Creative education
06 May 2019The students at Team Kolbe House are studying Cirque Du Freak, and were challenged to come up with adverts for a vampire's assistant. You can see their wonderfully creative responses in the photo....
Ghoulish Grannies
05 May 2019My son Dante adores his two grandmothers, and hopefully his baby sister Gaia will too as she grows up and gets to know them better. (Assuming they don't shuffle on off to Vampire Paradise any time...
From manga to cartoon
04 May 2019A fan called Numie decided to do a cartoon-style drawing of Darren and Mr Crepsley from my Cirque Du Freak books, inspired by a panel in the manga series drawn by the wonderful Takahiro Arai. I...
Edinbugh Book Festival
03 May 2019Edinburgh is a beautiful, majestic city, worth a visit any time of the year, but it's especially worth visiting in August, when the Edinburgh International Book Festival runs for three glorious...
Shanville Monthly
01 May 2019It's the start of a new month, which means... a new issue of the Shanville Monthly! For those unfamiliar with it, this is a monthly newsletter in which I round up the main bits of Darren Shan (and...
Tattoo Tuesday
30 April 2019I have another Tattoo Tuesday post for you, and this one will make your hair singe! It was sent to me by a fan called Chloe, who wanted to immortalise Mr Tiny, and the control he exercised over...