Bookbag’s Jill Murphy
11 October 2021It's guilty confession time!!!
There were some lovely reviews for the first three Archibald Lox books last year on The Bookbag, a brilliant site for book reviews. The reviewer was called Jill...
Sandy Blobfish
10 October 2021On a wet summer's day in Limerick, Mrs Shan and our son Dante trotted along to the Hunt Museum to make a sand sculpture (a Shand sculpture?!?). Being Shans, their rather abnormal choice of subject...
Hero or Villain?
09 October 2021All these years later, Kurda Smahlt remains one of the most devisive characters in my Cirque Du Freak series, or indeed in any of my books. Some fans can't bring themselves to ever forgive him, and...
Hair colour and time travel
08 October 2021A tweeter with the handle of Vampire Council shared this orange colour chart with me, and asked where exactly Mr Crepsley's hair colour would fit on it. Hmm... it's a tricky one! I think it depends...
Archibald Lox Volume 2 - first look!!!!
07 October 2021COVER REVEAL!!!!!
I wasn't planning to release the Archibald Lox Volume 2 omnibus edition until next spring, because a traditional publisher would always leave a sizeable gap between the...
Cirque Du Freak manga omnibus Volume 4
06 October 2021Look what got delivered to my doorstep this morning -- my author copies of Volume 4 of the Cirque Du Freak manga omnibus!!! Yay!!!!!!
This green-haired little beauty, which collects books 7 and...