• Al Wrote a Moll

    06 December 2021

    As many of you are no doubt already aware, I write books for adults under the name of Darren Dash (having publishing some under the Darren Shan name many years ago). I've been rather quiet on that...

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  • The neverending summer

    05 December 2021

    I still have quite a few photos in my New Photos folder dating back to the summer months, that I'm slowly sharing across a seemingly neverending array of Sunday Shan Clan posts. Mrs Shan likes to...

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  • Darren and Steve through the ages

    04 December 2021

    A fan of my Cirque Du Freak series on Twitter, called Kanda, has been drawing a lot of fan art inspred by the books recently. Four of them took Darren and Steve as their subject matter, and taken...

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  • Shannish Bookshelves

    03 December 2021

    People always seem to enjoy it when I post photos of bookshelves that fans have shared with me, so here's another four to admire/envy/frown at/roll your eyes at/shake your head at/nod your head...

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  • Mr Ripley’s Enchanted Books

    02 December 2021

    There's a fun "battle" currently taking place over on Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books. Every year for the last dozen years, Mr Ripley picks a wide variety of covers from children's books, and invites...

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  • Shanville Monthly - Christmas 2021 issue

    01 December 2021

    The Christmas issue of my Shanville Monthly newsletter just went live online. It contains all the latest Darren Shan news and updates from the last thirty days, including hot-off-the-press info...

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