before the New Year, so hurry on and read it quickly before you miss this year's...

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  • Better than you think

    25 November 2011

    I've been busy editing all 12 of the "Zom-B" books over the last few weeks. I've finished first drafts of all 12 books already, but I like to spread the editing process out over a few years,...

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  • Irish Book Awards

    13 November 2011

    If you're Irish, this is the last day (Sunday 13th) that you can vote for "Ocean of Blood" in the Irish Book Awards. If you haven't done so already, please vote for it now, and ask any of your...

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