I've drawn the winners of my February competition, and the lucky Shansters out of the virtual hat, in the order drawn, are:

Ashley Nicole Regan, USA.

Lori Rergerson, USA.

Sophie Pearce, UK.

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Can you think of a better Valentine's Day present for the special Shanster in your life than a signed, dated copy of Volume 2 of the Cirque Du Freak manga omnibus?!? This Volume includes Book 3,...

Back in the summer, the Shans (with Bapcia, Mrs Shan's mother) headed for Limerick's brand new Greenway, a 40 kilometre smooth path through the countryside, built over an old, disused railway line,...

22 years after he was first unleashed on an unsuspecting world in Cirque Du Freak, the snakeboy Evra Von continues to be an extremely popular character among budding artists. Here are four of the...

There was an interesting article on the Culturess web site a while back, entitled Book Series Could Benefit More From Television Adaptations (as opposed to movie adaptations). The thrust of the...

When Cirque Du Freak was first published in the UK, my publishers were very worried that lots of teachers and librarians would rise up in a furious wave to condemn it -- although Goosebumps and...