• Black Friday - Archibald Lox SALES!

    23 November 2021

    To tie in with Black Friday, I've decided to heavily reduce the price of the eBook of Archibald Lox And The Missing Princess, which is the Volume One omnibus edition of my Archibald Lox series. For...

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  • Carleton High online event

    22 November 2021

    I did a highly enjoyable online event with a lot of Year 7 students in Carleton High School last Friday. Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, the students in several different classrooms...

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  • When the Son of Shan hit Seven!

    21 November 2021

    It was my son Dante's 7th birthday back in September. I probably should have posted these photos from the big day earlier than now, but hey, this is the DARREN Shan blog, not the DANTE Shan blog,...

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  • Children in Read 2021 - final result

    20 November 2021

    The Children In Read book auction was extended last night, offering people an extra couple of hours to put in bids on books that they were interested in. One of those books was a signed, dated copy...

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  • Children In Read 2021 - auction ends TONIGHT!

    19 November 2021

    CHILDREN IN READ AUCTION ENDS 9pm UK TIME TONIGHT!!! https://www.jumblebee.co.uk/childreninread2021#buzz_expend_148804

     

    Children In Need is a massive annual telethon in the UK that raises huge...

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  • How to read The Demonata

    18 November 2021

    The Demonata remains my most intricately structured series. Three narrators, who start their journeys in three different time periods, with storylines that overlap at certain key points, it's a...

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