Easter in Vampire Mountain
04 April 2021While most of you probably engaged in nothing more taxing than an Easter Egg hunt this weekend, the Shans decided to take a quick little trip to Vampire Mountain, to deliver a bag full of chocolate...
When the Sky Falls
03 April 2021I've been a fan of Phil Earle's work for a long while now, and ten years after Being Billy marked him out as a top author in the YA field, When The Sky Falls should catapult him into a whole new...
Life’s unexpected jump cuts
02 April 2021I re-listened to all the Pink Floyd albums last week (except Ummagumma, because life's too short), and was struck by the quantum leap the band made with their eighth album, Dark Side Of The Moon....
International Shan Station!
01 April 2021I have two interconnected pieces of incredible news stories to share with you today, concerning two amazing adventures which I'm getting involved with later this year, both of which started, as all...
Evelyn’s Casket take a trip to the Cirque Du Freak
31 March 2021A horrorpunk band called Evelyn's Casket has recorded a song called Cirque Du Freak, inspired by my book called... well, I think that's fairly obvious! :-)
This is a really catchy little...
The Cirque Du Freak is moving…
30 March 2021The Cirque Du Freak movie is doing a bit of a hokey cokey in the USA in April. Basically, you will be able to watch it on Netflix up until April 12, at which point it is being dropped by Netflix......