It’s 10 years since D A Nelson‘s DarkIsle was first published. And 9 years since it won the Scottish Children’s Book Awards. It’s much-loved for its humour and sense of adventure. No wonder so many schools choose it for novel study. The dragon in the story is called Shona. The inspiration for her was this magnificent…
Meet the inspiration behind the dragon,Shona, in D A Nelson‘s DarkIsle books. The trilogy has captivated readers worldwide, but starts in Scotland (where the books are widely read in schools and elsewhere). That’s where this massive stone dragon – constructed from the remnants of a disused railway bridge – sits above the dunes in Irvine Beach Park…
The final instalment of D A Nelson‘s brilliant DarkIsle trilogy is now available as an ebook as well as in paperback. Inspired by a huge stone dragon in Irvine, on the west coast of Scotland, this series has captured the imagination of readers around the world with its combination of fantasy, adventure and humour. [metaslider id=1749]…