Last October, the Shans headed to England for a short holiday, mainly to see family, but we also squeezed in quite a lot of activities too while we were there.

In the first photo, we pay a...

I feature fan art in most of my Saturday posts, and today's no different, except for one crucial twist -- I'm declaring this a Ladies' Day and only including drawings of feisty females!!

The...

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...

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,...

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...

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...