• Darren Shan art sale

    28 April 2022

    More than twenty years ago, when I started making money from book sales, I was faced with a nice but rather puzzling problem -- what to do with it?!? I could have gone the safe, sensible route and...

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  • When the tables turn

    27 April 2022

    NEWS FLASH!!! Fans revolt at author signing!! Try to strangle Darren Shan to death!!!! Bookseller cries: "There's nowhere to hide when a book event goes wrong!!!!"

     

    Heh heh!! No, don't worry,...

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  • Tattoo Tuesday - Alexis

    26 April 2022

    It's Tattoo Tuesday time again! Today's offering was shared with us by a fan called Alexis. This is her first tattoo, but she say's she's planning to get lots more, and to embellish the area around...

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  • 5 days until Tunbridge Wells

    25 April 2022

    The countdown is on!! Five days from now, on Saturday April 30th (the bank holiday weekend in the UK), I'll be doing my first event in AGES at the Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival. It all kicks...

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  • A final farewell to 2021!

    24 April 2022

    My daughter Gaia has a good ear for a tune -- one of her favourite songs at the moment, which she had me play to her in the car a short while ago when we were driving back from a playground, is...

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  • The Tall and the short of it!

    23 April 2022

    I'm sure you're all familiar with the phrase, "The long and the short of it." But I think it's time we tweaked that to... "The Tall and the short of it!!" Because today I'm featuring four piece of...

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