Author Buzz | Adam Bassman | Group Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/members/admabassman/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Adam Bassman is a member. Tue, 12 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 8e4e9477203cc270e86cdb6f7bfe2cc5 Jason Latnar edited the blog post Is AI here to stay? in the group Shall we talk? https://chat.authorbuzz.co.uk/general-chatter/is-ai-here-to-stay/ Sat, 09 May 2026 17:22:13 +0100 Is AI here to stay? The replying isBrill crew are discussing if AI is the future (of coding). Is AI the future for books and writing books, too? Do you use AI to […]

]]> c59792e62e2cfe59c753aeca19fca944 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Survival acid indicator in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) https://matthewdbrown.authorbuzz.co.uk/lordmatt/background-reading/research/survival-acid-indicator/ Thu, 07 May 2026 21:37:55 +0100 Survival acid indicator I needed to have a character test the acidity of the water without any access to modern technology. Fortunately, there are some fairly common foods that can be used. Red cabbage is the best indicator, but cherry, rose petals, and beets alsoContinue reading“Survival acid indicator”

]]> 9f57470409019b68ce8bfe86aa03ca7c Blog: The Ex Hex, Erin Sterling from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/The_Ex_Hex__Erin_Sterling.html Wed, 06 May 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2021 urban fantasy romance, first of a trilogy. Nine years ago
Vivienne had a summer thing with Rhys, youngest son of the Welsh
family that founded the small and […]

]]> 0 e3b61c0b7f19737c8057f3fd92f6485e Blog: Summer – Autumn 2026 Preview from Daunt Books Publishing in the group Daunt Books https://dauntbookspublishing.co.uk/summer-autumn-2026-preview/ Mon, 04 May 2026 15:07:34 +0100 JULY Dad Had a Bad Day by Ashton Politanoff | Fiction | £10.99 | 02 July 2026 An exhilarating, disturbing and darkly comic spiral into a sad dad’s increasingly […]

]]> 0 5998786638b9333b38f6fefef2ac0829 Blog: Why Planes Crash Case Files 2003, Sylvia Wrigley from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/Why_Planes_Crash_Case_Files_2003__Sylvia_Wrigley.html Mon, 04 May 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2016 non-fiction, aviation history. Wrigley looks into a number of
aircraft incidents.

]]> 0 3b239fbcf481a3c9d95ee9b20eabb9e1 Jason Latnar commented on the post, Independent Bookstore Day: Bookshop.org founder on how small retailers are taking on Amazon, on the groupblog Outside News https://news.authorbuzz.co.uk/bookish-news/2026/04/28/independent-bookstore-day-bookshop-org-founder-on-how-small-retailers-are-taking-on-amazon/#comment-133 Fri, 01 May 2026 11:59:37 +0100 I know, right.

]]> 3cca69df56e3730d31df3ab25554f53d Blog: Stolen in Death, J. D. Robb from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/Stolen_in_Death__J__D__Robb.html Fri, 01 May 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2026 romance/SF/mystery; 62nd novel of Robb’s In Death series (SF
police procedurals). After a burglary, the multimillionaire is dead,
and his secret vault of […]

]]> 0 ac366924808aa41e3c5e6966f1868e70 Sam Smith commented on the post, Independent Bookstore Day: Bookshop.org founder on how small retailers are taking on Amazon, on the groupblog Outside News https://news.authorbuzz.co.uk/bookish-news/2026/04/28/independent-bookstore-day-bookshop-org-founder-on-how-small-retailers-are-taking-on-amazon/#comment-132 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:49:03 +0100 How am I only now learning about this?

]]> 0f8ad2c5fe78a0996f2376c8ddcd9210 Jason Latnar edited the blog post Independent Bookstore Day: Bookshop.org founder on how small retailers are taking on Amazon in the group Outside News https://news.authorbuzz.co.uk/bookish-news/2026/04/28/independent-bookstore-day-bookshop-org-founder-on-how-small-retailers-are-taking-on-amazon/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:21:28 +0100 Independent Bookstore Day: Bookshop.org founder on how small retailers are taking on Amazon Independent bookstores are beacons of hope, offering intangible commodities such as connection, empathy, and knowledge, in addition to physical […]

]]> 5e484b63e86d5855a5037ff2b17d1418 Blog: Danger Point, Patricia Wentworth from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/Danger_Point__Patricia_Wentworth.html Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:01:00 +0100 1941 mystery/thriller, fourth in the Miss Silver series. Lisle
Jerningham is newly married, but nervy; someone who knows her
husband’s family has been talking […]

]]> 0 b952e3b70c73be41fabc874792eebc32 Blog: The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler from Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed https://dogwoodtales.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-big-sleep-by-raymond-chandler.html Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:43:00 +0100 I watched the 1946 adaptation of this a few weeks ago and finished the original novel after getting somewhat bogged down in the plot about halfway through.The film […]

]]> 0 3f91fae717e4904450cbf9d00366f04e Blog: The Flying Legion, George Allen England from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/The_Flying_Legion__George_Allen_England.html Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:02:00 +0100 1920 adventurous SF novel. Bored after the War, "The Master"
determines to gather some like-minded people and find Adventure!

]]> 0 50ff3b4d58b9d65e63f2c87e921ac282 Blog: The Lady With the Gun Asks the Questions, Kerry Greenwood from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/The_Lady_With_the_Gun_Asks_the_Questions__Kerry_Greenwood.html Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2021 historical detection short stories, in Greenwood’s Phryne Fisher
series (1920s flapper detective in Australia).

]]> 0 169023d21ac09fbf18da4f370822189e Blog: Collision Course, Michelle Diener from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/Collision_Course__Michelle_Diener.html Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2024 SF/romance, sixth in (and a late addition to) the Class 5 series.
Dav, Sazo and a pregnant Rose are on the expedition to make contact
with the race that built […]

]]> 0 32c32257ac9aa1534713b247ae8f5dc9 Blog: Deep Wizardry, Diane Duane from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/Deep_Wizardry__Diane_Duane.html Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:02:00 +0100 1985 fantasy for children (and everyone else), second of its series.
Nita and Kit are on a family holiday on Long Island, when a
whale-wizard in distress invites […]

]]> 0 b6e424ee588954845d8afb2e30c8fdff Blog: Brigands & Breadknives, Travis Baldree from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/Brigands___Breadknives__Travis_Baldree.html Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0100 2025 fantasy. Fern the bookseller, whom we met in Bookshops &
Bonedust, sells up and moves to the city of Thune to set up again
next to Viv’s coffee shop. But it […]

]]> 0 c9474efe3aed886e01790087e5c186c0 Acorn Boi joined the group Brandon Sanderson Fans https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18019/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:05:48 +0100 0 12c352343e3a24376f077bc6b14626d1 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Stuart Murdoch to be awarded an honorary degree in the group Outside News https://news.authorbuzz.co.uk/bookish-news/author-news/2026/04/14/stuart-murdoch-to-be-awarded-an-honorary-degree/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:35:17 +0100 Stuart Murdoch to be awarded an honorary degreeMusician, author and filmmaker Stuart Murdoch is to be awarded an honorary degree by The University of Glasgow on the Commemoration Day of 17th June this year (2026). Read the announcement here.

]]> c16705d4ea96c62b0b0ad1b5bdd4fc6d Toni McHadden joined the group General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18012/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:12:13 +0100 0 9b5df90e04cfe3aa029c6bd61a6c9cd8 Bob Bobson replied to the topic Which of life's side quests are you doing RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/which-of-lifes-side-quests-are-you-doing-rn/#post-5236 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:30:39 +0100 Today I am doing the “get the cat to the vet” side-quest.

]]> 0 591ef3166ccc0d1fc4f8df4335d813b4 jeffjohns joined the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18006/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:23:31 +0100 0 9d85ff4b5392466964fc8a62559fefd2 Blog: A Wicked Conceit, Anna Lee Huber from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/A_Wicked_Conceit__Anna_Lee_Huber.html Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2021 historical mystery; ninth in Huber’s Lady Darby series
(post-Regency amateur detection). As the cholera epidemic is starting
to fade in Edinburgh and Lady […]

]]> 0 91b9b78266f7758f72ef4fceb17049be Blog: The Missing and the Dead, Stuart MacBride from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/The_Missing_and_the_Dead__Stuart_MacBride.html Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2015 police procedural mystery, tartan noir, ninth in the Logan
McRae series. As the rescue of a serial killer’s victim involves
enough procedural irregularity to […]

]]> 0 05a2f2c9b525e6714589942a3841ea3e Blog: Deb Olin Unferth 2026 UK Book Events from Daunt Books Publishing in the group Daunt Books https://dauntbookspublishing.co.uk/deb-olin-unferth-2026-uk-book-events/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:38:22 +0100 Deb Olin Unferth joins us in the UK in July to celebrate the publication of Earth 7. Thursday 16 July – Mr B’s Emporium, Bath Friday 17 July – Storysmith, Bristol – […]

]]> 0 71f4e01c449155f490851fbe91170d39 Acorn Boi started the topic I found this and had to share in the forum Aspiring Authors https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/aspiring-authors/forum/topic/i-found-this-and-had-to-share/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:08:39 +0100 I found this and had to share

]]> 0 a519925d5b8814ea2116feea13fd3177 Blog: Shadow of Mars, Glynn Stewart from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/Shadow_of_Mars__Glynn_Stewart.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2026 SF, eighteenth of its series. Chimera is still occupied, and the
force that’s hiding to conserve its strength for the day of liberation
is having to watch as […]

]]> 0 385a272cd6277bdb845e1dfcddbdc36f Blog: Enchanting the Fae Queen, Stephanie Burgis from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/Enchanting_the_Fae_Queen__Stephanie_Burgis.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2026 romantic fantasy, second of its series. Gerard de Moireul is the
Golden Beacon, the Empire’s most popular and successful general. He’s
clearly going to lead […]

]]> 0 f4fa964f9dbbfbc5f86f3dfac131af1c Burty Burtman replied to the topic What's the opposite of a plothole? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/whats-the-opposite-of-a-plothole/#post-5233 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:20:09 +0100 Checkov’s gun – something that the reader thinks the characters/author overlooked, only for it to spring up as a defining moment.

]]> 0 a305144b0a722161627fad359bc99419 Matthew Brown posted an update in the group Help and Support: I'm about to live-test something. Possible disruption should […] https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17972/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:08:45 +0100 I’m about to live-test something. Possible disruption should last about 5 minutes.

]]> 1 d610a3ad1b992aa0c7c4d362913887a6 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Website improvements in the group Help and Support https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2026/03/29/website-improvements/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:40:52 +0100 Website improvements A big old feature update today. The activity feed for the site now runs from the same dynamic system as the rest of the site. Which means: You […]

]]> 58ec8c8728e1072fb744c43b85f7b86e Blog: Look Who It Is by Alan Carr from Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed https://dogwoodtales.blogspot.com/2026/03/look-who-it-is-by-alan-carr.html Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:02:00 +0000 Alan Carr is now well on the way to the rarefied status of a national treasure, but this autobiography goes back to his roots as an awkward teenager and fledgling […]

]]> 0 20e496e1b6273ede65cba4fc4f3a28f6 Acorn Boi joined the group Books and Babbles https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17957/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:22:18 +0000 0 729ec1066c6d65266b9137fcb397f5bb Matthew Brown joined the group Books and Babbles https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17956/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:20:45 +0000 0 be72faec93af71206a165f67802b569b Jason Latnar replied to the topic Which of life's side quests are you doing RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/which-of-lifes-side-quests-are-you-doing-rn/#post-5212 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:19:55 +0000 Many luck; such support

 

]]> 0 0e18a89152e5898f84d90fb70574ef0d Acorn Boi replied to the topic Which of life's side quests are you doing RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/which-of-lifes-side-quests-are-you-doing-rn/#post-5211 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:18:43 +0000 I’m now on the try and win a writing competition quest.

Wish me all the lucks.

]]> 1 814a804634a7d68e3bdd3109c296f27a Blog: Half Dead, Annabel Chase from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/03/Half_Dead__Annabel_Chase.html Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:02:00 +0000 2025 paranormal fantasy, eighth of a nine-book series. We’re gearing
up for the Big Confrontation! Time for a distraction.

]]> 0 7f8734a6177c46d01c50231d2e0bca0b Adam Bassman created the group Books and Babbles https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17949/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:03:26 +0000 0 784520393cd298a137a659b46f3dbb90 Jason Latnar replied to the topic Which of life's side quests are you doing RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/which-of-lifes-side-quests-are-you-doing-rn/#post-5210 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:52:21 +0000 Oh man. That sucks. My condolences.

 

]]> 0 b107434099b058c83ba6508e23ce801b Blog: Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons from Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed https://dogwoodtales.blogspot.com/2026/03/cold-comfort-farm-by-stella-gibbons.html Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:54:00 +0000 Stella Gibbons began her writing career as a journalist in the late 1920s with spells at the Evening Standard and The Lady, reviewing books for the latter and […]

]]> 0 e06407e8927dcd45fbafb526f57af0e1 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post My writers' group challenged itself to write easter themed stories in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) https://matthewdbrown.authorbuzz.co.uk/lordmatt/news-and-updates/other-blogging/my-writers-group-challenged-itself-to-write-easter-themed-stories/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 My writers' group challenged itself to write easter themed stories I started brainstorming ideas right there and then. Which is partly why there are so many Easter-themed writing prompts on The Muse of Last Resort.

]]> 93e40d475e3a73014bd95019646ec435 Burty Burtman joined the group General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17925/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:50:45 +0000 0 6c67f5c2ee64efe0311d65e2c9b84d6b Sam Smith joined the group General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17923/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:43:01 +0000 0 c124894be058962249b6b4b678caf216 Matthew Brown commented on the post, Mermaid's purse, what is that?, on the groupblog Matthew D Brown https://matthewdbrown.authorbuzz.co.uk/lordmatt/background-reading/legend/mermaids-purse/#comment-319 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 04:50:56 +0000 True. Traditionally American’s spell it with a Z but we Brits tend to use an S.

]]> db69e3285bc647a2c9c12e669c28ca0e Arves Corral joined the group General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17915/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:48:52 +0000 0 b15d54cc47412aaa7233f395b8080413 Christian Writer joined the group Brandon Sanderson Fans https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17911/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:30:57 +0000 0 5060b410fb7dfb894a9aac62c288dd1b Bob Bobson joined the group General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17909/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:03:14 +0000 0 142d56903b5b4fbe66accfcc77236280 jeffjohns joined the group The Virtual Book Channel https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17907/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:59:36 +0000 0 469c50ead424e524e4a9407d344ca607 jeffjohns replied to the topic What just happened? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/what-just-happened/#post-5203 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:51:56 +0000 I like it!!

]]> 0 f5ffa7fb1d6bf7b9f56d046a0db857fc jeffjohns joined the group General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17894/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:51:42 +0000 0 e45c4148af66cd3f3336224ca0290501 Blog: A House With Good Bones, T Kingfisher from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/03/A_House_With_Good_Bones__T_Kingfisher.html Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:01:00 +0000 2023 horror. When her next archaeological dig is postponed
indefinitely, Sam moves in with her mother in grandmother’s old house.
But Mom is acting weird, and the […]

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