Posts by Peter Cox
Another Superfan Event!
Missed the Superfan event? Don’t worry, we’ve got a terrific video for you… and even better, the fantastic news that Michelle will be doing a Clan-only, virtual Superfan event in a few weeks’ time… live via video for all fans worldwide! Keep watching the Clan for the latest news on this (it’s likely to be…
Read MoreThe Michelle Paver Superfan Event – Open to All Clanners!
The SuperFan Event on July 14th in London is the biggest (free!) event The Clan has ever organized – and places are filling up quickly. All Clanners are invited – but if you want to come to this momentous occasion, you must let us know immediately! What Will Happen: An exclusive Clan-only preview of this…
Read MoreThe first Gods and Warriors Role Play – everyone’s invited!
One of the most active parts of The Clan is The Campfire, our role playing board. Clanners have spent years exploring and extending the world of the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness in long-running role playing games, and we thought that a great way to introduce more Clanners to the times and customs of Gods and…
Read MoreGods and Warriors Trailer Competition
The Clan and Puffin Books, who are publishing Michelle’s upcoming series, have a little competition planned for the aspiring filmmakers amongst you: We challenge YOU to create your own video about Gods and Warriors, to spread the word far and wide and make it the biggest book of 2012! We’re looking for a video that…
Read MoreBaking with The Clan
Yes, we know — a lot of the recent activities on The Clan have focused on art and writing. Here’s something a little different! While we know some things about what our Bronze Age ancestors ate, we don’t know all the details. We can make educated guesses about some things, and one of those things…
Read MoreWatch the Spring ClanCast with Michelle Paver!
In this edition, Michelle is asked some very interesting questions and announces some very exciting news for those who like ghost stories…
Read MoreThe first ClanCast of the year — 15th April 2012
Updates below! We now have confirmation that the first ClanCast of 2012 is scheduled for 15th April 2012, from 4-6pm BST (GMT +1) — after being postponed from February. To calculate when that is in your part of the world, use the Time Zone Converter. Now that some proofs of Gods and Warriors have been…
Read MoreExclusive video: Michelle introduces Gods and Warriors to The Clan!
Straight from the mouth of the creator herself, here is Michelle giving Clanners an early insight into her latest series, Gods and Warriors. The first book is published this autumn — we can hardly wait!
Read MoreWin a signed copy of Wolf Brother in our Bronze Age Quiz!
“When I was ten years old, I wanted to live like the Stone Age people, and I desperately wanted a wolf. I didn’t get one; but decades later, I wrote Wolf Brother. I’m honoured that Orion have chosen it as one of 20 books to celebrate their 20th Birthday. And what a gorgeous new edition…
Read More2012 is the year of Gods and Warriors!
For those who have missed out on the big announcement in The Clan forum as well as the email sent out last week, we can now confirm that the first book in Gods and Warriors, Michelle’s latest series of novels set in the Bronze Age, will definitely be published this autumn! The Clan has been…
Read MoreThe first ClanCast of 2012 is almost upon us
Michelle has kindly arranged with Admin to go into the studio for another ClanCast — yay! As you know, she has been very busy with Gods and Warriors — her new series of books set in the Bronze Age. The Clan will be holding special activities all year long to commemorate this momentous occasion, and…
Read MoreMichelle in the Hot Seat on SuperClubsPLUS
Michelle Paver will soon be speaking to children all over the world on SuperClubsPLUS, a safe social networking site for 6 – 14 year olds. Schools can join up for a free six-week trial, so ask your teachers and get signed up to join in the fun and contact annabel.rook@intuitivemedia.com.au. Keep 27th March free in…
Read MoreJanuary 2012 Writing Competition
You’ve already seen our December Art Competition winner — and now it’s January, which means it’s time for our Writing Competition! (We alternate our Art and Writing Competitions every month.) This month, use your imaginations and write up to 1000 words on Eostra’s life, thoughts, beliefs, feelings. Make sure you’ve joined The Clan, say ‘Hello!’…
Read MoreAnd then there was Tumblr
The Clan’s foray into pseudonymous social media domination continues, with our new Tumblr! Follow us at jointheclan.tumblr.com to get the latest news from The Clan and Michelle Paver. (You’ll still get all the news first if you actually join The Clan. Why wait? It’s free, safe, and there are no ads.)
Read MoreDecember’s Clashing Clans Leaderboard
Apologies for being a day late — I was enjoying the festive break far too much! Three (yes, three) of our four Clans have now breached the 1,000 Nanuaks threshold, just in time for the Great Reset of 2012. I will be virtually zeroing the Leaderboard tallies in order to give newer Clanners the chance…
Read MoreCould you be our missing piece?
There are Michelle Paver fans, and there are Michelle Paver fans. We think we’ve got a great community in The Clan, and we recently refreshed The E-Team, an elite group of super-dedicated Clanners who take their passion for Michelle Paver’s work outside The Clan to recruit new members. And we’re now looking for more. E-Teamer…
Read MoreThe Clan Yearbook 2011!
One advantage of Michelle not being on the Internet is we can openly talk about gifts we’re getting ready for her! This year, The Clan is putting together a yearbook to mark the end of 2011. Michelle’s new series, Gods and Warriors, will be published next autumn and we can’t wait for it. The book’s…
Read MoreNovember’s Clashing Clans Leaderboard
A slightly later Leaderboard than usual — but only by a few hours. The Far North has overtaken the Deep Forest in the Leaderboard, with both breaching the 1000 Nanuaks milestone! This next month could determine who wins the grand prize. The Clanner who earns the most Nanuaks will be declared the winner at the…
Read MoreMidnightSWolf’s Advent Calendar Story!
Guardian MidnightSWolf has kicked off a special collaborative writing project on The Clan — the Advent Calendar Story. Every day this month, MidnightSWolf will be awarding Nanuaks to a Clanner who’s written the best next lines, and the story will grow into something silly and fun, and maybe even amazing! The first line of the…
Read MoreThe Clan Winter Quiz!
Think you know everything about the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness and The Clan? Challenge your knowledge by taking the very first of our seasonal quizzes… The Clan Winter Quiz is free to enter and easy — well, if you spend every waking moment on The Clan, that is. The rest of you will need to…
Read MoreOctober’s Clashing Clans Leaderboard
Well, the spreadsheet has been, er, spread and the latest Clashing Clans Leaderboard has been tallied. The Deep Forest continues to lead, with the Far North, Sea, and Open Forest working hard to catch up. Our top Clanners see a new entry, with AshhsA entering the chart at number five! Special mention also goes out…
Read MoreOctober’s art competition results and November’s art theme
Hearty congratulations to Nalgask, who has won the October art competition with their interpretation of the first time Torak met Wolf. ‘Then the strange wolf stopped yip-and-yowling and advanced in a frightening silence….’ Nalgask has suggested the theme for November’s writing competition, and it is: The point of view of a Clan Guardian. The usual…
Read MoreVirtual Museum II — we have our winner(s)!
Many apologies for the delay in announcing the winners of the second Virtual Museum Competition — the Palaeolithic Meal Time. There’s no way I was going to interrupt Clan Week 2011! All the entries were excellent in their own way. As we have enough top prizes to award to all entrants, I’m pleased to say…
Read MoreClan Week 2011!
The following is a very important message from GlowingWolfEyes: Did you ever think The Clan couldn’t get any more fun? That it is simply the best site on the entire Internet, and that nothing could ever improve it? Well. Believe it or not… You were wrong. Because for one whole week, from Monday 24th October…
Read MoreSeptember’s Clashing Clans Leaderboard
Apologies for forgetting to post last month’s Leaderboard on the home page — I can be a bit scatterbrained at times! The Deep Forest Clan group is still on top with 778.55 Nanuaks, and our top-scoring Clanner this month is gryffindorhg (129.99 Nanuaks). We’d like to highlight the Clanners who asked Michelle a question (or…
Read MoreVirtual Museum competition entry deadline extended
The Grand Poobah is disappointed that there has only been one entry to the Palaeolithic Meal Time Virtual Museum Competition, with only one day to go till deadline. With another team putting their entry together and circumstances beyond their control that has delayed their submission, The Grand Poobah has decided to extend the deadline by…
Read MoreThe ClanCast Fall 2011
Presenting… the Fall 2011 ClanCast, which is number 14! We put your questions to Michelle, who came into the studio specially to answer them — there may be a few surprises and the quashing of rumours, as well as more information about her next series Gods and Warriors, which will be published in Autumn 2012.…
Read MoreThe Wiki image project
The Clan is home to a very special Wiki — the encyclopaedia to the world of Chronicles of Ancient Darkness. Many Clanners have volunteered their time and effort to creating new content for the Wiki, and for that we are forever grateful. A great wiki has well-researched and -written text, as well as images. We…
Read MoreThe Second Virtual Museum competition!
We love the Virtual Museum, and we hope you love it too. We love it so much that we want to do it again — with a twist. Get into teams and create an exhibit detailing the Palaeolithic meal time. What would they normally eat, and what would they use to eat it with? Who…
Read MoreAnnouncing… The September ClanCast!
Have you got any questions for Michelle? Now’s a good time to ask — it’s time for the next ClanCast! All you need to do is send a PM to Andrea with your question, and Michelle will do her best to answer them all. The recording is scheduled to be made in early September, so…
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