• CILIP interview

    16 June 2020

    A new interview with me appeared on CILIP (the UK's library and information association website) just before the weekend. I discuss my new Archibald Lox series, the difficulties of world-building...

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  • Surreal Horror: A Seven-Book Starter Pack

    15 June 2020

    As a lifelong lover of the horror genre (surprise!) I'm always on the lookout for new angles. Sure, it's still fun just to be scared or grossed out if it's done in an entertaining way, but what I...

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  • A Sunday stroll with the Shans, continued

    14 June 2020

    I posted some photos last Sunday of the Shan clan out on a Sunday constitutional back in mid April. These photos hail from than same walk, when we went down a boreen (a narrow old Irish road) to...

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  • Four faces of a vampire and his assistant

    13 June 2020

    While artistic Shansters often draw individual pictures of Darren Shan and (especially) Mr Crepsley, they also quite often frame the two of them together, since they were such a closeknit team in...

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  • Harry Potter wannabes

    12 June 2020

    There was an interesting article on Screen Rant a while back, about 10 YA book series that were adapted into movies but failed to enjoy anywhere near the kind of success of the Harry Potter and...

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  • Your choice of freaky FREE audio books

    11 June 2020

    I've posted before about the audio version of Cirque Du Freak that's been shared with students by the staff (and their friends) of Court Fields School. I would normally never officially allow...

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