If you're thinking of getting a tattoo for Christmas inspired by a Darren Shan book, this Tattoo Tuesday snap sent in by a fan called Morgan should give you plenty of room for thought -- to borrow...

Ho! Ho!! Ho!!! It's that time of year again, when Shanta Claus pays a visit to my web site!

I wrote a fun, short yuletide story many years ago, featuring some of the characters from my first...

We're big on swimming in the Shan family. We introduced Dante to a pool when he was just a few months old, and we've done the same with Gaia. They both love being in the water, and as proof, we...

The "Red Wall" of the Labour Party crumbled during the election in the UK on Thursday, but in a show of sympathy for lovers of all things scarlet, it's a wall of red here in Shanville this...

Darren [typing] -- This saved me the task of writing a post today -- thanks, Rebecca! :-)

The Literary Connoisseur [typing] -- "Is this a book review?? Is Rebecca from The Literary Connoisseur...

I've been lucky enough to have been sent an awful lot of fan art over the years, so there's not much on that front that can surprise me any more. At least, that's what I thought, until I was sent...