Author Buzz | Christian Writer | Group Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/members/christianwriter/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Christian Writer is a member. Fri, 01 May 2026 16:54:36 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 c15e15a7473af15ffef10ea7e616ef2e Blog: Having Spent Life Seeking by Kae Tempest review – painfully earnest tale of trauma and transition from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/apr/28/having-spent-life-seeking-by-kae-tempest-review-painfully-earnest-tale-of-trauma-and-transition Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:00:45 +0100 An ex-offender searches for meaning and beauty in the second novel from the spoken-word performerKae Tempest’s new novel is dedicated to “you”, the reader. It also […]

]]> 0 5d129ac5dced1a9e5d535c539b553c9e Blog: This Dark Night by Deborah Lutz review – Emily Brontë’s world from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/28/this-dark-night-by-deborah-lutz-review-an-illuminating-window-on-emily-brontes-world Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:00:43 +0100 Tactile details and a no-nonsense approach make this biography a refreshing change from more lurid fareBoth Emily Brontë and her only novel Wuthering Heights […]

]]> 0 29790c980d1de4309d44819cf298cee8 Blog: Zadie Smith: ‘I don’t know when I read men any more’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/27/zadie-smith-says-rarely-reads-male-authors Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:30:50 +0100 At a talk on her latest essay collection, Dead and Alive, Smith said she ‘sometimes’ reads male novelists, but more often seeks the wisdom of older female wri […]

]]> 0 046d5aef841b7a0dc8a51d0eca0ad369 Blog: Famesick by Lena Dunham review – when celebrity causes side-effects from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/27/famesick-by-lena-dunham-review-when-celebrity-causes-side-effects Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:00:38 +0100 The Girls creator has endured brickbats and breakdowns – but she doesn’t always make it easy to feel sorry for herAt the end of last year, Netflix released Too Muc […]

]]> 0 d140e8cdcf57a21c73971c92949a2489 Blog: The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout review – readers will delight in these new characters from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/27/the-things-we-never-say-by-elizabeth-strout-review-readers-will-delight-in-these-new-characters Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:00:37 +0100 The Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton author branches out with the tale of a Massachusetts teacher haunted by traumaThe American author Elizabeth Strout famously […]

]]> 0 d31bef45b6db4181507095b98e60ac73 Blog: ‘It’s still a no-go area’: German author Matthias Jügler on the trauma surrounding the GDR’s ‘stolen children’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/26/its-still-a-no-go-area-german-author-matthias-jugler-on-the-trauma-surrounding-the-gdrs-stolen-children Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:00:16 +0100 The reaction among officials in Germany to his bestselling novel has been hostile. As Mayfly Season is published in the UK, its author explains whyA few weeks after […]

]]> 0 dcbff94bea80de8ceb9048b50470538e Blog: Do stronger borders ever work? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/26/do-stronger-borders-ever-work Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:00:15 +0100 Leaders have thrown up walls and barriers throughout history – but their effects are unpredictableFour millennia ago, a Sumerian king, his frontier beset by n […]

]]> 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 3014e2a76fae5cfe07f7cfdf7e78f644 Blog: Joe Dunthorne: ‘Growing up in Swansea, I developed an allergy to Dylan Thomas’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/24/joe-dunthorne-growing-up-in-swansea-i-developed-an-allergy-to-dylan-thomas Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:00:35 +0100 The author on feeling Thomas Hardy’s pain, being duped by Donna Tartt and how reading his sister’s copy of Trainspotting made him want to writeMy earliest rea […]

]]> 0 04859cc62b7ddd645556dce4ea86b80e Blog: A Family Matter by Claire Lynch audiobook review – an award-winning story of homophobia and divorce from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/23/a-family-matter-by-claire-lynch-audiobook-review-an-award-winning-story-of-homophobia-and-divorce Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:00:15 +0100 Dual timelines reveal the real reason a mother was forced to leave her daughter in the 80s, in this Nero prize-winning novel inspired by real-life eventsThe debut […]

]]> 0 88cb2f3d20b7a48a50d5f38d283f49d6 Blog: Communion by Jon Doyle review – a charged debut about sin and solace from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/15/communion-by-jon-doyle-review-a-charged-debut-about-sin-and-solace Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:01:02 +0100 A man who meant to be a priest is faced with a moral crossroads in this ambitious and affecting first novelJon Doyle’s debut novel tells the story of Mack O […]

]]> 0 01fd07738c5b7efc18e59ccdcafdcbde Blog: The Fallen by Louise Brangan review – an enraging account of Ireland’s Magdalene laundries from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/15/the-fallen-by-louise-brangan-review-an-enraging-account-of-irelands-magdalene-laundries Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:00:01 +0100 The horrifying story of the Catholic-run institutions that incarcerated thousands of women and girlsMany readers, and surely most Irish readers, will finish this […]

]]> 0 193594dd6d3cce75daccdbc7683ebe35 Blog: When an author says she had to decline a $175,000 prize, what does it say about the publishing world? | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/15/helen-dewitt-author-turn-down-prize-publishing-fiction Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:00:02 +0100 Helen DeWitt turning down the Windham-Campbell literary award caused controversy. But her bold act highlights that such prizes aren’t always as meritocratic as t […]

]]> 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 967ce5ba32572d32e480687c20d07c61 Blog: Michael Rosen wins Hans Christian Andersen award from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/14/michael-rosen-wins-hans-christian-andersen-award-cai-gao Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:24:58 +0100 The former children’s laureate missed the announcement of the award in Bologna due to post-Brexit passport rule changesMichael Rosen, the poet and author known f […]

]]> 0 5291c35157c67f6891db90ac6dbae0b7 Blog: On Memoir by Blake Morrison review – lessons in life writing from a master from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/14/on-memoir-by-blake-morrison-review-lessons-in-life-writing-from-a-master Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:00:04 +0100 Don’t be fooled by the A-Z treatment – this thoroughgoing guide asks deep questions about the art of autobiography“I’ve had a life and I’ve also had a life as a […]

]]> 0 ea51b087e50ea241a6838f8f7e29fda9 Blog: My Year in Paris With Gertrude Stein by Deborah Levy review – wonderfully entertaining from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/14/my-year-in-paris-with-gertrude-stein-by-deborah-levy-review-wonderfully-entertaining Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:01:02 +0100 Biography mingles with fiction as Levy explores the avant-garde writer through the story of three female friends in ParisThe narrator of Deborah Levy’s witty s […]

]]> 0 1b78bd009f747691ab1ac3cc89ceb07d Blog: Tucker Carlson to launch publishing imprint with books by Russell Brand and Milo Yiannopoulos from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/13/tucker-carlson-publishing-imprint-books-russell-brand-milo-yiannopoulos Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:05:26 +0100 Former Fox News host says publishing house Skyhorse ‘looking for books that nobody else will publish’Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson is set to launch his own […]

]]> 0 06d9c49c6c13d58ec007e422fb2209d2 Blog: Ghost-Eye by Amitav Ghosh review – a climate-crisis novel let down by its prose from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/13/ghost-eye-by-amitav-ghosh-review-a-climate-crisis-novel-let-down-by-its-prose Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:00:39 +0100 A reincarnation mystery drives this exploration of spiritual interconnectedness in a globalised worldWhat happens when a novelist cares more about their plot, or […]

]]> 0 ff151b3ccd556091815bdda89ec5b2ea Blog: Walking Shadow by Greg Doran review – Shakespeare’s healing power from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/13/walking-shadow-by-greg-doran-review-love-loss-shakespeare Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:00:38 +0100 After the death of his husband, Antony Sher, the former RSC director embarks on a quest to see every First FolioThis is really two books in one. The first part […]

]]> 0 f1057310b35a2948979e4319c77aeb0d Blog: Is AI the greatest art heist in history? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/12/is-ai-the-greatest-art-heist-in-history Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:00:17 +0100 New technologies of reproduction are plundering the art world – and getting away with itIn 2026, its easy to see why generative AI is bad. The internet has n […]

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]]> 0 b5e2b529c9bf3bf8e5e77a9c5aa38269 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post She fell in love with the man who had murdered her in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/she-fell-in-love-with-the-man-who-had-murdered-her/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0100 ba23db81a6577ea91d585d3a7422193a Jason Latnar commented on the post, The old man's parrot, on the groupblog The Muse of Last Resort https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/the-old-mans-parrot/#comment-1307 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:07:04 +0100 Oh man, I have to do this when I get old!!

]]> 45384e2609bbf88e475e8d8caf829d8d Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post The old man's parrot in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/the-old-mans-parrot/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100 The old man's parrot Ever the prankster, just before he died, the man trained his parrot to say phrases like, “help me, I’ve turned into a parrot” and “don’t tell anyone about the gold”. What happened next?

]]> 0666279a5d2cc228a89f1aaa7742ac1f Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Try these restrictions to challenge your writing in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/try-these-restrictions-to-challenge-your-writing/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100 Try these restrictions to challenge your writing When you describe the colour of things, never name the colour directly. The narrator is a total liar; the reader should be able to tell. The […]

]]> 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 144d2eb8927527cad6afd20ec18bc5ca Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post We wanted dragons so we genetically engineered them. in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/we-wanted-dragons-so-we-genetically-engineered-them/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000 We wanted dragons so we genetically engineered them. Well, there goes that entire planet. Best set a warning beacon as we evacuate.

]]> 569ebfb393d8d71cfd4404aa2d623874 Matthew Brown edited the blog post How did Easter get it's name? in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/interesting-or-controversial/how-did-easter-get-its-name/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:59:39 +0000 How did Easter get it's name?

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]]> 0abbbb216b01ff8ecc5dd42e96f15a2a Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post The village vicar struggles to stop his parishioners worshipping the bunny god who lives in the forest in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/the-village-vicar-struggles-to-stop-his-parishioners-worshipping-the-bunny-god-who-lives-in-the-forest/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0000 48dcb0944d77d7a7f011299294cc1631 Arves Corral wrote a new blog post Here are some links to Easter-inspired writing prompts in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/here-are-some-links-to-easter-inspired-writing-prompts/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Here are some links to Easter-inspired writing prompts 25+ Easter Writing Prompts from fictionary.co Journal Writing Prompts for Easter from ThoughtCo. 27 If I Were the Easter Bunny Writing Ideas

]]> b1c32e1c562e99588584c6a6f108587d Guest Writer wrote a new blog post You find an egg with a map inside in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/you-find-an-egg-with-a-map-inside/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 You find an egg with a map insideWhere does the map lead? Who put it in the egg? What happens when you follow the map?

]]> 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 70d3715b3ec5c769f5341cbaf404e955 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post The ancient dragon believed to guard your village has awoken thinking that the colorful eggs you hide every Easter are sacred artifacts stolen from its lair. in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/the-ancient-dragon-believed-to-guard-your-village-has-awoken-thinking-that-the-colorful-eggs-you-hide-every-easter-are-sacred-artifacts-stolen-from-its-lair/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000 The ancient dragon believed to guard your village has awoken thinking that the colorful eggs you hide every Easter are sacred artifacts stolen from its lair. If the eggs are not returned, there will be fire and anger from the huge mythical beast. You have taken it upon yourself to try to help. What do you do first?

]]> 9e9333c2d176e5aeaca0ad014b75a891 Matthew Brown edited the blog post A timid Easter bunny is captured by an evil scientist in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/a-timid-easter-bunny-is-captured-by-an-evil-scientist/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:28:32 +0000 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.

]]> 277974a93f616b07b14cb87dd67885fe Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Your OC is sent back in time to the very first Easter day in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/your-oc-is-sent-back-in-time-to-the-very-first-easter-day/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 01:00:00 +0000 aa3c28810401b18a6cb50cd67939c566 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Whatever is going on in this picture is your story idea for today in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/whatever-is-going-on-in-this-picture-is-your-story-idea-for-today/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Whatever is going on in this picture is your story idea for today

]]> 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.

]]> d95eb84ff4107965c7f79634e4696212 Matthew Brown edited the blog post A talking cat challenges the Easter bunny for control of the holiday in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/a-talking-cat-challenges-the-easter-bunny-for-control-of-the-holiday/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:37:19 +0000 a261921da28d0aecd79c6c680dda0516 Jason Latnar edited the blog post Some Easter related images to inspire your writing in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/some-easter-related-images-to-inspire-your-writing/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:34:35 +0000 Some Easter related images to inspire your writing

]]> 7af7d833daa8b0622ba38d2144fb9754 Matthew Brown edited the blog post For one day each year, at dawn on Easter Sunday, gateways in our world appear leading to an enchanted forest in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/for-one-day-each-year-at-dawn-on-easter-sunday-gateways-in-our-world-appear-leading-to-an-enchanted-forest/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:28:13 +0000 For one day each year, at dawn on Easter Sunday, gateways in our world appear leading to an enchanted forest One time, you found your way inside the forest and found secret portals, ancient beings, magical beasts, giant talking rabbits, and a mystical kingdom on the brink of civil war.

]]> 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 654a671ccc0bb985fb4b387705e4b339 jeffjohns wrote a new blog post It turns out that there are only twelve people in the world. Everyone else is imaginary. in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/it-turns-out-that-there-are-only-twelve-people-in-the-world-everyone-else-is-imaginary/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:01:21 +0000 It turns out that there are only twelve people in the world. Everyone else is imaginary.Are you imaginary or real? Are your friends and family real? Why is the world like this?

]]> d802681b679093e00711d4cc3337196d Blog: Not all of your body dies at the same time from Punning in the group Dad Jokes and Funny Memes https://punning.isbrill.com/dad-jokes/not-all-of-your-body-dies-at-the-same-time/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:42:38 +0000 Your eyes are the last to go. You see, your pupils die late.

]]> 0 954f1a20263e5accd8178ef5009b827a Blog: The Barbecue at No 9 by Jennie Godfrey audiobook review – secrets and lies in suburbia from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/20/the-barbecue-at-no-9-by-jennie-godfrey-audiobook-review-secrets-and-lies-in-suburbia Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:00:52 +0000 Gemma Whelan and Stephen Mangan are among the cast in this multi-voiced tale of family tensions and trauma, set during the 1985 Live Aid charity concert It is July […]

]]> 0 63368d2a80cfa021ea33b20b9b0d4ada Blog: A Queer Inheritance by Michael Hall review – the National Trust’s LGBTQ history revealed from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/19/a-queer-inheritance-by-michael-hall-review-the-national-trusts-lgbtq-history-revealed Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:00:03 +0000 It’s recently been accused of turning ‘woke’ – but the institution has been gay since the beginning, argues this deeply researched bookWhen it emerged that the Nat […]

]]> 0 798e8f6103a729203fcfa95a65936eb8 Blog: Mare by Emily Haworth-Booth review – profound story of a woman’s love for a horse from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/19/mare-by-emily-haworth-booth-review-profound-story-of-a-womans-love-for-a-horse Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:00:01 +0000 Where does it come from, this passion for an animal that isn’t even hers? An astonishing debut delves into deep truths about love, motherhood and careMare, Emily H […]

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