Author Buzz | Site-Wide Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:11:39 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 1975f3ad2579737defe2cc669394b076 Sam Smith started the topic Has anyone picked up "The End of Everything" by M. John Harrison? in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/has-anyone-picked-up-the-end-of-everything-by-m-john-harrison/ Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:11:39 +0000 “The End of Everything” by M. John Harrison is this year’s Booker Prize winner. Normally, that sort of thing means nothing to me but this one low key has my attention. Before I rush out and by it, I want to know if normal readers enjoy it.

]]> 746b8b5ac6498002e543d54cbbcc06de Arves Corral replied to the topic (Off topic) do you like politics in your fiction? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/off-topic-do-you-like-politics-in-your-fiction/#post-5378 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 13:59:53 +0000 All fiction has some amount of politics in it because fiction is usually about people, and people generate politics. You cannot explore the human condition without exploring the environment in which we live. Everything that affects us is connected to politics, which is why you cannot keep it out of fiction. Even if we try to keep it out of our…Read more

]]> 7919b045c58936feef0dc662839b07e9 Blog: Lee Child says Trump is the reason he left the US: 'A very unpleasant, antagonistic, toxic society' from The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/lee-child-andrew-jack-reacher-donald-trump-b3082277.html Tue, 10 Nov 2026 10:44:05 +0000 The bestselling Jack Reacher author tells Hannah Stephenson about his return to England

]]> 0 35f14f9558e9611174128cfe8355e346 Blog: We read the Booker Prize winner – here’s our verdict on the entire list from The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/books/booker-prize-shortlist-what-you-should-read-b3082251.html Tue, 10 Nov 2026 10:26:52 +0000 There’s a book for every reader on the shortlist

]]> 0 60418e060eac38ed0ffaff57eb8eff51 Blog: Hornblower and the Big Decision, C. S. Forester from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/11/Hornblower_and_the_Big_Decision__C__S__Forester.html Tue, 10 Nov 2026 09:03:00 +0000 1951 Napoleonic naval short fiction, set early in Hornblower’s career
as he has to take charge of the execution of a captured deserter. vtt
"Hornblower’s […]

]]> 0 28433b548153d8622308bbc15935f4a4 Blog: Killing the Pope review – the truth behind the attempted murder of John Paul II from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/10/killing-the-pope-review-the-truth-behind-the-attempted-of-john-paul-ii Tue, 10 Nov 2026 09:00:33 +0000 Was the failed assassination of the Polish pope a Soviet plot or simply the work of a deranged hitman?On the afternoon of Wednesday 13 May 1981, St Peter’s Square i […]

]]> 0 fd78d21ed18aaa635cb35b9315adf7da Blog: Lessons in Harmony by Jonathan Coe review – what can music tell us about national identity? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/10/lessons-in-harmony-by-jonathan-coe-review-what-can-music-tell-us-about-national-identity Tue, 10 Nov 2026 07:00:31 +0000 The unlikely friendship between French and English composers Maurice Ravel and Ralph Vaughan Williams has inspired a tender and generous novelIn 1907, composer […]

]]> 0 bab7527b23b982a7d96abdfa1bbdee0b Blog: M John Harrison becomes oldest Booker Prize winner at 81 for The End of Everything from The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/booker-prize-winner-m-john-harrison-the-end-of-everything-2026-b3082140.html Mon, 09 Nov 2026 22:01:00 +0000 Judges of the £50,000 prize said that Harrison’s ‘apocalypse novel’, set in a Kentish seaside town after societal collapse, still contained a sense of hope

]]> 0 ff372c0d9f596d60bb19cee09d303887 Blog: M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker prize from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/09/m-john-harrison-the-end-of-everything-wins-2026-booker-prize Mon, 09 Nov 2026 22:00:20 +0000 The 81-year-old’s postapocalyptic novel The End of Everything takes home the £50,000 awardGuardian fiction editor Justine Jordan on M John Harrison’s win: A visi […]

]]> 0 4312edb30c6010de5d5e07647bdb6bae Blog: 2026 Entente Littéraire Prize Shortlist Revealed from Royal Society of Literature in the group The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) https://rsliterature.org/2026-entente-litteraire-prize-shortlist-revealed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2026-entente-litteraire-prize-shortlist-revealed Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:38:45 +0000 The Franco-British jury of the Entente Littéraire Prize (Prix de l’Entente Littéraire) has revealed its 2026 shortlist. Officially launched by Her Majesty Queen Cam […]

]]> 0 30c636962883f5193899ef3596696b06 Jason Latnar replied to the topic (Off topic) do you like politics in your fiction? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/off-topic-do-you-like-politics-in-your-fiction/#post-5377 Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:46:00 +0000 I hate it when a good series gets all political. I’m here to escape real life not join it.

]]> 6ebaafdcbe220042d4e29f2881ad57b2 Charles Maxwell posted an update: Yay, leaving work early today. Got a stack of comics to read […] https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19431/ Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:07:16 +0000 Yay, leaving work early today. Got a stack of comics to read on the train too.

]]> 1 4f4b069dfdd020aa0a0ea983d7453cbb Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post It was a delightful wedding. The bride looked radiant. Nan had a good cry. Photos were taken. The cake was cut... And then the murders began. in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/it-was-a-delightful-wedding-the-bride-looked-radiant-nan-had-a-good-cry-photos-were-taken-the-cake-was-cut-and-then-the-murders-began/ Mon, 09 Nov 2026 10:00:00 +0000 4fa2da671306332e422e21c82f9fa919 Blog: Two Women by Jacqueline Rose review – a memorial to Gillian Rose from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/09/two-women-by-jacqueline-rose-review-a-memorial-to-gillian-rose Mon, 09 Nov 2026 09:00:04 +0000 The connections between the author’s sister and the German Jewish philosopher Edith Stein are vividly imagined in alternating chapters of a fictional biographyIn a […]

]]> 0 806389a5f4b538ad200be871239aa4ef Blog: Look at Me by Dustin Hoffman review – an era-defining actor says his piece from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/09/look-at-me-by-dustin-hoffman-review-an-era-defining-actor-says-his-piece Mon, 09 Nov 2026 07:00:02 +0000 At 89, the star of the Graduate and Rain Man demonstrates both brilliance and a startling lack of self-awarenessThe choice of title for an actor’s autobiography c […]

]]> 0 a35a75b10730524fca2899cbfb3a759a Toni McHadden started the topic (Off topic) do you like politics in your fiction? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/off-topic-do-you-like-politics-in-your-fiction/ Sun, 08 Nov 2026 22:25:23 +0000 How do you feel about politics in your fiction?

Both or one of: Fictional or real-world.

If yes, why; if no, also why?

]]> bbe9d6fdc0360144ec9eca1867528166 Blog: Tom Gauld on prompts for a cartoon about artificial intelligence and writing – cartoon from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2026/nov/08/tom-gauld-on-prompts-for-a-cartoon-about-artificial-intelligence-and-writing-cartoon Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:40 +0000 Continue reading…

]]> 0 07614486bec1fe68cb2cdf9653026116 Blog: ‘No tech, no texts, just childhood’: author Liz Pichon on the secrets behind her multi-million selling Tom Gates series from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/08/no-tech-no-texts-just-childhood-author-liz-pichon-on-the-secrets-behind-her-multi-million-selling-tom-gates-series Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:39 +0000 As her long-running children’s book series turns 15, Liz Pichon talks about overcoming dyslexia to become a bestselling authorIf you ever find yourself in an a […]

]]> 0 602bc79c85881d83366d6840c3ac26d5 Blog: Invincible from Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed https://dogwoodtales.blogspot.com/2026/11/invincible.html Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:07:43 +0000 I backed the pdf of this game in the kickstarter campaign and liked it enough to pick up the starter set and core book from someone who was selling a spare copy […]

]]> 0 825380004e6369dab717e3af3a052c51 Blog: Narrative threads: How to write a Booker-shortlisted novel, by Marlon James, Douglas Stuart, Elizabeth Strout and more from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/07/narrative-threads-how-to-write-a-booker-shortlisted-novel-by-marlon-james-douglas-stuart-elizabeth-strout-and-more Sat, 07 Nov 2026 09:00:06 +0000 A trip to the Scottish islands, a psychological experiment, a chance encounter in a drugstore… the finalists for this year’s Booker prize reveal their ins […]

]]> 0 cec7e82c6375cee1284e8b672ea711d8 Blog: Russell Brand books withdrawn by UK publishers after his conviction for rape and sexual assault from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/06/russell-brand-books-withdrawn-uk-publishers-conviction-rape-sexual-assault Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:56:12 +0000 Pan Macmillan and Hodder & Stoughton have both confirmed that work by the comedian and writer will be pulled, and other publishers’ books are no longer a […]

]]> 0 264ca09aadb3dd1e2c0701d89fd7f76a Blog: The best recent poetry – review roundup from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/06/the-best-recent-poetry-review-roundup Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:00:41 +0000 The Universe is an Animal by Jessica Mookherjee; Sleep Gate by Sylvia Legris; The Other Love by Henri Cole; Stay Winter by Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe The Universe Is an […]

]]> 0 b9f8956995b0cf5eb7bdb9dd52c3df79 Blog: Exclusive Extract: His Christmas Princess by Scarlet Wilson from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/11/06/exclusive-extract-his-christmas-princess-by-scarlet-wilson/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 11:34:53 +0000 She just wanted to know where she came from. Now she’s being asked to run a country. If you love … Continued

]]> 0 e16921456faa1a12f5d96be454428b57 Blog: Nikita Gill: ‘I read Flowers in the Attic too young. Someone should have stopped me’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/06/nikita-gill-i-read-flowers-in-the-attic-too-young-someone-should-have-stopped-me Fri, 06 Nov 2026 10:00:50 +0000 The Indian-Irish poet on the Mahabharata retelling that inspired her to write, Arundhati Roy’s courage, and the poetry of Lucille CliftonMy earliest r […]

]]> 0 f138e1b7a9274cbe0d04d486f3730375 Blog: True North by Paul Theroux review – an American’s view of Canada from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/06/true-north-by-paul-theroux-review-an-americans-view-of-canada Fri, 06 Nov 2026 07:00:47 +0000 The veteran travel writer turns his eye for detail on his northern neighbour and its peoplePaul Theroux’s arrival in Canada doesn’t go well. An immigration off […]

]]> 0 f31b3a275ad1d8bc33f445eed45999b9 Blog: An Embarrassment of Riches: Art Basel Paris 2026 from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/editors-pick/an-embarrassment-of-riches-art-basel-paris-2026/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 21:33:48 +0000 While protests spread across France, Art Basel Paris offered bronze corks, abstraction and a remarkable return of textile art. Then, two days early, it closed.
The […]

]]> 0 cdd2c7156671357a4f13b68de4b67fa6 Blog: Cecilia Vicuña: What the Thread Remembers from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/arts-and-culture/what-the-thread-remembers-cecilia-vicuna/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 21:32:28 +0000 Whitechapel Gallery’s survey of Cecilia Vicuña begins in the city where she became an exile — and makes the case that poetry, material and collective action were […]

]]> 0 52c96e5c7bcee56a76c7d655b3afa6b2 Blog: Tahir Karmali: The Unfinished Shelter from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/arts-and-culture/the-unfinished-shelter-tahir-karmali/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 21:31:04 +0000 Tahir Karmali draws bodies out of bleached cloth. As he prepares for Frieze Abu Dhabi, he talks about Brooklyn rent, migrant labour and what security would make […]

]]> 0 5100c578af30102379578ec438fc873a Blog: Feminism for a World on Fire by Natasha Walter audiobook review – an urgent call for collective action from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/05/feminism-for-a-world-on-fire-by-natasha-walter-audiobook-review-an-urgent-call-for-collective-action Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:00:26 +0000 The writer and activist finds galvanising energy in grassroots initiatives in the face of inequality and the climate crisis‘Throughout the world confidence in p […]

]]> 0 f4e8720a0812ece4413ed083bfa7e46b Blog: Where to start with: John Berger from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/05/where-to-start-with-john-berger Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:30:23 +0000 The influential British writer and critic was born 100 years ago today. Here’s a guide to his genre-bending writing on art, love, sex, mortality and moreJohn B […]

]]> 0 6df19696f65c9b03c4f2cc93d3f98688 Blog: Hornblower and the Crisis, C. S. Forester from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/11/Hornblower_and_the_Crisis__C__S__Forester.html Wed, 04 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 1967 unfinished Napoleonic naval fiction, eleventh and last written
and fourth by internal chronology. Hornblower leaves the Hotspur and
proceeds back to Plymouth, […]

]]> 0 befee9a8bf2217e68175ecd774ad0f75 Blog: At the boating pool from Punning in the group Dad Jokes and Funny Memes https://punning.isbrill.com/dad-jokes/at-the-boating-pool/ Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:04:29 +0000 Boss: Come in, 99; your time is up. Worker: Sir, we don’t have a 99. Boss: 66, are you in trouble, 66?

]]> 0 d075e028fe3031154ce82c1d1c1b7884 Blog: Grace Nichols Announced as Winner of 2026 RSL Pioneer Prize from Royal Society of Literature in the group The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) https://rsliterature.org/2026-rsl-pioneer-prize-announced/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2026-rsl-pioneer-prize-announced Mon, 02 Nov 2026 17:06:33 +0000 We are thrilled to announce Grace Nichols is the winner of the 2026 RSL Pioneer Prize. The £10,000 award celebrates pioneering British women writers – across all ge […]

]]> 0 2aec56bafbe0b3a574dc2ba110a988d7 Jane Smith joined the group General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19409/ Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:20:49 +0000 0 0c977ed75dff1fb89f976e12f88e4801 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Mistakes to avoid with your personal website in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/tutorials/mistakes-to-avoid-with-your-personal-website/ Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:13:45 +0000 Mistakes to avoid with your personal website I’ve been browsing a massive list of blogs and personal websites, and I have noticed a pattern in the websites I just gave up on. This is my nerdy […]

]]> db70444fff1ac2526af11adc36a5d587 Blog: Exclusive Extract: One Night in Amalfi by Carol Marinelli from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/11/02/exclusive-extract-one-night-in-amalfi-by-carol-marinelli/ Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:12:19 +0000 A billionaire determined not to fall in love. A secret that won’t stay hidden forever. If you love billionaire romances … Continued

]]> 0 fd2c48fc53ebea490b80b6a0b1467b3e Blog: The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy, Brigitte Knightley from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/11/The_Exquisite_Torment_of_Loving_Your_Enemy__Brigitte_Knightley.html Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:02:00 +0000 2026 romantic fantasy, second of a pair. Now that Osric Mordaunt,
assassin, and Aurienne Fairhrim, healer, have worked out that they
kind of like each other… what w […]

]]> 0 b052e789be8ceef8f03aa9879d97e5e2 Blog: Cherry Baby from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/story-sunday/cherry-baby-kirsty-bates/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 14:41:18 +0000 It’s the last day of primary school. There’s KFC, cherryade, MSN Messenger, Coyote Ugly and a sleepover at Emmy’s house. By morning, something between two friends […]

]]> 0 af77cb8f15c1664ad04d1a82e7e292e6 Blog: Walking the Black Dog from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/arts-and-culture/essays/walking-the-black-dog/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:01:01 +0000 At a church above Cairo, a priest asks the devil his name. Sándor Jászberényi has come looking for a way out of the depression he calls the black dog.
The post Walki […]

]]> 0 b1acebb1923a6354ac8dde09d6d22cda Jason Latnar wrote a new blog post One day you wake up to discover you are a frog. in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/one-day-you-wake-up-to-discover-you-are-a-frog/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 11:00:00 +0000 2313195ce8d34bee3b46d3b0b21bfabe Matthew Brown started the topic How much bloodthirstiness is too much in a good story? in the forum Aspiring Authors https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/aspiring-authors/forum/topic/how-much-bloodthirstiness-is-too-much-in-a-good-story/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 23:30:02 +0000 I’m writing a fantasy story. Due to the nature of the situation, there’s a fair old amount of bloodshed. Mostly justified.

Readers, how much is too much for you?

]]> 0faa6d82109e9fb11407d108d8391e72 Blog: Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks from Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed https://dogwoodtales.blogspot.com/2026/10/consider-phlebas-by-iain-m-banks.html Sat, 31 Oct 2026 18:01:26 +0000 Gentile or Jew O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you. T. S. Eliot, “The Waste Land,” IV

I don […]

]]> 1 49de0c50f3efb6394df2a01fdd63892a Blog: The Seagull, Ann Cleeves from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/The_Seagull__Ann_Cleeves.html Sat, 31 Oct 2026 09:02:00 +0000 2017 contemporary police mystery, eighth in Cleeves’ Vera Stanhope
series. A corrupt policeman, now in prison, offers a solution to a
decades-old disappearance, if […]

]]> 0 1a4e7243ed433aa9ada631cad5acd831 Blog: What Great Novels Understand About a Well-Cut Suit from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/arts-and-culture/essays/what-great-novels-understand-about-a-well-cut-suit/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:33:20 +0000 Paid for by an advertising partner.
Novelists rarely spend a sentence on clothing unless it tells the reader something. A frayed cuff can signal a fall from […]

]]> 0 23d1a0576bb639dfa11d3485ca0e60e5 Acorn Boi replied to the topic Anime suggestions? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/anime-suggestions/#post-5370 Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:16:48 +0000 Have you seen:

  • Ascendance of a Bookworm
  • The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic
  • That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

I love them all

]]> fdebfd491c8ffff101605143d9055ce2 Blog: I’d tell you the joke about the time traveller, but you didn’t like it. from Punning in the group Dad Jokes and Funny Memes https://punning.isbrill.com/dad-jokes/id-tell-you-the-joke-about-the-time-traveller-but-you-didnt-like-it/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:35:24 +0000 2 f22a7715e5b7ad6314b57993342f5d33 Blog: Philippa Gregory: ‘I read 100 of the best 18th century novels – the perfect author’s apprenticeship’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/30/philippa-gregory-i-read-100-of-the-best-18th-century-novels-the-perfect-authors-apprenticeship Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:00:50 +0000 The British novelist on discovering Molly Keane, coming to Dickens late, and the books that taught her the importance of writing about historyMy earliest […]

]]> 0 3b1f94d79553b0d2929a7698803146af Blog: The Last Bloody Straw, J D Kirk from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/The_Last_Bloody_Straw__J_D_Kirk.html Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:01:00 +0000 2020 police procedural mystery, tartan noir, fifth in the Jack
Logan series. Logan and Neish are sent to the island of Canna,
population 47. Well, 46 now.

]]> 0 4db3a22057d4f4dfe43538c24b062f20 Blog: Attention Seeking Behaviour by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo review – a slippery liar’s tale from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/30/attention-seeking-behaviour-by-aea-varfis-van-warmelo-review-a-slippery-liars-tale Fri, 30 Oct 2026 07:00:48 +0000 Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths prize, this compelling interrogation of memory, justice and truth offers no easy answersThe Goldsmiths prize-shortlisted debut from […]

]]> 0 5225f783e0722477e1944dc4b825bf73 Blog: Sarah Howe wins Forward poetry prize for best collection from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/29/sarah-howe-wins-forward-poetry-prize-for-best-collection Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:32:12 +0000 Howe’s ‘exceptional’ Foretokens took the main £10,000 award, while Nur Turkmani, Tara Bergin and Biff Smith swept up the remaining categoriesSarah Howe has won th […]

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