• Freaky YouTube reviews

    12 January 2022

    I always like it when fans review my books via the medium of video, through a site like YouTube. Written reviews tend to more concisely and carefully represent the writer's thoughts, but there's a...

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  • Tattoo Tuesday, Spanish-style!

    11 January 2022

    It's another Tattoo Tuesday in Shanville, but this one is both an old familiar AND a Tattoo Tuesday first!!

     

    This particular tattoo was shared with me by a fan of my books called Enke, who lives...

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  • Mr Crepsley’s birthday is WHEN?!?

    10 January 2022

    The thorny issue of Mr Crepsley's BIRTHDAY raised its head on Twitter last week!!

     

    A fan with the user handle @1Larten posted a screenshot from a Darren Shan fandom site, listing his birth date...

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  • Bentalls has a lot to answer for!

    09 January 2022

    Before COVID, the Shans used to be bouncing back and forth between Limerick and London like pinballs being smashed by giants across the Irish sea! Although I'm most assuredely Irish (despite my...

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  • First fan art of 2022

    08 January 2022

    I'm sharing my first batch of fan art of 2022, so I thought I'd choose four pieces which highlight four of the main characters from my two most popular series -- Cirque Du Freak and The Demonata.

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  • Fear Street Trilogy review

    07 January 2022

    There was a neat review for the Fear Street trilogy of films on the Film Stories site a few months back. It helped persuade me to give the three movies a try -- I didn't like them as much as the...

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