Author Buzz | Site-Wide Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:55:39 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 7e386a0f8ab0ed858549f8ac12961dbf Sam Smith posted an update: Today I made my TBR pile bigger (again) https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19288/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:53:43 +0100 Today I made my TBR pile bigger (again)

]]> 0 cc42ec6d6ac13fceb0c377ac4b64217e Matthew Brown replied to the topic I'm reading "How to be a writer" in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/im-reading-how-to-be-a-writer/#post-5365 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:50:00 +0100 I own a copy of this book. It lives on my desk next to my PC.

]]> 0b05cd8f3802f265210c44aef738933c Blog: Helen Fielding launches Bridget Jones prize for northern comedy writing from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/22/helen-fielding-launches-bridget-jones-prize-for-northern-comedy-writing Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:46:39 +0100 The Yorkshire-born author says that the 1,000 word competition is for people ‘just living their lives being quietly hilarious’Bridget Jones author Helen Fie […]

]]> 0 dd806947bb537540917f7126514f273d Blog: Thrilling Stories of the Railway, Victor L. Whitechurch from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/Thrilling_Stories_of_the_Railway__Victor_L__Whitechurch.html Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:04:00 +0100 1912 mystery/adventure anthology, including the stories of Thorpe
Hazell, the Railway Detective.

]]> 0 85a6e6ecdca83d7390487c39ef6d2104 Blog: Female Life on Planet Earth by Laleh Khadivi review – a mother’s secret past in the Iranian revolution from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/22/female-life-on-planet-earth-by-laleh-khadivi-review-a-mothers-secret-past-in-the-iranian-revolution Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:00:09 +0100 A woman living in California discovers her mother may have been a merciless enforcer of the Islamic revolution, in an intriguing novel of inheritance and […]

]]> 0 810b25b0f59766cbb29b007d5eff3a9b Blog: Canadian publisher Boréal ends relationship with novelist Thélyson Orélien over alleged use of AI from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/22/canadian-publisher-boreal-ends-relationship-author-thelyson-orelien-over-ai Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:13:01 +0100 Author withdrawn from France’s Prix Goncourt last month has repeatedly denied using artificial intelligence to write novelThe publisher of top-selling Haitian C […]

]]> 0 e2e64329950ba45a643c9cd93fc42c73 Blog: Books I Read in September 2026 (and a visit to Wigtown) from A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers https://alittleblogofbooks.com/2026/10/21/books-i-read-in-september-2026-and-a-visit-to-wigtown/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:57:43 +0100 Black Bag by Luke Kennard is a novel with an endearingly odd premise: an unnamed male actor signs up for a psychological experiment in which he wears a large […]

]]> 0 2deda7e1ec6718bd4da29c6eb275f80e Blog: ‘It feels quite frightening’: readers rush to snap up Sally Rooney books as stocks dwindle amid Palestine Action ban from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/it-feels-quite-frightening-readers-rush-to-snap-up-sally-rooney-books-as-stocks-dwindle-amid-palestine-action-ban Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:26:22 +0100 Booksellers have reported selling out of the Irish novelist’s works after it was announced that her books would be withdrawn from sale in the UKBooksellers have r […]

]]> 0 3c14a2bddc5e408d0de23ce56418d255 Blog: Why Joss Wood is the Author You Need on Your TBR Shelf from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/10/21/why-joss-wood-is-the-author-you-need-on-your-tbr-shelf/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:59:26 +0100 If you’ve never read Joss Wood, let me tell you why you need to fix that immediately! With a backlist … Continued

]]> 0 ae92e68330450993f84ce3308110fab0 Blog: New prize launches for books co-written with AI from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/new-prize-launches-books-co-written-with-ai-france Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:59:34 +0100 After months of controversy over the possible use of AI by winners of prestigious awards, the Prix Pascal de Littérature IA is rewarding fiction written with the […]

]]> 0 59bd3b80905ea5c5dfb036a6bf21aa53 Blog: The Mystery of What Befell in the Ditch by Thure Erik Lund review – is this the greatest living Norwegian writer? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/the-mystery-of-what-befell-in-the-ditch-by-thure-erik-lund-review-is-this-the-greatest-living-norwegian-writer Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:04 +0100 Translated into English at last, this portrait of a man appalled by modernity and desperate to get back to nature is brimming with Nordic weltschmerzT-O-M. The […]

]]> 0 3e030468d6d832df29343b9116cba2cd Blog: On Another Planet They Can Save Me by Lieke Marsman review – an astonishing memoir of terminal illness from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/on-another-planet-they-can-save-me-by-lieke-marsman-review-an-astonishing-memoir-of-terminal-illness Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:04 +0100 Published four months after her death, the poet’s reflections on mortality are both agonising and profoundly life-affirmingThere are no atheists in foxholes, goes t […]

]]> 0 6fbd79a1777bb887e5a652e854641e62 Jason Latnar replied to the topic I'm reading "How to be a writer" in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/im-reading-how-to-be-a-writer/#post-5364 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:04:44 +0100 Is it any good?

We demand a review. Well we ask nicely – demand is too strong a word.

]]> 85347f209993b4d884835f6ef67318b6 Matthew Brown posted an update: What are you reading today? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19271/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:55:23 +0100 What are you reading today?

]]> 1 8390b3c0d6ecb0f3f980ccc7a5f40a21 Blog: Alone With a Book by Tessa Hadley review – an acclaimed writer’s cultural prescription from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/20/alone-with-a-book-by-tessa-hadley-review-an-acclaimed-writers-cultural-prescription Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:10:57 +0100 This collection of essays from the beloved novelist is full of gem-like insights on art and booksWhen Tessa Hadley was a child, someone gave her a copy of Lois […]

]]> 0 a39f2922c42d1402a095dbdc693cfab1 Blog: Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger review – does this sequel measure up to The Time Traveler’s Wife? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/19/life-out-of-order-by-audrey-niffenegger-review-does-this-sequel-measure-up-to-the-time-travelers-wife Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:14:29 +0100 More than two decades on, the passion that ignited Niffenegger’s debut has all but evaporated from this confused follow-upI run a reading workshop which begins w […]

]]> 0 555e6b7c2456a78ae448c3f3db820309 Blog: Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History by Benjamin Moser review – the deep roots of a contemporary movement from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/19/anti-zionism-a-jewish-history-by-benjamin-moser-review-the-deep-roots-of-a-contemporary-movement Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:02 +0100 A biographer’s affecting account of prominent critics of Zionism, from Hannah Arendt to Nan Goldin“Everyone in America – at least as far as I knew – was a Zionist […]

]]> 0 bb2c92c9924c1be5cd92e6e15e7d669e Blog: Week in Review #43 from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/10/week-in-review-43.html Sat, 17 Oct 2026 22:57:16 +0100 This week I read some books! 68. Westfallen: The World at Midnight. Ann and Ben Brashares. 2026. 384
pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars, MG speculative fiction, […]

]]> 0 ddab2b9d76d3a57f8e9d1abd6784d61e Blog: Isabel Allende wins €1m Spanish literary prize under pseudonym from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/17/isabel-allende-wins-premio-planeta-spanish-literary-prize-pseudonym Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:01:51 +0100 Chilean-American author awarded Premio Planeta for sequel to her 1982 debut novel, The House of the SpiritsThe Chilean-American author Isabel Allende has won […]

]]> 0 24fcdf64ca06c97d8df47d05280a96de Blog: Cellophane from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/arts-and-culture/cellophane-giovanni-fafoglia/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:01:26 +0100 Giovanni Fafoglia’s photographic series Cellophane explores fractured memory through concealed faces, absent bodies and childhood objects.
The post Cellophane […]

]]> 0 9032172c0aba81ddf254ebb2678c0251 Blog: ‘Is there any value in writing a story in a time of chaos?’: novelist Elif Shafak on her creative crisis from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/17/is-there-any-value-in-writing-a-story-in-a-time-of-chaos-novelist-elif-shafak-on-her-creative-crisis Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:00:25 +0100 The author talks about her nomadic childhood, being targeted by the Turkish government and overcoming depression to write her latest novelFor a long time Elif […]

]]> 0 e60fa509d78f795d8a9d8515fde6478b Blog: A Fatal Illusion, Anna Lee Huber from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/A_Fatal_Illusion__Anna_Lee_Huber.html Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0100 2023 historical mystery; eleventh in Huber’s Lady Darby series
(post-Regency amateur detection). The Gages rush to Sebastian’s
father, who was attacked and wounded […]

]]> 0 62ee4e4f206d9513e41fdd370d00314f Blog: ‘I know I can do anything’: new archive of AS Byatt’s papers looks inside the writer’s extraordinary mind from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/17/as-byatt-british-library-literary-papers-archive Sat, 17 Oct 2026 07:24:40 +0100 The Booker-wining author of Possession was known for her voracious research. Now, 68 boxes of her notebooks, letters and diaries acquired by the British Library […]

]]> 0 bd86131a436d87e5ad465e8820fb53af Blog: Forget the millionaires – it’s when creatives feel unwelcome in the UK that we have a serious problem from The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/sally-rooney-uk-books-palestine-action-b3067307.html Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0100 As best-selling author Sally Rooney says she’ll no longer sell her books here and skipped a UK awards ceremony last year, Lydia Spencer-Elliott looks at what it s […]

]]> 0 9cbbe82328261bf728984ef32dc28258 Blogger who enjoys writing about creative tools and digital workflows posted an update: A small tip from my writing routine: backup power matters […] https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19228/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 02:57:43 +0100 A small tip from my writing routine: backup power matters more than most writers think. I lost a full afternoon draft last winter when a storm knocked out power for hours. If you work from home like me, having reliable backup power is honestly as important as a good chair. Just wanted to share with fellow writers here – losing work to an outage is…Read more

]]> 0 5542f3cb49e3b040edcd7d8b565e26c6 Blogger who enjoys writing about creative tools and digital workflows posted an update: Hello again. A quick note on how I keep my writing habits […] https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19227/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 02:22:33 +0100 Hello again. A quick note on how I keep my writing habits going. I keep a running list of ideas in a plain text file, pick one or two each week, and draft them in short sessions before polishing on the weekend. Short regular sessions beat long exhausting ones, and reading other writers here is often the fastest way out of a creative rut. Outside…Read more

]]> 0 7918d484f8d29a208e96ad625deb2d57 Blogger who enjoys writing about creative tools and digital workflows posted an update: Just joined Author Buzz - happy to be here among fellow […] https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19226/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 02:21:43 +0100 Just joined Author Buzz – happy to be here among fellow writers and readers. Looking forward to discovering new author blogs and joining the conversations.

]]> 0 5503d3626c513fdb94af400f6820c890 Blogger who enjoys writing about creative tools and digital workflows became a registered member https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19224/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 02:16:41 +0100 0 9baaf7b9cd20650819d8cd18fed96856 Blog: 69. I Am A Good Dog (Dogtown #3) from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/10/69-i-am-good-dog-dogtown-3.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:51:32 +0100 69. I Am A Good Dog (Dogtown #3) Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko. 2026. 345 pages. [Source: Library] [animal fantasy, series book]First sentence: I was […]

]]> 0 83f769826304c080b0e1c1efaf03a0d4 Blog: 68. Westfallen: The World at Midnight from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/10/68-westfallen-world-at-midnight.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:18:46 +0100 68. Westfallen: The World at Midnight. Ann and Ben Brashares. 2026. 384 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars, MG speculative fiction, series book]First sentence: It’s […]

]]> 0 2f5724a7a2b8b092e04ea4c3b223c0b1 Blog: Exclusive Extract: Surgeon’s Christmas Consequence by Tina Beckett from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/10/16/exclusive-extract-surgeons-christmas-consequence-by-tina-beckett/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:48:06 +0100 If you love one-night stands, opposites attract and surprise second chances, Surgeon’s Christmas Consequence belongs on your TBR! London at … Continued

]]> 0 cc324306af19f63f8852516e1d9259a3 Blog: The End of Rented Reach from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/books/the-end-of-rented-reach/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:44:52 +0100 At the FIPP World Media Congress in Madrid, Eric Akoto examines rented reach, AI licensing and the growing problem of bargaining power for independent […]

]]> 0 759dd13833de3b352b441311031f1ef6 Charles Maxwell posted an update: Yeah! Home early for the weekend!! https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19221/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:45:41 +0100 Yeah! Home early for the weekend!!

]]> 0 fb55f28ee52d9a00da1ca1ede86c46ca Blog: The Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie from Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed https://dogwoodtales.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-mysterious-affair-at-styles-by.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:08:17 +0100 This was Agatha Christie’s first full length novel and it established many of the tropes of the genre – an Edwardian country house, a dastardly murder, a large c […]

]]> 0 1750b02672ac53899a8ff0512688296c Blog: The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/the-best-recent-and-thrillers-review-roundup Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:00:48 +0100 The Heights by Ian Rankin; The Mortons by Scott Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier; Murder Most Cryptic by Alys Cummings; The Deadly Inheritance of Everest […]

]]> 0 297412566b94a2868eb1641472cfc9ef Blog: John Green: ‘I devoured the Sweet Valley High books in the 1980s’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/john-green-i-devoured-the-sweet-valley-high-books-in-the-1980s Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:57 +0100 The American author on being inspired by Kurt Vonnegut, coming late to Jane Austen, and the brilliance of Robert Penn WarrenMy earliest reading memory

I remember […]

]]> 0 870ce78dcdcebd4bd744868cbecaabdd Blog: Make Me Well by Xand van Tulleken – an eye-opening takedown of wellness myths from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/make-me-well-by-xand-van-tulleken-an-eye-opening-takedown-of-wellness-myths Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:00:53 +0100 The engaging TV doctor dismantles the spurious science behind modern day snake oils, from collagen to turmericWhen Xand van Tulleken set off on a journey into the […]

]]> 0 e7d10875d6d0e96be0818c518e2c6596 Blog: Lee Child backs launch of reading scheme to send prisons half a million books from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/lee-child-backs-launch-of-reading-scheme-to-send-prisons-half-a-million-books Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:01:44 +0100 The Jack Reacher author, the UK’s first prison reading laureate, said drive to improve literacy skills was a practical way to address reoffending and support r […]

]]> 0 eba4d71057fc856abd8b33e54ff9da28 Blog: Vermeer by Andrew Graham-Dixon audiobook review – a sharp and authoritative guide from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/15/vermeer-by-andrew-graham-dixon-audiobook-review-a-sharp-and-authoritative-guide Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:00:14 +0100 The author offers intriguing insights into the way this Dutch artist worked, including fresh perspectives on The Girl With the Pearl EarringIn the decades after the […]

]]> 0 ff11f9cc084af751e803862980ec7c22 Matthew Brown posted an update in the group Help and Support: Oh boy, that's a lot of spam. Clearing it out now. https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19208/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 02:55:04 +0100 Oh boy, that’s a lot of spam. Clearing it out now.

]]> 0 af5d54a23d8eca055e1cce6e606b1a39 Blog: The best books to read in October: new paperbacks from Zadie Smith, Thomas Pynchon and Francis Spufford from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/oct/14/the-best-books-to-read-in-october-new-paperbacks-from-zadie-smith-thomas-pynchon-and-francis-spufford Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:32:23 +0100 Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some brilliant new paperbacks, from a time-travelling fantasy novel to an eclectic essay collection. Discuss what […]

]]> 0 039349feb8a03806a22a055035e173b3 Blog: 13 Halloween Romance Books to Read This Spooky Season from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/10/14/13-halloween-romance-books-to-read-this-spooky-season/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:27:09 +0100 It’s the most spook-tacular time of year! Whether you’re a Hocus Pocus or Blair Witch kind of ghoul, there’s nothing … Continued

]]> 0 44a068dbcde5456473c388e39051c846 Blog: Sally Rooney says she can no longer publish work in UK over Palestine Action support from The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/sally-rooney-faber-palestine-action-normal-people-b3066690.html Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:24:10 +0100 ‘Normal People’ author said that publishing her work in the UK could now ‘constitute a serious criminal offence’

]]> 0 1d6902e4aef9cba6859343f689552591 Blog: Monty Python's Michael Palin cancels tour after 'comedy fall' breaks three ribs from The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/michael-palin-book-tour-cancelled-fall-b3066535.html Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:00:05 +0100 The 83-year-old had been scheduled to visit venues across the UK this month to promote a new travel book

]]> 0 55e3c5f6e9fb158b38a7f10b51b4683c Blog: Ply by Hernan Diaz review – Pulitzer winner’s dry vision of far-future America from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/14/ply-by-hernan-diaz-review-pulitzer-winners-dry-vision-of-far-future-america Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:00:48 +0100 There are shades of JG Ballard in this tale of survival in a decaying metropolis, but big ideas and lengthy exposition crowd out the human dramaHernan Diaz’s last n […]

]]> 0 2bcc28e175e53b96a4e66302107952b7 Blog: The Place Called Dagon, Herbert Gorman from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/The_Place_Called_Dagon__Herbert_Gorman.html Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:03:00 +0100 1927 horror. Dr Daniel Dreeme is working a remote valley in New
England, and it becomes increasingly clear that the people are
Strange.

]]> 0 55b44a78b98e35c6554886ca29251ace Blog: Thirtieth Anniversary Edition from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/fiction/thirtieth-anniversary-edition-pete-williams/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:41:12 +0100 A limited vinyl reissue. Two brothers. A teenage son. And thirty years between the record they remember and the lives they ended up living.
The post Thirtieth […]

]]> 0 06fe74a4cf6b44c9d97b029a323ff3ad Blog: Week in Review #42 from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/10/week-in-review-42.html Sat, 10 Oct 2026 22:54:55 +0100 This week I read some books! 66. Xenocide. Orson Scott Card. 1991. 592 pages. [Source: Library] 67. Daughter of Egypt. Marie Benedict. 2026. 352 pages. [Source: […]

]]> 0 3b9c1f3f97552cf594e4d3acc26c26fc Blog: 67. Daughter of Egypt from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/10/67-daughter-of-egypt.html Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:30:21 +0100   67. Daughter of Egypt. Marie Benedict. 2026. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy] [adult historical fiction, dual narratives, 3 stars]First sentence: The Saloon glows […]

]]> 0 a8f21bbd8268cb936a8581c70becd890 Blog: Exclusive Extract: Prideful Billionaire for Christmas by Jessica Gilmore from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/10/09/exclusive-extract-prideful-billionaire-for-christmas-by-jessica-gilmore/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:22:55 +0100 If you love fake dating, enemies to lovers and a cosy holiday romance, Prideful Billionaire for Christmas belongs on your … Continued

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