Shanville Monthly - October 2023
03 October 2023The Halloween edition of my online monthly newsletter is now live. All the latest Darren Shan news and updates, including the cover and pre-order links for Father Of The Future (my next book for...
Armfield Academy Library
03 October 2023The librarians in Armfield Academy in the UK clearly have excellent taste in books -- they've made me their author of the month, as you can see from this Twitter post of theirs. Hurrah!!! Hopefully...
Phoenix Project Lord Loss
02 October 2023I've read out lots of different scenes from mine at events over the years, but the two I've done WAY more than any other are the scene in Cirque Du Freak when the wolf man bites off a woman's hand...
Bookbub tie-in deal
29 September 2023I ran a BookBub promo for the first Archibald Lox eBook earlier this week, and it's given the book a BIG boost. As you can see from the attached screenshots of various Amazon charts, it got to the...
Best opening lines
29 September 2023An article was published in the UK recently, listing the best opening lines of a book as voted for by 2000 readers in a poll. I agree with the number 1 choice -- Dickens' brilliant opening to A...
Phantasmagoria website
27 September 2023The latest issue of PHANTASMAGORIA magazine is now on sale through the magazine's website. It contains a long, wide-ranging interview with ME, a special focus on the original King Kong movie, and...