Author Buzz | Burty Burtman | Group Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/members/burty/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Burty Burtman is a member. Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:11:39 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 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

]]> 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 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 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.

]]> 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 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 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 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 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 […]

]]> 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 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?

]]> 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 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 […]

]]> 0 4d450d506c20a44ac249e9cad23866b6 Blog: October Monthly Reflections from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/10/october-monthly-reflections.html Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:19:20 +0000 This month I read five books.Books reviewed at Becky’s Book Reviews65. Westfallen. Ann Brashares and Ben Brashares. 2024. 384 pages.
[Source: Library] [5 stars] […]

]]> 0 766cf4886230d2c30feb19863361c21f Blog: Century of Viewing, October from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/10/century-of-viewing-october.html Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:14:51 +0000 This month I watched 18 things–not counting twelve seasons of Flip or Flop which I never bothered adding officially. This month’s five star movies: Mannequin, Home […]

]]> 0 cb254a1f7768740eff0a3dc7be545fe0 Blog: Bram Stoker’s Dracula audiobook review – cinematic horror with an A-list cast from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/29/bram-stokers-dracula-audiobook-review-cinematic-horror-with-an-a-list-cast Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:47 +0000 Jonathan Bailey, Ella Purnell, Aimee-Lou Wood, Maggie Gyllenhaal and more bring shock and gore to an immersive retelling with real biteDo we really need another […]

]]> 0 116bb532eea3924855c77c0196f719db Burty Burtman started the topic Anime suggestions? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/anime-suggestions/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 11:47:08 +0000 Does anyone here watch anime?

What hidden gems can you recommend? (sub or dub)

]]> 2d2d5677cbb2316d20197e8bb23fb7aa Blog: If British Library reading rooms become ‘co-working spaces’, it’s all too easy to imagine what comes next | Andy Beckett from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/29/british-library-reading-rooms-co-working-space-national-library Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:27 +0000 The plan to generate revenue from areas currently used by the public is causing bitter dispute, and raises fundamental questions In a crowded country that is short […]

]]> 0 1f2205364349d6691f2924900ece634c Blog: Are You With Me Now? by Hanif Kureishi review – a novelist unleashed from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/29/are-you-with-me-now-by-hanif-kureishi-review-back-to-basics Thu, 29 Oct 2026 07:00:26 +0000 The constraints of Kureishi’s life after a devastating accident infuse his writing with a new and thrilling immediacySome months after returning home, after a g […]

]]> 0 da887f486ad33d0e51cac7b5931ceb3f Blog: ‘We sold out tickets within 13 minutes’: new novel from romantasy author Sarah J Maas sparks fan mania from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/28/we-sold-out-tickets-within-13-minutes-new-novel-from-romantasy-author-sarah-j-maas-sparks-fan-mania Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:21:54 +0000 Move over Oasis – 6,000 people tried to buy 220 tickets to a masquerade ball to celebrate the release of A Court of Splintered Harmony, while specialist bookshops c […]

]]> 0 128fe1a7e429e0ef59e874a2539cbc8f Blog: Shroud, Adrian Tchaikovsky from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/Shroud__Adrian_Tchaikovsky.html Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 2025 science fiction. The corporate plundering mission meets an
enigma: a gas giant’s moon, with obscuring toxic atmosphere and so much
radio noise that they can’t […]

]]> 0 a97fce045a4046b9776dbaaaf82d66d0 Blog: The Shield Ring, Rosemary Sutcliff from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/The_Shield_Ring__Rosemary_Sutcliff.html Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:02:00 +0000 1956 historical fiction for young people. Frytha and Bjorn are
descendants of Vikings and part of a community of the same, resisting
the new kings’ rule in newly […]

]]> 0 22b61475bf14727680305f88f48cc925 Blog: Time Being by Jude Cook review – a smart existential tale of midlife from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/27/time-being-by-jude-cook-review-a-smart-existential-tale-of-midlife Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:00:07 +0000 A fatal mistake sparks this juicy melodrama, in which a philosophy professor navigates the guilt of being a survivorWhat if, battered by cancer and cancer […]

]]> 0 213b1094cb6c266150de2d76c0765856 Blog: War Is Interested in You by Gideon Rachman review – are we on the brink of world war three? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/26/war-is-interested-in-you-by-gideon-rachman-review-how-close-is-world-war-three Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:00:26 +0000 A foreign affairs expert’s bleak assessment of the state of global securityAre we on the brink of a new world war? This bleak subject is increasingly invoked by l […]

]]> 0 8df137c23a4815d01879aa9d96497ec9 Blog: Music Against the Night by Yiyun Li review – a virtuosic interrogation of the power of art from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/26/music-against-the-night-by-yiyun-li-review-a-virtuosic-interrogation-of-the-power-of-art Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:00:26 +0000 What does it cost, to live your life in the hope of immortality? Li examines the gulf between talent and genius through the marriage of two real-life musiciansIn […]

]]> 0 55a08f7dfbb1e7ff8236bd6e853c5c2c Blog: Week in Review #44 from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/10/week-in-review-44.html Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:01:09 +0100 I am reading several books. I’ve finished none.Century of Viewing #441980s1983 Terms of Endearment. Just
as sad as Steel Magnolias but without the humor and […]

]]> 0 28ccb17e493656d0c61c6bc1d2adb3c6 Charles Maxwell edited the blog post Just once, you'd like to live past 16 without being sacrificed to appease some random god. in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/just-once-youd-like-to-live-past-16-without-being-sacrificed-to-appease-some-random-god/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 15:39:26 +0100 8d655fb4a71c410c56fa2ac274126448 Acorn Boi joined the group Thanet Creative: Writers https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19311/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 15:28:13 +0100 0 ead9956b506a27eecc3af5008894be02 Blog: What Feasts At Night, T Kingfisher from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/What_Feasts_At_Night__T_Kingfisher.html Sat, 24 Oct 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2022 horror novella. Alex Easton has returned to what’s left of the
ancestral home, a hunting lodge in Gallacia. The caretaker has died,
but nobody quite wants to say how…

]]> 0 2c3d073fa13ea72a6fcf5da6e79f4a3a Matthew Brown edited the blog post Sekhmet calling in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/sekhmet-calling/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:59:08 +0100 Sekhmet callingToday you received a phone call from Sekhmet (the Egyptian god of war and plagues). All the chaos going on in the world has woken him up. Would you […]

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