• Cirque Du Wordle!

    18 March 2022

    I'm by no means addicted to Wordle, but I do have a crack at it most days, if I remember. I mostly get it in three tries, sometimes four, though occasionally I'll run to five or even all six -- and...

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  • St Patrick’s Day audio question

    17 March 2022

    Happy St Patrick's Day from all the Shan gang in Ireland!!! Mrs Shan and I took the kids to the Aquadome in Tralee this morning, which is why today's post is so late. It only re-opened on Tuesday,...

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  • A slippery Slide to old reviews

    16 March 2022

    While I always try to release reviews for my books around the same time that those books go on sale, sometimes one gets a bit waylaid, and sits as a link in the BLOG folder on my PC a bit longer...

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  • Tattoo Tuesday - Morgan’s baaaacccccckkkkkkk!!!

    15 March 2022

    A fan called Morgan probably already owns the world title of Bearer Of The Most Tattoos Based On Darren Shan Characters, but he's added another one to his growing collection, keen to break his own...

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  • World Book Day 2022 roundup

    14 March 2022

    I did LOADS of school events in the week or two either side of World Book Day this year. I haven't gone out on the road around World Book Day in a long, LONG time, but Zoom and Teams makes it so...

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  • Name that berry!

    13 March 2022

    As I do on most Sundays, I've rounded up some Shan clan photos from the last several months.

     

    The first was taken on our holiday to Cork last summer, and features my daughter Gaia and Mrs Shan....

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