Since it's Mother's Day (in Ireland anyway, though I know it gets celebrated on different dates in different countries) I figured I'd put Mrs Shan to the fore in today's family photos, especially...

Vancha March always loves it when I feature fan art of him -- he's such a vain old Prince! And he's especially thrilled with these four pieces, as (in his view) they artfully capture him in all his...

I'm going to be making a VERY rare public appearance at the Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival on Saturday, April 30th, at 2pm. https://theamelia.co.uk/tw-lit-fest/darren-shan/

For 16 years I...

A blogger called T.S. Hathaway recently reviewed all 12 books in my Saga Of Darren Shan / Cirque Du Freak series. I appreciate the difficulties involved with reviewing a long series like this --...

It's another Tattoo Tuesday!!

This one comes to us courtesy of a fan called Luis, who opted for my most-tattooed quote, but beautifully presented -- this tattooist was clearly paying attention...

A vlogger called Raymond posted a nice, 14 minute video last year (sorry for the late share!!) in which he looked at both the novels of my Cirque Du Freak series, plus the manga adaptation of them....