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Darren Shan

June 2016

  • Taran Matharu and children from Depford Green school

    Children's books
    Taran Matharu: 'I think writing is like reading a story that you can decide'

    The author of the Summoner fantasy series talks to teenagers from DGReaders book group about his hero Darren Shan, bullying and the wonders of Wattpad
  • Children's books
    The Vampire's Assistant Saga by Darren Shan - review

    Erulasse: ‘we can’t really afford not to believe in the vampire world laid out before us’
  • YALC Malorie Selfie

    Children's books
    Yalc 2016: who's on and what's happening?

    Want to get a sneak peek at your favourite authors’ teen diaries? Or compete to win the House Cup at a Harry Potter party? Take part in a teen poetry slam? All possible at this year’s Young Adult Literature Convention - we unveil the schedule here!

May 2016

  • Children's books
    The Vampire’s Assistant Saga by Darren Shan – review

    Erulasse: ‘With so many turns and plot twists to make you dizzy, Darren Shan has created another reality’

April 2016

  • scary Darren Shan

    Children's books
    Darren Shan: saying goodbye to my zombies

    The Master of Horror has been writing his Zom-B series for eight long, hard years. Now, as the 12th and final book is published, he tells us how it feels to finish it, and why he feels lucky to have made it to the end still alive!

October 2015

  • cliffhanger

    Children's books
    Darren Shan: the joy of a great cliffhanger

    Horror and fantasy writer Darren Shan loves a good cliffhanger. What’s the appeal?

July 2015

  • Malorie at YALC

    Children's books
    Yalc and the future of YA fiction – as it happened

    Catch up on all the build up to our Twitter chat with YA authors and teenagers in advance of the 2015 Young Adult Literature Convention, which takes place this coming weekend (17-19 July), plus live updates as it happened

June 2015

  • Zom-B Bride

    Children's books
    Why you can't behead the protagonist's mother when writing horror for teens

    When Darren Shan wrote the first draft of Lord Loss, the book that kicked off his Demonata series, he gruesomely beheaded the main character’s mother in a vicious demon attack. His editor didn’t like it and that’s when he learned that mothers are sacred in teen horror, kind of…

May 2015

  • Taran

    Children's books
    Taran Matharu: how childhood racism lead me to create fantasy races

    As a child, the author of Summoner: The Novice found solace in the worlds of Darren Shan and JRR Tolkien – which ultimately led to his own explorations of racial tensions through fantasy writing

April 2015

  • Malorie Blackman, children's laureate: subjected to abuse on Twitter. Photograph: Sean Smith

    Children's books
    Which authors are going to be at the Young Adult Literary Convention (YALC) 2015?

    Samantha Shannon, Darren Shan, Kevin Brooks, Laura Dockrill and James Dawson join Malorie Blackman, Derek Landy and Cassandra Clare at YALC this year! Find the lineup so far here!

January 2015

  • 'PRIDE AND PREJUDICE' FILM - 2005

    Children's books
    Which classic book would be perfect for me?

    Is your new year's resolution to read some classic books? Take our classics match quiz to find your ideal classics read!

May 2014

  • Children's books
    Koyashan by Darren Shan – review

    Katie-Leigh – Millenium RIOT Readers: 'This was a World Book Day short story which I have read over and over'

  • Children's books
    Killers of the Dawn by Darren Shan – review

    Daniel – Millennium RIOT Readers: 'There is a shocking twist at the end of the book which I was not expecting at all!'

  •  Author Darren Shan

    Children's books
    Darren Shan's top tips for getting reluctant readers back into reading

    Are you or do you know a teenager who has stopped reading? Darren Shan has some great advice for enjoying (rather than enduring) it again, and shares some of the best books to rock your world!

March 2014

  • Children's books
    Zom-B Gladiator by Darren Shan - review

  •  Author Darren Shan

    Children's books
    Darren Shan: "I wanted to write about racism in the UK – zombies seemed like a good way to do that."

February 2014

  • Children's books
    Zom-B Gladiator by Darren Shan - review

    Daveybooks ''Becky Smith is no ordinary zombie, she is a special zombie!'

July 2013

  • Children's books
    Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan - review

    'Overall, it's a very gloomy and dark sort of book. I was up very late reading it one night because I just couldn't put it down'

March 2013

  • A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess 1985

    Children's books
    Darren Shan's top 10 books about outsiders for teenagers

    The horror author picks his essential reads for teens about those who exist outside the boundaries of the established norms

August 2012

  • Zombies from 28 Days Later

    Children's books
    Darren Shan launches zombie series

    Zom-B series was inspired by fall-out from terrorist attacks in London and New York, says teen horror writer

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