Author Buzz | Charles Maxwell | Group Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/members/charlesmaxwell/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Charles Maxwell is a member. Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:17:02 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 1a845c591e95ccc9f31a0169ee0bc7e2 Blog: Murder Crossed Her Mind, Stephen Spotswood from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/Murder_Crossed_Her_Mind__Stephen_Spotswood.html Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:04:00 +0100 2023 mystery, fourth in its series. Pentecost and Parker are engaged
to look into the disappearance of an elderly woman with a photographic
memory.

]]> 0 282bea4796c7820612f93dfe5e5e439f Blog: A Useful Woman, Darcie Wilde from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/A_Useful_Woman__Darcie_Wilde.html Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2018 Regency mystery, first of a series, by Sarah Zettel writing as
Darcie Wilde. After her father’s business dealings came to ruin and he
fled with her elder […]

]]> 0 b9ff0891129b3872ce440bdfe7410cf0 Blog: With All Due Speed, Celia Lake from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/With_All_Due_Speed__Celia_Lake.html Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2022 romantic fantasy short stories, more scenes set after the
events of Eclipse.

]]> 0 53b4958c4bb1a6e821caacb198fa4320 Blog: The Wreck of a World, W Grove from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/The_Wreck_of_a_World__W_Grove.html Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:02:00 +0100 1890 scientific romance novella. In the far distant future of 1948,
the machines are revolting…

]]> 0 8a40eab5f8b0f293a4e86c7fb4de4473 Blog: Call the Dead Again, Ann Granger from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/Call_the_Dead_Again__Ann_Granger.html Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0100 1998 mystery, eleventh of Granger’s novels of Chief Inspector Alan Markby
and non-detective Meredith Mitchell. A local lawyer and minor European
luminary has his […]

]]> 0 85b353c581e376be05003eed0ba4057e Blog: The Work of Art, Mimi Matthews from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/The_Work_of_Art__Mimi_Matthews.html Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2018 Regency romance. Phyllida Satterthwaite has always been thought
more odd than beautiful, but in her London season that oddity makes
her a sensation—and one t […]

]]> 0 886b39d2d542a78858a95b9248a41a74 Blog: A Perilous Perspective, Anna Lee Huber from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/A_Perilous_Perspective__Anna_Lee_Huber.html Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2022 historical mystery; tenth in Huber’s Lady Darby series
(post-Regency amateur detection). The Gages are staying at a remote
castle for a wedding party; but when […]

]]> 0 156b47da28939cb9c6bf124336809795 Blog: Banshee, Lindsay Rumbold from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/Banshee__Lindsay_Rumbold.html Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2024 Cold War espionage and aviation thriller. In 2022, an
undocumented bunker turns up during construction work on a former RAF
base, containing squadron paperwork […]

]]> 0 7f3220f0e2dae808d78e74ec5c3bc327 Blog: Vanishing Point, Marcia Muller from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/Vanishing_Point__Marcia_Muller.html Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:04:00 +0100 2006 mystery, twenty-third in Muller’s series about Sharon McCone,
private investigator in San Francisco. Over twenty years ago, a woman
vanished; a few days later, […]

]]> 0 6c3403b388ea58b7b32219ef6df081f4 Blog: Full Speed to a Crash Landing, Beth Revis from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/Full_Speed_to_a_Crash_Landing__Beth_Revis.html Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2024 science fiction novella, first of a trilogy. Ada Lamarr is a
salvager, but there’s a hole in the side of her ship and her suit air
supply is running low. Hope […]

]]> 0 5c296fc0e446e2cdd902cfb26ee7e131 Jason Latnar edited the blog post Foyles Pride Fest: Sarah Waters in Conversation with Chloe Michelle Howarth in the group Author appearances and events https://appearances.authorbuzz.co.uk/appearances/foyles-pride-fest-sarah-waters-in-conversation-with-chloe-michelle-howarth/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:42:11 +0100 Foyles Pride Fest: Sarah Waters in Conversation with Chloe Michelle Howarth Sarah Waters joins Chloe Michelle Howarth on stage as a celebration of her contribution to queer literature Location: The Auditorium […]

]]> f6f38a05f808a404a9afa5cb709ce147 Blog: Foyles Pride Fest: Sarah Waters in Conversation with Chloe Michelle Howarth from Hachette UK in the group We love Sarah Waters https://www.sarahwaters.com/sarahwaters-posts/2026/06/24/foyles-pride-fest-sarah-waters-in-conversation-with-chloe-michelle-howarth/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:50:09 +0100 Location: The Auditorium (Level 6) at Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road, London

Date: Saturday 27th June 2026

Time: 6-7pm

The discussion will be followed […]

]]> 0 b6d5481bdd09796169304a0b3602afd5 Blog: Platform Decay, Martha Wells from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/Platform_Decay__Martha_Wells.html Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:04:00 +0100 2026 short science fiction novel, eighth in the Murderbot series.
Murderbot is visiting a huge space habitat with the goal of rescuing
some of its humans.

]]> 0 53dd2d0d7a74b3907fa1bc52e0d7c2e7 Burty Burtman edited the blog post 5 SciFi prompts in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/5-scifi-prompts/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:42:52 +0100 5 SciFi promptsRob Bignell shared these five sci-fi what-if style prompts.

]]> a046aefce1f194b80ebc308d57f97778 Blog: Obsidian Prey, Jayne Castle from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/Obsidian_Prey__Jayne_Castle.html Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2009 romance/SF/mystery; sixth of its series but effectively
stand-alone. Lyra Dore found a trove of a rare sort of amber, and the
Company took it off her. And she […]

]]> 0 850c1a58d0696baa87d42ce10acfaa7d Blog: A Mexican Mystery, W Grove from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/A_Mexican_Mystery__W_Grove.html Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:03:00 +0100 1888 scientific romance novella. A new self-fuelling railway
locomotive turns out to be rather more effective than anyone had
supposed.

]]> 0 e21348ed2126e079316294e797a72344 Blog: The Killing Code, J D Kirk from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/The_Killing_Code__J_D_Kirk.html Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:04:00 +0100 2019 police procedural mystery, tartan noir, third in the Jack
Logan series. Women are being murdered by an unusually competent
killer.

]]> 0 6e10faee244ccfa37e56294d48b11339 Blog: The Fairy Godmother, Mercedes Lackey from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/The_Fairy_Godmother__Mercedes_Lackey.html Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:04:00 +0100 2004 fantasy, first of a series. Elena Klovis has a wicked stepmother
and two ugly sisters. But when they leave her to look after the house
while they flee debt […]

]]> 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 […]

]]> a2d1f9e164c6dcba46c396e47e85f84d Blog: The Kiss Curse, Erin Sterling from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/The_Kiss_Curse__Erin_Sterling.html Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2022 urban fantasy romance, second of a trilogy. Llewellyn ("Wells")
Jones goes back to Graves Glen, as much to get away from his static
life in Wales as to start […]

]]> 0 cac17b8aaa8cff3d47a3f39534c023aa Blog: Hornblower in the West Indies, C. S. Forester from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/Hornblower_in_the_West_Indies__C__S__Forester.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0100 1957 Napoleonic naval fiction, ninth written and eleventh by internal
chronology. Ten years after the war ended, Admiral Hornblower, in
command of the West India […]

]]> 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)

]]> 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 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 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 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.

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series. A few days before Christmas, an old woman is stabbed on the Tyne
and Wear Metro. She was […]

]]> 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 181460e75c4e31d973e967d180a367d4 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post The sewer elves are causing trouble again in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/the-sewer-elves-are-causing-trouble-again/ Sat, 30 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 e6c59cb9321f1b1fe484ec231fae5a1f Blog: The Folded Sky, Elizabeth Bear from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/The_Folded_Sky__Elizabeth_Bear.html Sat, 30 May 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2025 space opera, third in its loose series. Dr Sunya Song has
travelled to the edge of the galaxy to work on the investigation, and
evacuation, of the Baomind, a […]

]]> 0 c2ed925e497e62615d7ea07f093cb397 Blog: The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/The_Tainted_Cup__Robert_Jackson_Bennett.html Wed, 27 May 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2024 fantasy mystery. A high-ranking Imperial officer has been
murdered, in a particularly grotesque way. But why was he even staying
at a house belonging to one of […]

]]> 0 9337ffc059d2db9afa19a5bc31f7afe4 Blog: An Impossible Impostor, Deanna Raybourn from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/An_Impossible_Impostor__Deanna_Raybourn.html Tue, 26 May 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2022 historical thriller, seventh of its series. A Missing Heir has
shown up. Well, maybe. Veronica knew the real man back in the day, and
is asked to see if she […]

]]> 0 3e7bad4fd96da1b61d6bd0ef8f1d804f Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Your new house has a series pixie infestation in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/your-new-house-has-a-series-pixie-infestation/ Sat, 23 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 f5f59b4e97eada305f035849be6ab876 Blog: Scarper, Jenny Schwartz from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/Scarper__Jenny_Schwartz.html Fri, 22 May 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2023 SF, second of its series. OK, now we know some of what’s going
on. What should we do about it?

]]> 0 9bb892c0c4025cd473ce2141be423bda Acorn Boi joined the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18207/ Thu, 21 May 2026 16:14:33 +0100 0 25a41aa71cbba2f38212e20c50918f5e Jason Latnar replied to the topic Added a STP podcast to the group in the forum Fans of Sir Terry Pratchett https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/fans-of-sir-terry-pratchett/forum/topic/added-a-stp-podcast-to-the-group/#post-5242 Thu, 21 May 2026 16:09:57 +0100 Approved!!

]]> 0 fab49a288c24949300ab4da5a8a0805a Matthew Brown started the topic Added a STP podcast to the group in the forum Fans of Sir Terry Pratchett https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/fans-of-sir-terry-pratchett/forum/topic/added-a-stp-podcast-to-the-group/ Thu, 21 May 2026 16:07:59 +0100 I found a STP podcast on Mastodon. I’ve added it as an external blog feed so new episodes should show up for subscribers to STP’s group.

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which will change the shape of the world’s economies. Unable to trust
any old friends or […]

]]> 0 8080236a5bfedaa2cf786c50f4522728 Blog: Half Dead, Annabel Chase from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/Half_Dead__Annabel_Chase.html Wed, 20 May 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2025 paranormal fantasy, last of a nine-book series. Lorelei is in
supernatural prison, and her boyfriend is being tortured by Lucifer in
person. How to give […]

]]> 0 18403384b3190090e25d9034cf55ea92 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Something just escaped from your computer game in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/something-just-escaped-from-your-computer-game/ Tue, 19 May 2026 20:00:00 +0100 40c91d037deb3dc521e55fd969608c52 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post You work as a process server. You must deliver subpoenas to everyone in this photo. in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/you-work-as-a-process-server-you-must-deliver-subpoenas-to-everyone-in-this-photo/ Mon, 18 May 2026 11:00:00 +0100 You work as a process server. You must deliver subpoenas to everyone in this photo.

]]> da3f2577e464a48e6dcfbfc34ea9a0e4 Blog: Second Foundation, Isaac Asimov from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/Second_Foundation__Isaac_Asimov.html Mon, 18 May 2026 08:01:00 +0100 1953 classic SF, collection of shorter works. The Mule is still
building his empire. Obviously that has to be stopped. Spoilers for a
73-year-old book.

]]> 0 06f49fb5a4556daf2a3d25eb19975a75 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post You work as an investigator. Your job is to find ghosts that do not want to be found. in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/you-work-as-an-investigator-your-job-is-to-find-ghosts-that-do-not-want-to-be-found/ Sun, 17 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 e38ed25a6d5e31e6b8b8d877456c29ce Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post You work as a process server. You must deliver an injunction to one specific cat. You have until midnight. in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/you-work-as-a-process-server-you-must-deliver-an-injunction-to-one-specific-cat-you-have-until-midnight/ Sat, 16 May 2026 17:00:00 +0100 0e1e7fd2c047a3f856aabfdff3ab55d7 Blog: The Marriage Method, Mimi Matthews from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/The_Marriage_Method__Mimi_Matthews.html Fri, 15 May 2026 08:00:00 +0100 2025 Victorian romance. Miles Quincey, a crusading newspaper editor,
has been looking too hard into the Academy, so its deputy
headmistress, Nell Trewlove, is sent […]

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