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Blog: The Booker Prize 2025 Longlist from
A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers 6 months, 3 weeks agoThe longlist for this year’s Booker Prize was announced today. The 13 books are: Love Forms by Claire Adam The South by Tash Aw Universality by Natasha Brown One B […]
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Blog: Booker Prize announces ‘wonderful’ longlist of 13 books that left judges ‘elated’ from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 6 months, 3 weeks agoShortlist will be unveiled on 23 September, with the winner announcement to follow in November
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Blog: Announcing the writers chosen from our Fiction and Non-fiction Call-out from
Seren in the group Seren Books 6 months, 3 weeks agoWe’re excited to announce the three writers chosen to develop publications proposals for our Publications Sub-committee following our recent call-out for Fiction a […]
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How do you edit? in the forum Aspiring Authors 6 months, 3 weeks agoCarefully.
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Blog: ChatGPT kisses my arse too much from
The Endless Rooms in the group The Endless Rooms 6 months, 3 weeks agoI find talking about my ideas helps me clarify and develop them. I was using ChatGPT to talk through my ideas. This was, on the whole, a useful exercise. There was […]
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Blog: The Booker Prize 2025: Predictions, Preferences and Possibilities from
A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers 6 months, 3 weeks agoIt’s that time of year again… I haven’t had much success with my Booker Prize predictions in the last couple of years, but it’s still fun to conside […]
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Blog: Why we need a right not to be manipulated from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 6 months, 3 weeks agoFrom airlines to broadband, companies exploit cognitive biases to get us to part with money. Here’s how to fight backMany nations already enshrine a right not to b […]
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Blog: ‘How can I find meaning from the ruins of my life?’: the little magazine with a life-changing impact from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 6 months, 3 weeks agoAfter struggles with mental health and addiction, Max Wallis launched a poetry magazine – and it has transformed his lifeOne morning in February last year, I r […]
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How has platforming building chnaged since this was last updated? in the forum Author Platforms 6 months, 3 weeks agoHow has platforming building chnaged since this was last updated?
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Burty Burtman replied to the topic How big is your to-be-read pile? in the forum General Chat 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Supprisingly small
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Code review with me: WP-multicomment-threads in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 6 months, 3 weeks agoCode review with me: WP-multicomment-threads
I was searching for a very specific set of features in a WordPress plugin. As searching on search engines was not helping, I asked ChatGPT to interactively […] -
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A basic guide to getting your ActivityPub blog federated better in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 6 months, 3 weeks agoA basic guide to getting your ActivityPub blog federated better
As most WordPress users know, there is a great ActivityPub plugin that makes your blog part of the fediverse. It pairs well with the WebMention plugin to […] -
Blog: New tune from
The Endless Rooms in the group The Endless Rooms 6 months, 3 weeks agoI’m working on a new tune. I’m aiming for an ambient EDM sort of thing at 128BPM. I’ve made use of forths in a minor key and played with samples, sound fonts, and […]
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Blog: More sex please, we’re bookish: the rise of the x-rated novel from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 6 months, 3 weeks agoFrom the Women’s prize to the bestseller lists, authors are pushing the boundaries of how explicit the novel can be – and readers can’t get enoughWhen the judge […]
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Charles Maxwell posted an update 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Hulk Hogan has died 🙁
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Matthew Brown posted an update in the group
Author Buzz HQ 6 months, 3 weeks agoI’m just running a backup, and then there will be a few moments of essential maintenance. If all goes according to plan, no one will notice anything.
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jeffjohns posted an update 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Feeling uninspired
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A conceptual gold star for some amazing people in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 6 months, 3 weeks agoA conceptual gold star for some amazing people
Yesterday at our writers’ night, a bit of an emergency developed. I want to thank everyone whose response no doubt made a big difference in the […] -
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Word gangs, clones, and pacing, on the groupblog Thanet Creative 6 months, 3 weeks agoThe pain is real
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Matthew Brown posted an update in the group
Author Buzz HQ 6 months, 3 weeks ago…and bang! The spam is gone.
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Matthew Brown posted an update in the group
Author Buzz HQ 6 months, 3 weeks agoWe’ve been hammered by a big spam run. I’m cleaning it up as fast as I can.
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Blog: I’ve already read 30 books this year, but this is my standout favourite from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 6 months, 3 weeks agoThis could be the best debut of the year
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Blog: Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 6 months, 3 weeks agoA picture of patience; first days at school; a cruise ship detective; a terrible storm; time travellers; rebels in love and morePut Your Shoes On by Polly Dunbar, Wa […]
