Author Buzz | Site-Wide Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:28:16 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 0bdc58b10e05c6648f9cbee2681af87d Richardtor became a registered member https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18318/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:32:33 +0100 0 f3f5a5ac6b5735e03b2d1bb079f88d09 smasher2099hitlE became a registered member https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18316/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:02:11 +0100 0 558f2591614148004dfb4f5456ef7a77 Jason Latnar created the group Litro https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18315/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:35:09 +0100 0 17ca0c9c04d48846cd8bbd71f11d7384 Matthew Brown created the group The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18294/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:55:34 +0100 0 acb8903dbd1306a72e68a7ca71fdca4e Jason Latnar edited the blog post Clutterbooks in Hornsea, East Yorkshire in the group Author appearances and events https://appearances.authorbuzz.co.uk/appearances/other/clutterbooks-in-hornsea-east-yorkshire/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:46:19 +0100 Clutterbooks in Hornsea, East Yorkshire Clutterbooks in Hornsea, East Yorkshire, is hosting a series of author events to celebrate Independent Bookshop Week. All free events, just […]

]]> 03b195d925d31a52f8a05c3a2a641d0d Matthew Brown edited the blog post Let's invent words: Glimfleeble in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) https://matthewdbrown.authorbuzz.co.uk/lordmatt/reflections-and-thoughts/inventing-words/lets-invent-words-glimfleeble/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:34:33 +0100 Let's invent words: Glimfleeble Glimfleeble is now a word, I decided. Glimfleeble adj. Something that looks or sounds impressive and/or important because you have no idea what it is or how it works.

]]> 849c885b2094e7b88722c44dd34d8530 Bob Bobson joined the group I love poetry https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18291/ Sun, 14 Jun 2026 01:16:12 +0100 0 cceb651a8242e085708337ae3dca2cd7 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post The humans were not intimidated in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/opening-lines/the-humans-were-not-intimidated/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0100 The humans were not intimidatedTo: Admiral Zazizch;By: Encrypted Proxy 92a-256;Re: Your plan failedThe humans were not intimidated at all. Send reinforcements. Encounter log attached. (first blogged here)

]]> 8c6603a2d852cb60415184cf4276907a Blog: Why Humans are the Only Species Allowed to Skip Safety Briefings from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/narration/2026/why-humans-are-the-only-species-allowed-to-skip-safety-briefings/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0100 0 27f2e66fb134b853da9ab3698e520ed5 Blog: Can Short Fiction Bring Readers Back? from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/arts-and-culture/gaby-wood-booker-short-fiction-reading-campaign/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:40:38 +0100 Gaby Wood of the Booker Prize Foundation speaks to Litro about short fiction, reading habits, time, cost, distraction, libraries, bookshops and why stories can […]

]]> 0 fe92dadb224431f4644b11dab7b0f17a Blog: Paradox from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/paradox/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:21:39 +0100 0 11c18b560b555d740cbc179b70decc60 Blog: Instructor Displayed Ancient Blades — The Human Asked, “Why Are They Balanced Wrong?” from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/narration/2026/instructor-displayed-ancient-blades-the-human-asked-why-are-they-balanced-wrong/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0100 0 8b295e5f3b33f2a99632baed01f66d88 Blog: “How to Love a Millipede” by Linda Ann Strang from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/flashfriday/how-to-love-a-millipede-linda-ann-strang/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:35:21 +0100 Milicent’s head is covered with live butterflies. Once mocked in acting class, she has become impossible to look away from.
The post “How to Love a Millipede” by Li […]

]]> 0 04bef5332f174c3954f8ab26463da9d3 Blog: What Dance Leaves Behind: Rebecca Evans on Hinterlands from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/arts-and-culture/rebecca-evans-hinterlands-dance-digital-sadlers-wells/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:58:08 +0100 Rebecca Evans speaks to Litro about Hinterlands, a mixed-reality dance work that places the live body, digital image and audience inside the same unstable space. […]

]]> 0 443b52d46b40a999690aa309e0369567 Blog: This Brutal Moon, Bethany Jacobs from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/This_Brutal_Moon__Bethany_Jacobs.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0100 2025 SF, last of its trilogy. The colony is going to be invaded, the
rebellion is at a standstill, and the new dictator is about to make
his move…

]]> 0 1da72b0b22af9f0639685bf10163ac9e Blog: The Alpha Invention from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/the-alpha-invention/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:14:04 +0100 0 20f50a5a14552e75704fa50e554b0824 Blog: The Mark of the Horse Lord, Rosemary Sutcliff from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/The_Mark_of_the_Horse_Lord__Rosemary_Sutcliff.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0100 1965 historical fiction for young people. Phaedrus the gladiator wins
his freedom, but has no idea what to do with it, and rapidly runs into
trouble. Then he is […]

]]> 0 ecb99f6c485109ef7d392c3f3549c3b4 Blog: Mills & Boon’s Romance Includes You 2026 Mentorship Opens for Submissions 1st July! from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/06/09/mills-boons-romance-includes-you-2026-mentorship-opens-for-submissions-1st-july/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:52:34 +0100 Here they are—the details you’ve been waiting for! Following the announcement of Mills & Boon’s Romance Includes You 2026 Mentorship, … Continued

]]> 0 a7825d083d7dec89503ab579b1b7dda2 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Humans always wore encounter suits with mirrored visors, but on day two-hundred and six of the thirteenth-hundred cycle of Vark by the Baralian reckoning, Tharg learned exactly why. It all started when… in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/opening-lines/humans-always-wore-encounter-suits-with-mirrored-visors-but-on-day-two-hundred-and-six-of-the-thirteenth-hundred-cycle-of-vark-by-the-baralian-reckoning-tharg-learned-exactly-why-it-all-started-whe/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0100 Humans always wore encounter suits with mirrored visors, but on day two-hundred and six of the thirteenth-hundred cycle of Vark by the Baralian reckoning, Tharg learned exactly why. It all started when…(first blogged here)

]]> 17bc59eaf6da4438fc7cd09d63645c33 Arves Corral joined the group Thanet Creative: Writers https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18276/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:32:35 +0100 0 4a389fa266482ce04d2e06d57b839d3e Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Please, dear HFY writers, no more stories starting with "Bob sat on the bridge of the Earth Ship Big Birtha" in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/reflections/writing-and-storytelling/please-dear-hfy-writers-no-more-stories-starting-with-bob-sat-on-the-bridge-of-the-earth-ship-big-birtha/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0100 Please, dear HFY writers, no more stories starting with "Bob sat on the bridge of the Earth Ship Big Birtha" Why do so many HFY stories start with the OC standing somewhere waiting for the opening thing to happen? I’ve lost track of the stories I’ve listened to or […]

]]> f3ea133d917e1d0772a8b7948ba2123e Toni McHadden started the topic Just do a little in the forum Self care and motivation https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/self-care-and-motivation/forum/topic/just-do-a-little/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:00:56 +0100 When doing the thing feels too much, give yourself permission to do a tiny bit. If that is all you do, you have done infinitly more than if you did nothing.

]]> 0 5884a77c39653963770c42f56fccaf6e Jason Latnar joined the group I love poetry https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18272/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:39:21 +0100 0 5d62d1f22896735cf047e3cdfe8808e6 Blog: The Alphas of Minor Consequence from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/fiction/the-alphas-of-minor-consequence/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:34:49 +0100 Ryo Whitefish fishes a depleted stretch, resents the system that fixed his life in place, and risks everything on illegal runs to Minor Consequence, a correctional […]

]]> 0 6fdc34836d215ca915f2b32e3b1ed578 Blog: The Hidden Life Beneath Constable’s Hampstead from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/arts-and-culture/john-constable-hampstead-hidden-life-beneath-landscape/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:11:26 +0100 Amy Miller of Burgh House speaks to Litro about John Constable’s Hampstead years, the Heath as subject and refuge, his study of weather, local friendships, and t […]

]]> 0 0a838f131527a39399e5616660d9916b Blog: Light Hearted from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/light-hearted/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 23:21:37 +0100 0 447308186ec5c8f6b29fe600f911c8b7 Acorn Boi posted an update: Boo! Rain! https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18270/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:46:49 +0100 Boo! Rain!

]]> 2 6742b5494c004504a1d1047fca042543 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Fixing my ActivityPub and WebMention comments to make them play nicely. in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/technology/coding-and-development/fixing-my-activitypub-and-webmention-comments-to-make-them-play-nicely/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:39:32 +0100 Fixing my ActivityPub and WebMention comments to make them play nicely. I was struggling to get both comments and replies to post while only showing “facepile” for likes and boosts. I had no one to blame but myself as I coded […]

]]> d2da8465babae6bfd000f1a650fb3502 Blog: The Body in the Frame from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/art-technology/bia-oliveira-dance-digital-sadlers-wells-interview/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:02:46 +0100 Bia Oliveira speaks to Litro about Sadler’s Wells’ first Dance Digital festival, choreography made for camera, young filmmakers, AI anxiety, rights, and why dan […]

]]> 0 668562cbd77c88c685ceaee21444a40b Blog: 2026 RSL Ondaatje Prize Announced from Royal Society of Literature in the group The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) https://rsliterature.org/2026-rsl-ondaatje-prize-announced/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2026-rsl-ondaatje-prize-announced Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:44:51 +0100 We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2026 RSL Ondaatje Prize. Diana McCaulay won the £10,000 award for her novel A House for Miss Pauline. The prize was c […]

]]> 0 bcdce69065ca67d877e3fde161d715e3 Jane Smith joined the group Thanet Creative: Writers https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18267/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:38:48 +0100 0 03cb2d844399713303ede17d058e6572 Blog: Hidden for more than 100 years, this Edith Wharton story is finally being published from The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/edith-wharton-world-war-one-story-b2990323.html Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:02:58 +0100 Titled ‘The Men Who Saved the World’, the previously unpublished work will appear in The Strand’s new issue

]]> 0 c1acd7bfdbe39c8c039a5664dfa35313 Adam Bassman joined the group Self care and motivation https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18265/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:36:49 +0100 0 c7a1798807f028b5ce088cf97e8a3041 Blog: Their Mind Control Serum Was Perfect, Until They Used It On Humans from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/narration/2026/their-mind-control-serum-was-perfect-until-they-used-it-on-humans/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:53:44 +0100 0 77068723bb8eb4c87c75a48e7675bd22 Matthew Brown edited the blog post The email, social media, and IndieWeb Node I need (that will probably never exist), that I think authors would love in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/technology/the-email-social-media-and-indieweb-node-i-need-that-will-probably-never-exist-that-i-think-authors-would-love/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:40:30 +0100 The email, social media, and IndieWeb Node I need (that will probably never exist), that I think authors would love I need a special blend of stuff that might never exist. This is my attempt to dream out loud in the hope that this is the idea someone steals and runs […]

]]> a2b37a6a8fff23220c0799f1fb012b50 Charles Maxwell joined the group Author appearances and events https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18257/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:39:43 +0100 0 cccb7ebefa4414024360179e23a0c754 Charles Maxwell joined the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18256/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:39:23 +0100 0 d1ebc5b28a7d00ab55aa314255ea1616 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Jukka's blog and email list journey in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/technology/the-internet/blogs-and-blogging/focus-on-others/jukkas-blog-and-email-list-journey/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:36:40 +0100 Jukka's blog and email list journey Every now and then, I like to share the love by focusing on a blog I have found and enjoyed. Today I’d like to share Jukka’s blog. Jukka is a business […]

]]> 67d01ac03ae4500467306ab3a7197c12 Acorn Boi commented on the post, Writers, tell me about your WIP, on the groupblog Shall we talk? https://chat.authorbuzz.co.uk/writing/writers-tell-me-about-your-wip/#comment-837 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:18:45 +0100 Just a self-insert fan-fic about being a padawan in Luke’s academy.

]]> 9f9c262f0c60a8c81bf88227024b6c3e Matthew Brown commented on the post, Writers, tell me about your WIP, on the groupblog Shall we talk? https://chat.authorbuzz.co.uk/writing/writers-tell-me-about-your-wip/#comment-836 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:12:50 +0100 If I can spot the trope and predict the ending too soon, I get bored or disappointed. I long for the excitement of not knowing what will happen next that I had watching and reading when I was young. In other […]

]]> 8f38c228683530bc4c9519238f754de9 Blog: Ambivalence by Brian Dillon review – an odd man out from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/03/ambivalence-by-brian-dillon-review-an-odd-man-out Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:46 +0100 The critic’s memoir’s is a portrait in determination to go against the grain and ‘pursue a life in words and ideas’Brian Dillon lost his parents early, his mother […]

]]> 0 b916b6b84275b654443f6e2ae2a231d1 Blog: Wimmy Road Boyz by Sufiyaan Salam review – an electric debut set on Manchester’s Curry Mile from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/03/wimmy-road-boyz-by-sufiyaan-salam-review-an-electric-debut-set-on-manchesters-curry-mile Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:00:44 +0100 Written in breathless multilingual prose, this coming-of-age meets state-of-the-nation novel is an incredible literary performanceThree twentysomethings “drive a […]

]]> 0 49cc094956342c8c2d8755083ca7fa9b Blog: The Romance Edit: June from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/06/02/the-romance-edit-june-2/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:43:04 +0100 Welcome to the June issue of The Romance Edit. Summer has finally arrived, bringing with it the long-awaited holiday season. … Continued

]]> 0 d01a14d1eebe463d1630c3266a725c49 Blog: What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in May from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/02/what-were-reading-writers-and-readers-on-the-books-they-enjoyed-in-may Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:39:16 +0100 Madeleine Thien, Sufiyaan Salam and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the commentsLately I have loved […]

]]> 0 256634698a64554a8b99bf2d8f418fd9 Blog: Harbour Street, Ann Cleeves from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/Harbour_Street__Ann_Cleeves.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:04:00 +0100 2014 contemporary police mystery, sixth in Cleeves’ Vera Stanhope
series. A few days before Christmas, an old woman is stabbed on the Tyne
and Wear Metro. She was […]

]]> 0 95a9326e65d86d47fcd90c0130c98e15 Blog: My Only Boy by Rosa Rankin-Gee review – a darkly funny near-future dystopia from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/02/my-only-boy-by-rosa-rankin-gee-review-a-darkly-funny-near-future-dystopia Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:00:42 +0100 A surprising romance is set against a backdrop of climate crisis, political instability and corporate corruption in this bleak but witty novelRosa Rankin-Gee […]

]]> 0 72e4cc97a2949e86e1d920b85dd96778 Blog: Tonight the Music Seems So Loud by Sathnam Sanghera review – a heartbreaking portrait of George Michael from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/02/tonight-the-music-seems-so-loud-by-sathnam-sanghera-review-a-heartbreaking-portrait-of-george-michael Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:00:40 +0100 This affecting exploration of the troubled genius’s impact is packed with anecdote, sharp analysis and social contextIn 1998, George Michael was arrested for p […]

]]> 0 9d47795c889bee90c5da43fe4b2267a6 Blog: I devoured classic novels as a teenager. In a world of distractions, can I relearn how to read them? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/02/classic-novels-relearn-how-to-read-distractions-screens Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:00:38 +0100 In less than a decade, surrounded by screens, I lost my ability to read some of the best books ever written. But, inspired by the Guardian’s 100 best novels list, I […]

]]> 0 bcdfa8009242e3c856bc3903a4d2c989 Blog: 22 Dead Little Bodies, Stuart MacBride from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/22_Dead_Little_Bodies__Stuart_MacBride.html Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2015 short police procedural mystery novel, tartan noir, in the Logan
McRae series. Logan’s day starts with a failed attempt to stop a
suicidal jumper, and goes […]

]]> 0 c998bb0681444d6c4a29d14e04efd1d3 Blog: Land by Maggie O’Farrell review – an ambitious story of mapmaking in Ireland from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/01/land-by-maggie-ofarrell-review-an-ambitious-story-of-mapmaking-in-ireland Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:00:09 +0100 Set in the aftermath of the famine, the Hamnet author’s family saga folds in myth and folklore‘His father was ever a man of few words,” begins Maggie O’Far […]

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