HEATHER made this amazing Cirque Du Freak tent cake for her best friend's birthday last year, and wants to create some just as Shantastically special this year -- BUT she's coming up a bit short on...

I've shared lots of photos of the Shan clan's summer holiday to London. We're almost at the end of their run, but here are four more harking back to warmer, drier days.

The first was taken on July...

Cirque Du Freak fan art... good.

But Cirque Du Freak fan... art of Harkat Mulds even... better!!

Thank you to the four... talented Shansters who drew me so... lovingly. I've seldom looked...

I've featured photos of lots of different types of bookshelves over the last several months, but today I'm keeping things clean and simple -- a single shelf, with lots of Darren Shan books stacked...

He's back!!

As he does every year, SHANTA CLAUS returns to my website for a strictly limited appearance. I first wrote my "Shanta Claus" story more than 20 years ago, to tie in with the release of...

I was absolutely delighted to see Archibald Lox and the Legion of the Lost get a wonderful mention from fellow author Dave Jeffery on Facebook, as one of his favourite books of 2022: ...