Author Buzz | Site-Wide Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:55:15 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 cb8b0e17d1fb89333de842cd3a7f1601 Domenshope became a registered member https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19135/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:50:10 +0100 0 ecd47f486ac06a5aaaf0ef0052164497 Matthew Brown edited the blog post I'm checking up on a small bug in the group Help and Support https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2026/09/28/im-checking-up-on-a-small-bug/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:19:18 +0100 I'm checking up on a small bug There appears to be an issue with ActivityPub on some blogs, including Author Buzz HQ. It should not break the site (as far as I can tell), but it […]

]]> 8fa6e0bae267c209b2e6c43135ebeeb1 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Fediverse Book Fair (#FediBookFair) in the group Author Buzz HQ https://authorbuzz.co.uk/2026/09/28/fediverse-book-fair-fedibookfair/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:59:27 +0100 Fediverse Book Fair (#FediBookFair) A social media book fair is being organised on the Mastodon (and ActivityPub) social media network. It is free to participate, but you may, if you wish, […]

]]> 4f5fcf4f9742d7341950ece828d24b55 Blog: Ice by Anna Kavan from Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed https://dogwoodtales.blogspot.com/2026/09/ice-by-anna-kavan.html Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:53:46 +0100 Well, this wasn’t quite what I was expecting. It opens conventionally enough with an unnamed narrator driving through an unseasonably harsh ice storm, looking for a […]

]]> 1 fc78c281e2223f871061954a6f3769bb Blog: The Innocence of Father Brown, G. K. Chesterton from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/The_Innocence_of_Father_Brown__G__K__Chesterton.html Sat, 26 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0100 1911 collection of 1910-1911 short stories, first of the Father
Brown anthologies. Father Brown is an unassuming priest with a solid
understanding of human nature.

]]> 0 364517ee3dba677da932a51a3972db46 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Keeping Your Side Characters Distinct - Brandon Sanderson's Writing Lecture (2025) in the group Thanet Creative: Writers https://thanetcreative.co.uk/2026/09/keeping-your-side-characters-distinct-brandon-sandersons-writing-lecture-2025/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:12:58 +0100 Keeping Your Side Characters Distinct – Brandon Sanderson's Writing Lecture (2025)

]]> 31ef8da10aab76eefc614ec0a906b9dc Matthew Brown started the topic Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes by Rob Wilkins in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/terry-pratchett-a-life-with-footnotes-by-rob-wilkins/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:04:33 +0100 I’ve not started reading it yet but I was given a copy of the Terry Pratchett biography, A Life With Footnotes by Rob Wilkins, for my birthday.

When I have read (some of) it, I’ll report back.

]]> a311ec64d798669d5ba9ab435d5c3bae Toni McHadden joined the group I probably should be writing https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19124/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:56:09 +0100 0 b4a2f980eafab4603fd074deaa4d8ba1 Blog: Exclusive Extract: Her Royal Houseguest by Jade Lee from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/09/25/exclusive-extract-her-royal-houseguest-by-jade-lee/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:12:09 +0100 If you love royal romance, opposites attract, and sharp-tongued heroines who refuse to be overlooked, Her Royal Houseguest belongs on … Continued

]]> 0 83ef70902249954944c5963b95e11440 Blog: Log Run from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/flashfriday/log-run/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:52:35 +0100 Flash Friday

In Log Run, a children’s picnic is interrupted by a group of young recruits carrying a felled tree trunk. The children fall silent. So do the m […]

]]> 0 af90f653db11f17dd42a94164d30c256 Blog: Last Chance to Save the World, Beth Revis from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Last_Chance_to_Save_the_World__Beth_Revis.html Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2025 science fiction novella, last of its trilogy. Ada must sneak in to
not-SpaceX headquarters and hack the nanites that will fix Earth’s
ecosystem so that they […]

]]> 0 5af7da999ec98810b203e02fb8fc9cae Blog: 11 Cosy but Spicy Books to Read this Autumn from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/09/23/11-cosy-but-spicy-books-to-read-this-autumn/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:15:45 +0100 The scent of cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger is in the air, which can only mean one thing…pumpkin-spiced lattes are back! … Continued

]]> 0 2fc7971122e90d77d86d09f63ed6fb71 Blog: One Good Knight, Mercedes Lackey from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/One_Good_Knight__Mercedes_Lackey.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2006 fantasy, second of its series. Princess Andromeda (she prefers
"Andie") has her mother Cassiopeia’s brains, but not her beauty, and
is determined to be useful […]

]]> 0 518e775ce8ba96b6ff14b9887c39184e Blog: “Under Supervision” by Andy Carter from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/editors-pick/under-supervision/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:42:53 +0100 A probation officer returns from paternity leave to a stolen bus, a difficult appointment and the uneasy discovery that being needed at work is not the same as […]

]]> 0 195bb7d9ae7959bb2cd4a9e956aae38a Blog: Pee Bucket from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/editors-pick/pee-bucket-aine-greaney/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:54:48 +0100 A yellow pee bucket. Two open duffel bags. A backpack tossed through a dirty window. And a fifteen-year-old who already speaks fluent eviction.
The post Pee Bucket […]

]]> 0 06a7823adf8fbf259a6678e69fa6da1b Matthew Brown commented on the post, What book do you wish you could read again for the first time?, on the groupblog Shall we talk? https://chat.authorbuzz.co.uk/books/what-book-do-you-wish-you-could-read-again-for-the-first-time/#comment-858 Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:29:13 +0100 The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks.

]]> d5bb06e849bdf460d9ada33a5c5e22e9 Blog: Dead in the Frame, Stephen Spotswood from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Dead_in_the_Frame__Stephen_Spotswood.html Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2025 mystery, fifth in its series. As cliffhangered at the end of book
4, Pentecost has been arrested for murder.

]]> 0 1d68d3be1ebdcf52f43f92e3855851a4 Blog: Three Stories. One Weekend. What We Carry. from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/editors-pick/flash-friday-weekend-challenge-winning-stories/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:38 +0100 Three writers. Three 150-word stories. Read the winning entries from Litro’s Flash Friday Weekend Challenge, supported by Stormtech.
The post Three Stories. One W […]

]]> 0 cb814d9f9f1d71dec6747d5ae63554e4 Blog: Exclusive Extract: Doctors’ Red-Hot Rivalry by Luana DaRosa from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/09/18/exclusive-extract-doctors-red-hot-rivalry-by-luana-darosa/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:02:02 +0100 If you love spicy medical romance with enemies-to-lovers tension and a secret arrangement that sets the page on fire – … Continued

]]> 0 ee2ef3583f2aa40d6b58ba96ffd58e0a Blog: Blood and Treachery, J D Kirk from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Blood_and_Treachery__J_D_Kirk.html Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2019 police procedural mystery, tartan noir, fourth in the Jack
Logan series. The Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team gets a shout, and
finds a body, but not the one they […]

]]> 0 1a5fb1433187e046dba346d1ec4820cc Sam Smith wrote a new blog post What book do you wish you could read again for the first time? in the group Shall we talk? https://chat.authorbuzz.co.uk/books/what-book-do-you-wish-you-could-read-again-for-the-first-time/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0100 cf8b7573add94d1f7e32b00aeee62b4e Blog: Love Practical Magic? Here Are 7 Witchy Romance Books to Read Next from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/09/16/love-practical-magic-here-are-7-witchy-romance-books-to-read-next/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:19:10 +0100 Calling all witches, ghost enthusiasts and hopeless romantics – your autumn TBR just got a serious upgrade!🧙‍♀️🕯️ Has Practical Magic … Continued

]]> 0 3b027b03dcebdd38d707be0851ccaca3 Blog: The Cafe at the End of the World, Helen Comerford from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/The_Cafe_at_the_End_of_the_World__Helen_Comerford.html Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0100 2026 young adult modern fantasy, first of a pair of books. Lydie is
the daughter of Death (now retired), but she just wants to work at and
eventually take over the […]

]]> 0 5598e5bee51a8082538f331c18348120 Jane Smith started the topic Yesterday, I read How the Grinch Stole Christmas to two happy children in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/yesterday-i-read-how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-to-two-happy-children/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:45:26 +0100 I loved reading Dr Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas when I was small, and I got to read it again yesterday evening when I read it to my friend’s two kiddies.

]]> c0651f554843a5dc80489fe7417fe743 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Did Baroness Benjamin just classify forums as social media? in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/reflections/law-and-legality/did-baroness-benjamin-just-classify-forums-as-social-media/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:33:53 +0100 Did Baroness Benjamin just classify forums as social media? It is entirely possible that Baroness Benjamin has placed Author Buzz UK on the chopping block without meaning to. I grew up watching Floella Benjamin […]

]]> afdc2f7ca5cc3fc4ce31610f9d21f500 Blog: Sentinel, Anthony J. Melchiorri from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Sentinel__Anthony_J__Melchiorri.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:05:00 +0100 2021 military SF, first of a series. Cole Shaw signed up because the
alternative was waiting to die on his failing colony planet. Now he
drives a mech.

]]> 0 dbfc0c21c62c446e23fa0a8fb6263013 Blog: All the Wrong Moves by Anthony Scaramucci review – confessions of an ex-Trumper from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/15/all-the-wrong-moves-by-anthony-scaramucci-review-confessions-of-an-ex-trumper Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:00:31 +0100 The president’s former press secretary has learned all the right lessons, but how come it took him so long?The most interesting chapter in Anthony Scaramucci’s All […]

]]> 0 70a1b0f62a125ce0cfa9f8c7a01e9f2b Blog: The Rouse by China Miéville review – a mighty achievement from the ‘new weird’ author from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/15/the-rouse-by-china-mieville-review-a-mighty-achievement-from-the-new-weird-author Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:00:29 +0100 Twenty years in the writing, this paranormal epic of cold war espionage and family tragedy is a quantum leap in terms of ambition and moral seriousnessChina […]

]]> 0 bfdd7975545e1296bf7b69e7ec89f8cc Matthew Brown replied to the topic The Player of Games by Iain M Banks in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/the-player-of-games-by-iain-m-banks/?view=all#post-5316 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:24:41 +0100 The Player of Games was my first Iain M Banks book. It got me hooked on the Culture as a whole; it was by far the best one. Jernau Morat Gurgeh’s journey was a compelling one but I liked how Banks never shies away from what it cost him, as well as what it gave him.

The game playing went so many levels deeper that’s more obviouse on a second reading.

]]> 9a64ba899a461c86abc99042e8ad994b Sam Smith replied to the topic The Player of Games by Iain M Banks in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/the-player-of-games-by-iain-m-banks/#post-5314 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:24:04 +0100 I loved that book.

]]> 2552a4c47496c8c28bde95c6ca0d53af Acorn Boi started the topic I downloaded The Wheels of Chance by H. G. Wells in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/i-downloaded-the-wheels-of-chance-by-h-g-wells/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:18:53 +0100 I downloaded The Wheels of Chance by H. G. Wells from Standard Ebooks. They’re a project to make good-looking free ebooks from public domain works.

https://standardebooks.org/

]]> 7eab3ef4ad57bf8cc0f91902747bf3de Blog: Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore, Emily Krempholtz from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Violet_Thistlewaite_Is_Not_a_Villain_Anymore__Emily_Krempholtz.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2025 fantasy. The Evil Mage has been killed, and presumably his
minions too. And there’s no reason for anyone to link Violet, the
newcomer in town who just wants to […]

]]> 0 9ac784118189d234ca9de3a18007b1d4 Blog: Farewell to Eden by Sebastian Faulks review – conflict and compromise, from a veteran of the genre from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/14/farewell-to-eden-by-sebastian-faulks-review-conflict-and-compromise-from-a-veteran-of-the-genre Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:00:26 +0100 A returning British soldier is haunted by his time in Palestine in this panoramic epic set after the second world warSebastian Faulks’s latest book focuses on the m […]

]]> 0 99410a5d4553510449ab4e82ac53f223 Blog: End Times Fascism by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor review – the fightback starts here from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/14/end-times-fascism-by-naomi-klein-and-astra-taylor-review-the-fightback-starts-here Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:00:25 +0100 A sharp analysis of the damage wrought by the reckless super-rich, and progressive toolkit for repairing itThe more power the radical rightwing nationalists of our […]

]]> 0 837a6eabaeed098561598c3d58e33dfd Blog: Tom Gauld on a new case for Hercule Poirot – cartoon from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2026/sep/13/tom-gauld-on-a-new-case-for-hercule-poirot-cartoon Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:00:05 +0100 Continue reading…

]]> 0 5945af5a9ecef427dbe531feca3da7c2 Blog: A Pilgrimage – Emily Ann Zisko from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/editors-pick/a-pilgrimage-emily-ann-zisko/ Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:28:36 +0100 In small-town Massachusetts, Avery learns to drive while trying to understand Phyllis, a woman everybody has turned into a cautionary tale, and Lex, the girl next […]

]]> 0 920ccaa58879ac94b5eca0575448ea83 Blog: Emily St John Mandel: ‘When half the electorate disagrees on basic reality, how do you come back from that?’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/13/emily-st-john-mandel-when-half-the-electorate-disagrees-on-basic-reality-how-do-you-come-back-from-that Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:00:03 +0100 Her hit novel Station Eleven seemed to predict the pandemic, now the novelist is tackling the future of the US. She talks about chance, world-building and […]

]]> 0 c35e53f3be174841acfa055120990981 Blog: AI will transform capitalism – but how? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/13/ai-will-transform-capitalism-but-how Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:00:02 +0100 Technology is going to drastically reshape the economy, and it’s within our power to decide what that looks likeThe idea that autonomous, thinking machines may o […]

]]> 0 c25c11077dc2c82642a95d48d7dbd981 Blog: Week in Review #38 from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/09/week-in-review-38.html Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:24:36 +0100 I didn’t finish any books this week. Century of Viewing #381920s1924 Girl Shy. A
stuttering shy man with no experience at all even slightly with women
writes a […]

]]> 0 dfb56a835ed33a44acea216ffe16d9f3 Blog: Julia Donaldson: ‘Am I the Gruffalo Granny? Not really. I’m the mouse’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/12/julia-donaldson-am-i-the-gruffalo-granny-not-really-im-the-mouse Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:00:32 +0100 As she introduces the latest member of her Gruffalo family, Julia Donaldson talks about storytelling, loss and the worries that come with being Britain’s all-time b […]

]]> 0 86d25431c55d1576d91ee3348b5bce97 Blog: Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/12/naomi-klein-extreme-wealth-has-a-deranging-effect-it-turns-you-into-a-supremacist Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:00:28 +0100 She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on c […]

]]> 0 f91d76604d0322391902f394af4dbd94 Blog: Midlife in Gretna Green, Linzi Day from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Midlife_in_Gretna_Green__Linzi_Day.html Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0100 2022 modern fantasy, first of a series. Niki McKnight has been widowed
for a year when her witchy grandmother dies and leaves her her house
on the Scottish borders. […]

]]> 0 145fe15419b24301535e71ca09328f09 Blog: Exclusive Extract: From Baby Surprise to Snowbound by Susan Meier from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/09/11/exclusive-extract-from-baby-surprise-to-snowbound-by-susan-meier/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:54:43 +0100 If you love feel-good winter romance with festive charm, a swoony second-chance connection and the kind of forced proximity that … Continued

]]> 0 f0bdce69d1bff1c88694ab73a0275457 Blog: Flash Friday Weekend Challenge: 150 Words. Three Backpacks. from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/uncategorised/flash-friday-weekend-challenge-150-words-three-backpacks/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:56:58 +0100 Image courtesy of Stormtech Performance Apparel.

Flash Friday Weekend Challenge

150 words. Three backpacks. One weekend.

We’re doing a very quick F […]

]]> 0 0f56691950ea273474f4e430031f42cf Blog: Best Small Fictions 2026–27: Five Litro Selections from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/editors-pick/best-small-fictions-2027-litro-selections/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:59:30 +0100 Five pieces of flash published by Litro in 2026, selected to go forward for consideration for the Best Small Fictions 2026–27 double edition.
The post Best Small F […]

]]> 0 2f760b98b2bc5f79aaf73ab03e517175 Blog: Not Her Boyfriend from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/fiction/not-her-boyfriend/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:00:50 +0100 He is not her boyfriend. He calls all the time, stays over, fights with her, makes her cry and everyone at the party knows too much has already not been said.
The […]

]]> 0 5e9970257cc21aea52c457809ae287e9 Blog: The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/11/the-best-recent-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-review-roundup Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:00:06 +0100 Massif by Garth Nix; Revolution in the Heart: Stories Inspired By Ursula K Le Guin edited by Jonathan Strahan; An Immaculate Deception by Isabela Livino; Serenity […]

]]> 0 3b140e9b656fbc5941c98a3db0a576e3 Jane Smith replied to the topic I'm reading Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney (no spoilers please) in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/im-reading-beautiful-ugly-by-alice-feeney-no-spoilers-please/#post-5310 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:19:16 +0100 Good so far

]]> f2595b3ba017250b0e5a5de9f83f0e2e Charles Maxwell started the topic The Player of Games by Iain M Banks in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/the-player-of-games-by-iain-m-banks/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:16:42 +0100 I’m halfway through The Player of Games. Not sure if Gurgeh was written to be likeable. I am hooked on him anyway. Such a rich setting and the game… Oh, boy: WOW!

Anyone know if this is a series? I want more.

]]> acf7eab8b7ced53342b2c15039212234 Charles Maxwell joined the group What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19032/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:13:29 +0100 0