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. Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:55:15 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 ecd47f486ac06a5aaaf0ef0052164497 Matthew Brown edited the blog post I'm checking up on a small bug in the group Help and Support https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2026/09/28/im-checking-up-on-a-small-bug/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:19:18 +0100 I'm checking up on a small bug There appears to be an issue with ActivityPub on some blogs, including Author Buzz HQ. It should not break the site (as far as I can tell), but it […]

]]> 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, […]

]]> fc78c281e2223f871061954a6f3769bb Blog: The Innocence of Father Brown, G. K. Chesterton from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/The_Innocence_of_Father_Brown__G__K__Chesterton.html Sat, 26 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0100 1911 collection of 1910-1911 short stories, first of the Father
Brown anthologies. Father Brown is an unassuming priest with a solid
understanding of human nature.

]]> 0 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 af90f653db11f17dd42a94164d30c256 Blog: Last Chance to Save the World, Beth Revis from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Last_Chance_to_Save_the_World__Beth_Revis.html Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2025 science fiction novella, last of its trilogy. Ada must sneak in to
not-SpaceX headquarters and hack the nanites that will fix Earth’s
ecosystem so that they […]

]]> 0 2fc7971122e90d77d86d09f63ed6fb71 Blog: One Good Knight, Mercedes Lackey from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/One_Good_Knight__Mercedes_Lackey.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2006 fantasy, second of its series. Princess Andromeda (she prefers
"Andie") has her mother Cassiopeia’s brains, but not her beauty, and
is determined to be useful […]

]]> 0 d5bb06e849bdf460d9ada33a5c5e22e9 Blog: Dead in the Frame, Stephen Spotswood from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Dead_in_the_Frame__Stephen_Spotswood.html Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2025 mystery, fifth in its series. As cliffhangered at the end of book
4, Pentecost has been arrested for murder.

]]> 0 ee2ef3583f2aa40d6b58ba96ffd58e0a Blog: Blood and Treachery, J D Kirk from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Blood_and_Treachery__J_D_Kirk.html Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2019 police procedural mystery, tartan noir, fourth in the Jack
Logan series. The Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team gets a shout, and
finds a body, but not the one they […]

]]> 0 3b027b03dcebdd38d707be0851ccaca3 Blog: The Cafe at the End of the World, Helen Comerford from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/The_Cafe_at_the_End_of_the_World__Helen_Comerford.html Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0100 2026 young adult modern fantasy, first of a pair of books. Lydie is
the daughter of Death (now retired), but she just wants to work at and
eventually take over the […]

]]> 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 […]

]]> afdc2f7ca5cc3fc4ce31610f9d21f500 Blog: Sentinel, Anthony J. Melchiorri from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Sentinel__Anthony_J__Melchiorri.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:05:00 +0100 2021 military SF, first of a series. Cole Shaw signed up because the
alternative was waiting to die on his failing colony planet. Now he
drives a mech.

]]> 0 dbfc0c21c62c446e23fa0a8fb6263013 Blog: All the Wrong Moves by Anthony Scaramucci review – confessions of an ex-Trumper from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/15/all-the-wrong-moves-by-anthony-scaramucci-review-confessions-of-an-ex-trumper Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:00:31 +0100 The president’s former press secretary has learned all the right lessons, but how come it took him so long?The most interesting chapter in Anthony Scaramucci’s All […]

]]> 0 70a1b0f62a125ce0cfa9f8c7a01e9f2b Blog: The Rouse by China Miéville review – a mighty achievement from the ‘new weird’ author from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/15/the-rouse-by-china-mieville-review-a-mighty-achievement-from-the-new-weird-author Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:00:29 +0100 Twenty years in the writing, this paranormal epic of cold war espionage and family tragedy is a quantum leap in terms of ambition and moral seriousnessChina […]

]]> 0 7eab3ef4ad57bf8cc0f91902747bf3de Blog: Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore, Emily Krempholtz from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Violet_Thistlewaite_Is_Not_a_Villain_Anymore__Emily_Krempholtz.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2025 fantasy. The Evil Mage has been killed, and presumably his
minions too. And there’s no reason for anyone to link Violet, the
newcomer in town who just wants to […]

]]> 0 9ac784118189d234ca9de3a18007b1d4 Blog: Farewell to Eden by Sebastian Faulks review – conflict and compromise, from a veteran of the genre from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/14/farewell-to-eden-by-sebastian-faulks-review-conflict-and-compromise-from-a-veteran-of-the-genre Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:00:26 +0100 A returning British soldier is haunted by his time in Palestine in this panoramic epic set after the second world warSebastian Faulks’s latest book focuses on the m […]

]]> 0 99410a5d4553510449ab4e82ac53f223 Blog: End Times Fascism by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor review – the fightback starts here from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/14/end-times-fascism-by-naomi-klein-and-astra-taylor-review-the-fightback-starts-here Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:00:25 +0100 A sharp analysis of the damage wrought by the reckless super-rich, and progressive toolkit for repairing itThe more power the radical rightwing nationalists of our […]

]]> 0 837a6eabaeed098561598c3d58e33dfd Blog: Tom Gauld on a new case for Hercule Poirot – cartoon from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2026/sep/13/tom-gauld-on-a-new-case-for-hercule-poirot-cartoon Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:00:05 +0100 Continue reading…

]]> 0 920ccaa58879ac94b5eca0575448ea83 Blog: Emily St John Mandel: ‘When half the electorate disagrees on basic reality, how do you come back from that?’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/13/emily-st-john-mandel-when-half-the-electorate-disagrees-on-basic-reality-how-do-you-come-back-from-that Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:00:03 +0100 Her hit novel Station Eleven seemed to predict the pandemic, now the novelist is tackling the future of the US. She talks about chance, world-building and […]

]]> 0 c35e53f3be174841acfa055120990981 Blog: AI will transform capitalism – but how? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/13/ai-will-transform-capitalism-but-how Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:00:02 +0100 Technology is going to drastically reshape the economy, and it’s within our power to decide what that looks likeThe idea that autonomous, thinking machines may o […]

]]> 0 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 dfb56a835ed33a44acea216ffe16d9f3 Blog: Julia Donaldson: ‘Am I the Gruffalo Granny? Not really. I’m the mouse’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/12/julia-donaldson-am-i-the-gruffalo-granny-not-really-im-the-mouse Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:00:32 +0100 As she introduces the latest member of her Gruffalo family, Julia Donaldson talks about storytelling, loss and the worries that come with being Britain’s all-time b […]

]]> 0 86d25431c55d1576d91ee3348b5bce97 Blog: Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/12/naomi-klein-extreme-wealth-has-a-deranging-effect-it-turns-you-into-a-supremacist Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:00:28 +0100 She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on c […]

]]> 0 f91d76604d0322391902f394af4dbd94 Blog: Midlife in Gretna Green, Linzi Day from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Midlife_in_Gretna_Green__Linzi_Day.html Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0100 2022 modern fantasy, first of a series. Niki McKnight has been widowed
for a year when her witchy grandmother dies and leaves her her house
on the Scottish borders. […]

]]> 0 5e9970257cc21aea52c457809ae287e9 Blog: The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/11/the-best-recent-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-review-roundup Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:00:06 +0100 Massif by Garth Nix; Revolution in the Heart: Stories Inspired By Ursula K Le Guin edited by Jonathan Strahan; An Immaculate Deception by Isabela Livino; Serenity […]

]]> 0 3562350bf24c82c75144fd1e5c7bbfeb Arves Corral started the topic His pet peeve about writing in the forum Brandon Sanderson Fans https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/brandon-sanderson-fans/forum/topic/his-pet-peeve-about-writing/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:40:05 +0100

]]> 45cb05da69072f420f32e8b058336dbd Blog: Beneath These Stones, Ann Granger from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Beneath_These_Stones__Ann_Granger.html Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:04:00 +0100 1999 mystery, twelfth of Granger’s novels of Chief Inspector Alan Markby
and non-detective Meredith Mitchell. The wife of a local farmer is
found stabbed to death […]

]]> 0 9cc262c2982ac54adb09ffaf55de9569 Blog: A Thought Without Collision by Adrian Duncan review – a brilliant interrogation of philosophy and wonder from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/11/a-thought-without-collision-by-adrian-duncan-review-a-brilliant-interrogation-of-philosophy-and-wonder Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:00:02 +0100 With a character inspired by Wittgenstein, this exploration of the mysteries of the universe draws on multiple philosophical traditionsFor several years I ran […]

]]> 0 b8154a69e1bf6a3736021bdfa4ea7a02 Blog: Taipei Story by Rebecca F Kuang review – the torture and hilarity of learning Chinese from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/11/taipei-story-by-rebecca-f-kuang-review-the-torture-and-hilarity-of-learning-chinese Thu, 10 Sep 2026 23:24:43 +0100 An American Chinese student studies Mandarin in Taiwan, in this heartfelt journey of self-discovery and family secretsWhat is Taiwan? A former Japanese colony? A […]

]]> 0 f6667df1712abb789775c47a80ed96bf Blog: The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie audiobook review – stories with levity and laughter from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/10/the-eleventh-hour-by-salman-rushdie-audiobook-review-stories-with-levity-and-laughter Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:00:38 +0100 The author explores themes of legacy, mortality and loneliness in the first work of fiction since his near-fatal attackFive short stories and five readers make up […]

]]> 0 ec31802a38b6e5dab386ccf66c46b42a Bob Bobson started the topic Sanderson on getting famous in the forum Brandon Sanderson Fans https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/brandon-sanderson-fans/forum/topic/sanderson-on-getting-famous/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:41:37 +0100  

]]> 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.

]]> d3348e2cd7e41d83a37995914608e180 Jason Latnar joined the group Beans in Dungeons https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18993/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:01:12 +0100 0 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?

]]> 08ce51d33726fb271d43cc46c968d60d Blog: Moss'd in Space, Rebecca Thorne from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Moss_d_in_Space__Rebecca_Thorne.html Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2026 science fiction, first of a planned series. Torian Razner has
been saving up for years to buy a starship and move her sister out of
the bad-quality air that’s […]

]]> 0 4bded77401d8786fd55a79e17876e8a5 Blog: All About My Mother by Rachael Stirling review – a joyous love letter to Diana Rigg from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/09/all-about-my-mother-by-rachael-stirling-review-a-joyous-love-letter-to-diana-rigg Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:00:03 +0100 Beautifully written by her daughter, this is a funny and intimate eulogy to the 60s star of The Avengers who went on to specialise in fierce, complicated womenThe […]

]]> 0 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!

]]> 29381f0e8409156d764ec01505848882 Blog: What Should My Children Do? by Daniel Susskind review – the case for embracing tech in the classroom from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/09/what-should-my-children-do-by-daniel-susskind-review-the-case-for-embracing-tech-in-the-classroom Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:00:01 +0100 A refreshingly optimistic book that asks us to grasp the educational opportunities of AI, rather than shrink from themIn 1979, the government asked Wilfred […]

]]> 0 70174124338c790cab86ad84dfad8ad2 Blog: ‘She blazed in and opened my eyes to the real world’: Readers remember Gloria Steinem from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/08/she-blazed-in-and-opened-my-eyes-to-the-real-world-readers-remember-gloria-steinem Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:26:19 +0100 To generations of women, the feminist campaigner was an inspiration, a fearless challenger of sexism and domestic violence. Guardian readers share memories of her […]

]]> 0 16837780ce05c9197247ca5a4e5b6e8f Blog: Death Around the Bend, T. E. Kinsey from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/09/Death_Around_the_Bend__T__E__Kinsey.html Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2017 mystery, third in its series. Lady Armitage and her maid Florence
go to Lord Riddlethorpe’s estate for a week of parties and motor
racing. But death soon follows…

]]> 0 028b1a67f5320f2843f467c59e104af1 Blog: The Castle by Jon Ronson review – bizarre tales of modern masculinity from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/08/the-castle-by-jon-ronson-review-bizarre-tales-of-modern-masculinity Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:00:31 +0100 A journalist embarks on a wild goose chase that might – or might not – be informative about the male conditionRecovering from surgery at home in upstate New Yor […]

]]> 0 01f97e5f669030fd2fd6ce5a29696847 Blog: The Newer World by Sebastian Barry review – a near-miracle of storytelling from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/08/the-newer-world-by-sebastian-barry-review-a-near-miracle-of-storytelling Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:00:29 +0100 The third in a loose American trilogy follows the epic journey of a formerly enslaved man in the aftermath of the civil warBut is not the story as good as the […]

]]> 0 360c3c98697304adca43fcb1f60fd697 Blog: Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson review – quirky postwar nostalgia from the Life After Life author from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/07/our-noble-selves-by-kate-atkinson-review-quirky-postwar-nostalgia-from-the-life-after-life-author Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:11:29 +0100 There are glimpses of Atkinson’s subtle brilliance in this gentle noirish mystery set around the Festival of BritainIn 1951, in a desperate attempt to raise the s […]

]]> 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 […]

]]> a15a88d12479f52d9bd857c329efd367 Blog: Hawking by Graham Farmelo review – the dark side of genius from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/07/hawking-by-graham-farmelo-review-the-dark-side-of-genius Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:00:26 +0100 A biography of the physicist recognises his achievements, but also reveals the selfish narcissist underneathWhen I wrote an unadoring review of Stephen Hawking’s f […]

]]> 0 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 […]

]]> 2610752e4f846c9341780c082fe54858 Blog: Tom Gauld on methods for encouraging a reluctant young reader – cartoon from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2026/sep/06/tom-gauld-on-methods-for-encouraging-a-reluctant-young-reader-cartoon Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:00:08 +0100 Continue reading…

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