Barry's Books
The Darkest Corners
The concluding part of this darkly funny, horror series Darren Shan called... read more
The 13th Horseman
Drake is surprised to find three Horsemen of the Apocalypse playing snakes and... read more
Doc Mortis
The fourth thrilling book in this darkly funny horror series Darren Shan called... read more
Raggy Maggie
The second book in the award-winning Invisible Fiends series. Billy is the... read more
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Some upcoming events
I’ve got some public events coming up soon, and I thought I’d best let you know about them. You know, in case you wanted to come or that. It’d be lovely if you could. The first one, which I’m hugely excited about, is at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival. If you remember, I was there last year, and it all seemed to go surprisingly well. So well, in fact, that I’ve been invited back. This year, though, it’s going …
Posted in Events, On the web
Tagged alexander gordon smith, authors, darren shan, Edinburgh, Events, Festivals, fringe by the sea, scarefest
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More Gangrene
It’s been a while since anything got done on this, unfortunately, what with all the books I’ve been writing, so I thought I’d show you what’s been done so far on my comic mini-series, GANGRENE. Check it out in the gallery below, and marvel at its horrific beauty.
Posted in Comics
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Some reviews an’ that
A few new reviews for the Invisible Fiends series have popped up online recently, so I thought I’d link to them here, because they’re all lovely and positive. Well, I’m hardly going to link to bad ones am I? Not that there are any bad ones, of course. Perish the very thought. So, first up it’s a review of MR MUMBLES by David Brett-Andrews (@SympleSymon on Twitter). Another thing I loved about this book was the characterisation and dialogue – …
Posted in On the web
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Getting published – my story
Last week, I was asked on Twitter how I first got published. I promised I’d write a post about it the very next day and I did, but… um… a big dog ate it and ran away. So, for @LaraNoJutsu and anyone else who might be interested, here (more or less) is how I got into writing for a living… It all started back in 1987, when I was in my fifth year of primary school. We were doing a …
Posted in Personal, Writing Tips
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