A defibrillation for the adult mind
17 August 2019While I usually highlight articles that relate to Darren Shan on this page -- since it is, after all, a Darren Shan page -- I also like to sometimes just link to things that caught my attention and...
Top 5 Book Geordie books
16 August 2019I've always been a fan of Top 5 and Top 10 lists, whether they're to do with books, films, bands, albums, etc -- it's interesting to see how people rate and rank things, and if nothing else, they...
Just one week to go!
15 August 2019Fans who are planning to come see in Edinburgh this year should be getting excited, because there's just ONE WEEK left until my event at the Edinburgh Book Festival on Thursday 22nd August at...
The passing freaky years
14 August 2019A little follow-up (of sorts) to yesterday's post about Evra Von. A fan of the Cirque Du Freak manga called Pendex sent me this collage a while back, illustrating how intriguingly the characters of...
The cult of Evra Von
13 August 2019I've often spoken here about the cult of Evra Von. Although Evra was an important character in books 2 and 3 of The Saga Of Darren Shan / Cirque Du Freak (and again, further down the story line), I...
Nobody’s perfect
12 August 2019I'm a huge fan of Billy Wilder, the movie writer and director who made such classics as Sunset Blvd, Stalag 17, and Some Like It Hot. I only recently saw a photo of his headstone, and I love it! As...