Ballybunion in July part 2
29 January 2023In a companion piece to last Sunday's set of photos, here are four more snaps of the Shans taken on a day trip to Ballybunion beach back in July.
In the first, after a busy morning racing...
Archie by Emi
28 January 2023A VERY artistically talented Shanster called EMI has drawn some artwork based on my Archibald Lox series. As I've said before, although I love seeing artwork based on ANY of my books, I'm...
Libraries and Manga
26 January 2023My son Dante is starting to get in manga. He's a very strong reader, and reads books too (I wonder where he got THOSE genes from?!?), but he's developing a real love for manga, which I'm delighted...
Brittany, B and the Circus
25 January 2023A Shanster by the name of BRITTANY messaged me on Facebook yesterday to say she was reading my Zom-B series. She noted a couple of things which I thought were worth sharing.
1) She said, "I...
La Biblioteca de Mictlán
23 January 2023There was a LONG Spanish language review of my Saga Of Darren Shan / Cirque Du Freak books a while back, on the site La Biblioteca de Mictlán. It includes a lengthy summation of the series, and the...
Ballybunion in July
22 January 2023On a grey, wet January Sunday, it's nice to cast my thoughts back to a sunny Monday in July when the Shans decided at the last minute to pop along to Ballybunion (our nearest beach) on a day trip.
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