Author Buzz | Site-Wide Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:28:10 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 6fba3f10aadd7a90092508b5f4f0ac98 bacogad282 became a registered member https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18421/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:54:59 +0100 0 435630c3db558490b3839827d607a5ac ClaudiaTwils became a registered member https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18420/ Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:26:55 +0100 0 b235af599ab7cbdc982e6f678e45c34d Blog: What's Going On and The Leopard in My House by Mark Steel from Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed https://dogwoodtales.blogspot.com/2026/07/whats-going-on-and-leopard-in-my-house.html Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:05:59 +0100 I picked up two autobiographical books by Mark Steel as I’ve always enjoyed his standup and various radio shows. What’s Going On details his experiences of being on […]

]]> 0 161f464a01b5aa79c436a70f99f0fdba Blog: The Romance Edit: July from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/07/10/the-romance-edit-july-2/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:20:25 +0100 Welcome to the July issue of The Romance Edit. Nothing pairs with a sunny July afternoon quite like a romance … Continued

]]> 0 b9ff0891129b3872ce440bdfe7410cf0 Blog: With All Due Speed, Celia Lake from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/With_All_Due_Speed__Celia_Lake.html Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2022 romantic fantasy short stories, more scenes set after the
events of Eclipse.

]]> 0 53b4958c4bb1a6e821caacb198fa4320 Blog: The Wreck of a World, W Grove from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/The_Wreck_of_a_World__W_Grove.html Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:02:00 +0100 1890 scientific romance novella. In the far distant future of 1948,
the machines are revolting…

]]> 0 9f2e3e590c7d9a91b2faf9062e910b97 Blog: Hooked on Off Campus? Read these 4 Elle Kennedy Books Next from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/07/08/hooked-on-off-campus-read-these-4-elle-kennedy-books-next/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:37:41 +0100 If the Amazon Prime adaptation of Elle Kennedy’s Off-Campus series left you craving more of her addictive mix of swoony tension, sharp … Continued

]]> 0 8a40eab5f8b0f293a4e86c7fb4de4473 Blog: Call the Dead Again, Ann Granger from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/Call_the_Dead_Again__Ann_Granger.html Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0100 1998 mystery, eleventh of Granger’s novels of Chief Inspector Alan Markby
and non-detective Meredith Mitchell. A local lawyer and minor European
luminary has his […]

]]> 0 0123b3885dccef435cd3d0e23b120516 Matthew Brown edited the blog post You web writers have taught AI some truly terrible writing habits in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/reflections/writing-and-storytelling/you-web-writers-have-taught-ai-some-truly-terrible-writing-habits/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:50:38 +0100 You web writers have taught AI some truly terrible writing habits Web writers, the AI has been trained on your public work, and it shows. You all have taught AI some truly terrible writing habits HFY writers have […]

]]> ebfd00429ceef61f3e53ee1d85b3f553 Blog: Galactic Empire Declares War, Humanity’s Envoy Just Shrugged And Pulled Out a Newspaper from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/narration/2026/galactic-empire-declares-war-humanitys-envoy-just-shrugged-and-pulled-out-a-newspaper/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:54:34 +0100 0 0461a361a0fe1a8fa4c8419330a28b64 Blog: 7 Must Read Cowboy Love Stories for Small-Town Romance Fans from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/07/06/7-must-read-cowboy-love-stories-for-small-town-romance-fans/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:48:57 +0100 There’s something about a sexy cowboy that never goes out of style. Dusty boots, quiet confidence, untamed landscapes and a love … Continued

]]> 0 85b353c581e376be05003eed0ba4057e Blog: The Work of Art, Mimi Matthews from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/The_Work_of_Art__Mimi_Matthews.html Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2018 Regency romance. Phyllida Satterthwaite has always been thought
more odd than beautiful, but in her London season that oddity makes
her a sensation—and one t […]

]]> 0 19d659c854c0b9255474e2ddcda6b2c9 Matthew Brown edited the blog post How to add a no-fuss "thoughts" custom paragraph style to LibreOffice in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/tutorials/how-to-add-a-no-fuss-thoughts-custom-paragraph-style-to-libreoffice/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:08:34 +0100 How to add a no-fuss "thoughts" custom paragraph style to LibreOffice This quick and easy guide is mostly for my fellow writers and anyone else who occasionally needs special paragraphs in their document. Imagine this. […]

]]> 886b39d2d542a78858a95b9248a41a74 Blog: A Perilous Perspective, Anna Lee Huber from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/A_Perilous_Perspective__Anna_Lee_Huber.html Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2022 historical mystery; tenth in Huber’s Lady Darby series
(post-Regency amateur detection). The Gages are staying at a remote
castle for a wedding party; but when […]

]]> 0 724b9cf9a922c91568491c5eed74bb02 Blog: Romance Includes You 2026: Submissions Now Open! from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/07/01/romance-includes-you-2026-submissions-now-open/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0100 We hope you’ve all been getting excited for the opening of the submission window for Mills & Boon’s Romance Includes … Continued

]]> 0 156b47da28939cb9c6bf124336809795 Blog: Banshee, Lindsay Rumbold from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/Banshee__Lindsay_Rumbold.html Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2024 Cold War espionage and aviation thriller. In 2022, an
undocumented bunker turns up during construction work on a former RAF
base, containing squadron paperwork […]

]]> 0 e9476808909d5147845c60601f84e4c2 Blog: Our Impact Since 2025 from Seren in the group Seren Books https://www.serenbooks.com/2026/06/our-impact-since-2025/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:21:19 +0100 You may have noticed changes here at Seren Books over the past few years. With the help of the many individuals and organisations we work with, we reflected on what […]

]]> 0 b268c39592c749eaf4488af7d647fafa Blog: Crossings -Etta Levi Smythe from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/fiction/crossings/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:20:35 +0100 A boat crossing from Ithaca becomes a passage through grief, drought, memory, and the return of what the body has tried to bury.
The post Crossings -Etta Levi […]

]]> 0 3d247837c341d4c835c19308ad40aa7b Blog: Storm Rachel from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/fiction/storm-rachel/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:29:20 +0100 Part One: Mouse House
“After you,” said Stuart, holding back a bright shock of gorse. The gate creaked a strange welcome and I stepped through.
A smell of damp ear […]

]]> 0 483615cc7169653c4b3a192329952455 Blog: Rabies from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/fiction/rabies/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:27:43 +0100 As the lake retreats and rabid dogs gather at the shore, an ageing couple hold out on an island, finishing a children’s book for the daughter they lost.
The post < […]

]]> 0 7f3220f0e2dae808d78e74ec5c3bc327 Blog: Vanishing Point, Marcia Muller from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/Vanishing_Point__Marcia_Muller.html Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:04:00 +0100 2006 mystery, twenty-third in Muller’s series about Sharon McCone,
private investigator in San Francisco. Over twenty years ago, a woman
vanished; a few days later, […]

]]> 0 6c3403b388ea58b7b32219ef6df081f4 Blog: Full Speed to a Crash Landing, Beth Revis from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/Full_Speed_to_a_Crash_Landing__Beth_Revis.html Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2024 science fiction novella, first of a trilogy. Ada Lamarr is a
salvager, but there’s a hole in the side of her ship and her suit air
supply is running low. Hope […]

]]> 0 b26670bf7fed65d5083bcabc64a0b363 Blog: Are you ready for some fun but silly B-movie schlock? from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/are-you-ready-for-some-fun-but-silly-b-movie-schlock/ Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:48:20 +0100 0 df288ee9c94977afbdc3f9b2ac20a607 Blog: We Sent 50 Ships to Human Territory, Only One Came Back, Marked With a Single Word from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/narration/2026/we-sent-50-ships-to-human-territory-only-one-came-back-marked-with-a-single-word/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:08:00 +0100 0 b0e07195826ebf664bd3bde3d50a7e86 Blog: Love Heated Rivalry? Read these 6 Winter Sports Romances from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/06/26/love-heated-rivalry-read-these-6-winter-sports-romances/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0100 Binge-watched Heated Rivalry in record time? Now you’re staring at your screen, desperate for more rink-side tension, locker-room heat, and that irresistible mix … < […]

]]> 0 c25304ab7e140cd663aecf43aa24d38f Blog: The last one from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/the-last-one/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0100 0 f3908bf6a855cf5309d62552f56964bc Blog: What Are the Chances – Nicky Torode from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/fiction/what-are-the-chances-nicky-torode/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:17:51 +0100 On a hot South London afternoon, Nina’s small win on a scratch card leads her through old grief, old streets, and the fragile possibility of starting again.
The p […]

]]> 0 5c296fc0e446e2cdd902cfb26ee7e131 Jason Latnar edited the blog post Foyles Pride Fest: Sarah Waters in Conversation with Chloe Michelle Howarth in the group Author appearances and events https://appearances.authorbuzz.co.uk/appearances/foyles-pride-fest-sarah-waters-in-conversation-with-chloe-michelle-howarth/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:42:11 +0100 Foyles Pride Fest: Sarah Waters in Conversation with Chloe Michelle Howarth Sarah Waters joins Chloe Michelle Howarth on stage as a celebration of her contribution to queer literature Location: The Auditorium […]

]]> 53da7bdfac57e0e912e6b9a970da37ad Blog: Dooneen by Keith Ridgway review – uncanny visions of dark times in Dublin from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/25/dooneen-by-keith-ridgway-review-uncanny-visions-of-dark-times-in-dublin Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:00:07 +0100 Ireland is trembling with nascent social unrest in this labyrinthine tale of one man’s homecomingIrish author Keith Ridgway’s latest novel deals, both mis […]

]]> 0 543a8ddf426fd695e19e48fd6fa73eb6 Blog: Everyone Feared The Hydro Weapons, Until Humans Drank Them! from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/narration/2026/everyone-feared-the-hydro-weapons-until-humans-drank-them/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0100 0 071fa3977ceedd3ad4b558a8247e0000 Blog: Short story prize clears winners of AI allegations after month-long review from The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/commonwealth-prize-clears-winners-ai-allegations-review-b3001994.html Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:01:28 +0100 Three of five regional winners had been accused of using AI to write their short stories

]]> 0 f6f38a05f808a404a9afa5cb709ce147 Blog: Foyles Pride Fest: Sarah Waters in Conversation with Chloe Michelle Howarth from Hachette UK in the group We love Sarah Waters https://www.sarahwaters.com/sarahwaters-posts/2026/06/24/foyles-pride-fest-sarah-waters-in-conversation-with-chloe-michelle-howarth/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:50:09 +0100 Location: The Auditorium (Level 6) at Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road, London

Date: Saturday 27th June 2026

Time: 6-7pm

The discussion will be followed […]

]]> 0 7e986af60941318616be1ee43a39affa Blog: Romance Includes You 2026: Finding Your Perfect Series Match from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/06/24/romance-includes-you-2026-finding-your-perfect-series-match/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:30:16 +0100 This July, the Mills & Boon team are on the hunt for romance novels by debut writers in underrepresented communities … Continued

]]> 0 10791aa08d13e4ac36e6773580b3e870 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Good books you can read in one sitting in the group Random Occasional Book Reviews https://bookish.authorbuzz.co.uk/2026/06/24/good-books-you-can-read-in-one-sitting/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:41:49 +0100 Good books you can read in one sittingToday, I stumbled on this short video listing some good books that are short reads and had to share it.

]]> 844247a2a4fb71ebcf77d73dff95cd4d Blog: Garden Phantoms from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/garden-phantoms/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:22:40 +0100 I almost didn’t watch this because of the AI-looking content, but I am glad I did. This is some fine short-form storytelling.

]]> 0 b6d5481bdd09796169304a0b3602afd5 Blog: Platform Decay, Martha Wells from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/Platform_Decay__Martha_Wells.html Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:04:00 +0100 2026 short science fiction novel, eighth in the Murderbot series.
Murderbot is visiting a huge space habitat with the goal of rescuing
some of its humans.

]]> 0 4de57b07dc39315c35ff6b5e1f8f918a Blog: ‘Beautiful and terrifying’: the best American LGBTQ+ books, chosen by Samuel R Delany, Kaveh Akbar, Eileen Myles and more from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/jun/24/best-american-lgbtq-books-authors Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:00:40 +0100 From 20th-century classics to little-known treasures, queer authors share their favorite books about LGBTQ+ life‘Sheer outrageousness’: writers on their fav […]

]]> 0 209d0809d5b1935227de9a3a81feea99 Blog: The Family Man by James Lasdun review – the killings that shocked America from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/24/the-family-man-by-james-lasdun-review-the-killings-that-shocked-america Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:00:38 +0100 Alex Murdaugh’s conviction for the murder of his wife and son was recently overturned. Where does the truth lie?In March 2023, 54-year-old Alex Murdaugh received t […]

]]> 0 fff63b945980f90d82f648f84c8b0a29 Blog: TEMPUS from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/tempus/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0100 0 53dd2d0d7a74b3907fa1bc52e0d7c2e7 Burty Burtman edited the blog post 5 SciFi prompts in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/5-scifi-prompts/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:42:52 +0100 5 SciFi promptsRob Bignell shared these five sci-fi what-if style prompts.

]]> 003dfea9096e0430d154f6664d2e2a92 Blog: Reader, I married him: couples tell us how books brought them together from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/23/reader-i-married-him-couples-tell-us-how-books-brought-them-together Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:00:36 +0100 From book club meet-cutes to shared English Literature lectures, romance has blossomed beyond the page for these bibliophilesDua Lipa and Callum Turner have been […]

]]> 0 a046aefce1f194b80ebc308d57f97778 Blog: Obsidian Prey, Jayne Castle from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/Obsidian_Prey__Jayne_Castle.html Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2009 romance/SF/mystery; sixth of its series but effectively
stand-alone. Lyra Dore found a trove of a rare sort of amber, and the
Company took it off her. And she […]

]]> 0 1488a2d8e38b0debc6ade2612ef3e69a Blog: Fantastic Kingdom by Helene von Bismarck review – an outsider’s guide to British politics from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/23/fantastic-kingdom-by-helene-von-bismarck-review-an-outsiders-guide-to-british-politics Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:00:34 +0100 This stranger’s-eye-view of an eccentric nation promises insight but delivers only conventional wisdom‘Continental people have sex lives; the English have hot […]

]]> 0 9a173414ea81b1df319e6f76bf8bb6f8 Blog: Awake Awake by Fiona Mozley review – in pursuit of false memories from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/23/awake-awake-by-fiona-mozley-review-in-pursuit-of-false-memories Tue, 23 Jun 2026 06:00:33 +0100 From the Booker-shortlisted author, a tantalisingly unreliable account of childhood, history and mental uncertaintyThe historian and novelist Fiona Mozley […]

]]> 0 a70fbde8f3b1e930026001ced33921ee Blog: Our Crew Reached a 2-Billion-Year-Old Dyson Sphere. It Asked a Question from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/narration/2026/our-crew-reached-a-2-billion-year-old-dyson-sphere-it-asked-a-question/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0100 I rarely say this, but I must: This is an amazingly constructed story; if you listen to no other tale this year, make it this one.

]]> 0 99918f4f464593e77afda68a16de4d0f Blog: Bethany Handley wins Eric Gregory Award from Seren in the group Seren Books https://www.serenbooks.com/2026/06/bethany-handley-wins-eric-gregory-award/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:12:16 +0100 We’re delighted to share that Bethany Handley has won an Eric Gregory Award for her poetry pamphlet Cling Film, a prize awarded to outstanding collections by p […]

]]> 0 850c1a58d0696baa87d42ce10acfaa7d Blog: A Mexican Mystery, W Grove from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/A_Mexican_Mystery__W_Grove.html Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:03:00 +0100 1888 scientific romance novella. A new self-fuelling railway
locomotive turns out to be rather more effective than anyone had
supposed.

]]> 0 fe8b8b2131b58d668a94ebbe3fce6c66 Blog: The Leveret By Anna Goldreich review – a hare mends the pain of baby loss from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/22/the-leveret-by-anna-goldreich-review-a-hare-mends-the-pain-of-baby-loss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:00:50 +0100 This bold debut about a woman finding healing after a late miscarriage is written with utter convictionBirth. “A detaching, a loosening of something, then the p […]

]]> 0 67195ac5a75cb914cb8ab121318cc65a Blog: The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review – the real price of artificial intelligence from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/22/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai-by-cory-doctorow-review-the-real-price-of-artificial-intelligence Mon, 22 Jun 2026 06:00:52 +0100 A vivid and entertaining polemic on the economics of the tech revolution, filled with righteous ireAs former Google CEO Eric Schmidt  could tell you, AI is a hard […]

]]> 0 a86ec8e3039006d22e5806024a128a5d Blog: M John Harrison: ‘If we met a real alien we’d have no clue what they thought’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/21/m-john-harrison-if-we-met-a-real-alien-wed-have-no-clue-what-they-thought Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:00:29 +0100 At 80, SF author M John Harrison is producing some of his best work. He talks about finding his voice, alien intelligence and the advice from Iain Banks that still […]

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