Author Buzz | Bob Bobson | Group Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/members/bobby/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Bob Bobson is a member. Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:42:35 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 081fc82c38d9cec8bcbeda90c63213ed Blog: The Nice List: 9 Christmas Romances to Curl Up with this Festive Season from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/10/01/the-nice-list-9-christmas-romances-to-curl-up-with-this-festive-season/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:18:11 +0100 If your idea of the perfect Christmas involves a steaming mug of something delicious, a fluffy blanket to curl up … Continued

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]]> 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, […]

]]> 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)

]]> 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

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]]> 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.

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]]> 0 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 […]

]]> 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 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

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]]> c54ff6a25f9eec3dc0bfb71e61070fc6 Blog: Man & Dog: A Love Story by Tony Parsons is the book that finally made me cry from The Standard Book Reviews in the group Evening Standard's book reviews https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/books/tony-parsons-man-dog-love-story-book-review-b1296369.html Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:55:21 +0100 This describes the intricate relationship between humans and animals in a way I’ve never read before, says Dylan Jones

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]]> 8c98221d8e3e988beff4f652b3a3ab0e Charles Maxwell replied to the topic Hey, who's about RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/hey-whos-about-rn/#post-5296 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:03:43 +0100 Phone call done. I’m very glad that’s over with.

Thanks for chatting with me.

]]> f8cff5e98c8c310fb7275203cdc47eb7 Matthew Brown replied to the topic Hey, who's about RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/hey-whos-about-rn/#post-5290 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:04:10 +0100 I get it. It happens to me like that sometimes.

]]> 1c828dfb11fa24b3c235e91ba39f8eda Charles Maxwell replied to the topic Hey, who's about RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/hey-whos-about-rn/#post-5289 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:59:51 +0100 My doctor. Nothing scary just have a question to ask.

I can never do anything when I’m waiting for a call. My brain gets blocked by the waiting. Probably an ADHD thing TBH. Thing is, I got The Martian on my table half read but I have no ability to can.

]]> fad2dbb7ce47934c310cf1a4e2760923 Matthew Brown replied to the topic Hey, who's about RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/hey-whos-about-rn/#post-5288 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:52:01 +0100 I’m online, what’s the phone cll you are waiting for?

]]> e424e42060419ee34e0eecdfcce37e95 Charles Maxwell started the topic Hey, who's about RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/hey-whos-about-rn/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:33:04 +0100 It’s so boring waiting for a phone call. Who wants to start a chat about something?

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]]> e8b62d736884266173aa5a9890e476f9 Toni McHadden started the topic Yes, you can - don't forget that in the forum Self care and motivation https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/self-care-and-motivation/forum/topic/yes-you-can-dont-forget-that/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:39:05 +0100 You’ve got this.

Maybe you’ve got this in unsteady baby steps

Maybe you’ve got this in giant leaps

Maybe you’ve got this only by hoping for tomorrow

However you’ve got this: You’ve got this!

]]> 44dc2ab883b76038ba6531c09243c35d Blog: Founder of Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury to step down from The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/bloomsbury-nigel-newton-harry-potter-b3046378.html Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:17:31 +0100 One ​of Mr Newton’s defining moments was acquiring the rights to ​J.K. Rowling’s first Harry Potter book after several publishers had rejected it

]]> 0 8fa1e58c17d0a5727383a89e7cd67d15 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Brainstorming: New uses for Webmention - books, sports, debates, votes, bands, and more in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/technology/the-internet/brainstorming-new-uses-for-webmention-books-sports-debates-votes-bands-and-more/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:31:51 +0100 Brainstorming: New uses for Webmention – books, sports, debates, votes, bands, and more Webmention is a great idea. An idea that could be used for even more things than it is used for right now. These are some wild and unfettered ideas I had […]

]]> 3312094d9279ec5c476ed11e087e51e0 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Having a disability NEVER became cool, Poppy; being cruel did. in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/replying-to-things/having-a-disability-never-became-cool-poppy-being-cruel-did/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 18:32:20 +0100 Having a disability NEVER became cool, Poppy; being cruel did. So, I saw a weird headline on social media today: “How having a disability became cool”. Oh dear lord, here we go again. Another author of “news” that is […]

]]> 06f4715d5325ad9c1b035659d728db94 Matthew Brown edited the blog post That fateful dinner in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/that-fateful-dinner/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 07:20:14 +0100 That fateful dinner They met at a restaurant neither one would have chosen. Both alone after the non-appearance of their respective dates, they got to talking.

]]> a03137221c1ae06c9de9d86228fcaf89 Blog: Week in Review #37 from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/09/week-in-review-37.html Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:46:01 +0100 This week I reviewed two books. 68. Scaredy Squirrel. Melanie Watt. 2008. Kids Can Press. 42 pages.
[Source: Bought] [5 stars, picture book, emotions and feelings, […]

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]]> 0 21bdef04930c4285174363d9baa3d8b6 Blog: Viewers enchanted by Michael Morpurgo and his wife of 63 years, Clare: ‘She was my Juliet’ from The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/michael-morpurgo-wife-clare-marriage-memoir-b3044602.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:47:01 +0100 Author and former Children’s Laureate made fans swoon as he recalled seeing Clare for the first time when he was 18

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]]> 0 84e08a5343c1b6892c59ee82dd2ea4ef Blog: August Monthly Reflections from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/08/august-monthly-reflections.html Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:32:00 +0100 This August I read twenty-three books! Books Reviewed at Becky’s Book Reviews50. The Knife of Never Letting Go. (Chaos Walking #1) Patrick Ness. 2008. 512 pages. […]

]]> 0 60f650b58136e146548868697158685a Blog: Week in Review #36 from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/08/week-in-review-36.html Sat, 29 Aug 2026 23:00:00 +0100 This week I reviewed two books.63. Thank You, Sun. Douglas Florian. 2026. 40 pages. [Source: Library] [children’s poetry, 4 stars]20. Connect: How to Grow Your […]

]]> 0 922cff7243d0a042959cf79c0d501f8e Blog: Twenty Year Blogoversary from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/08/twenty-year-blogoversary.html Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:30:00 +0100 Becky’s Book Reviews turns TWENTY today! Can you believe it?! In some ways, 2006 feels like yesterday, and, in other ways it feels like it’s ages ago. Well, maybe […]

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]]> 0 281626aa93f8d7eb8167029cd9bd08c5 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post The romance of two liars in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/him-and-her/the-romance-of-two-liars/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0100 The romance of two liars Both of them were lifelong con artists. They met when they were both pulling similar fake romance scams on the same rich and obnoxious family. Neither expected to fall in love.

]]> 7d53ca5388acd3e7b8c9cdac70429606 Jason Latnar wrote a new blog post Nanna's last wish... in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/nannas-last-wish/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0100 Nanna's last wish…It was your great-grandmother’s wish for there to be one last family reunion before she passed. Everyone must attend. No exceptions. This was fine u […]

]]> 76c71ddc7ed153f3de316774f640eb3d Blog: 8 Forbidden Romance Books You Need to Read Right Now from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/08/26/8-forbidden-romance-books-you-need-to-read-right-now/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:46:09 +0100 Maybe it’s the tension of wanting what you absolutely shouldn’t have. Maybe it’s the thrill of two people fighting an … Continued

]]> 0 9437866379e733267652dbf8efaccb0a Blog: 63. Thank You, Sun from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/08/63-thank-you-sun.html Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:03:47 +0100 63. Thank You, Sun. Douglas Florian. 2026. 40 pages. [Source: Library] [children’s poetry, 4 stars]First sentence: Thank you, sun. You give us light. You shine all […]

]]> 0 3a98f213beb7276a4379aaeba23eb0b3 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post It was a perfectly ordinary day except all the cars in the world had vanished. in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/it-was-a-perfectly-ordinary-day-except-all-the-cars-in-the-world-had-vanished/ Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0100 da9c1a8c503fc4d6bfa8257f09cdc216 Blog: Why Alison Roberts Is the Romance Author You Need on Your TBR Shelf from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/08/24/why-alison-roberts-is-the-romance-author-you-need-on-your-tbr-shelf/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:20:34 +0100 If you’ve never read a romance novel by Alison Roberts, let us tell you why you need to fix that … Continued

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]]> 0 4e78c1c4f0a2cade8cd988e885facfa7 Blog: Week in Review #35 from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/08/week-in-review-35.html Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:15:24 +0100 This week I read seven books! 61. Old Man’s War. John Scalzi. 2005. 318 pages. [Source: Library] [adult science fiction, 5 stars, military science fiction]62. In […]

]]> 0 6d1e921aade4d252b2f57143a42890ab Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post The romance author and the phone in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/him-and-her/the-romance-author-and-the-phone/ Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100 The romance author and the phone Him He was a moderately successful romance author. If asked, he claimed to enjoy being single, but the truth was he wrote about romance because […]

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]]> 0 f1af8a67aa4111b0ff2e01336f0ef8ca Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post The phone with a time code in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/the-phone-with-a-time-code/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0100 The phone with a time code You needed a replacement phone but were short of money, so you visited a nearby pawnshop. They only had one in your price range. It was old, but it […]

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