Since it was World Book Day yesterday, I thought I'd give a shout out to my World Book Day novella -- KOYASAN. I wrote it for World Book Day back in 2006, and it introduced a lot of new readers to...

It's World Book Day!!

First up, you can check out videos of me and 152 (that's right -- one hundred and fifty-two!!!) other authors wishing everyone a Happy World Book Day. It's been put...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about The Mystery of the Missing Legs, which related to a missing image from the spine of one of the UK editions of my Saga Of Larten Crepsley books. Today, in a...

I was interviewed by Spin South West at the weekend, for one of their Spin Ar Scoil (that's Gaelic for Spin At School) podcasts. The podcasts are recorded for and aimed primarily at secondary...

The March issue of my Shanville Monthly newsletter went live today, with all the latest Darren Shan news and updates. It's a real mixed bag of articles this month, everything from a manga to a song...

"Mud, mud, glorious mud..."

There's nothing the feral Shan children love more than setting out in the morning after a big downpour, finding some muddy puddles, and leaping and squelching around...