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]]> 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 […]

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]]> 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 […]

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]]> 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 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 […]

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]]> 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 […]

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]]> 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 […]

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]]> 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 […]

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]]> 0 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.

]]> 468918ec428aeb59720c2f0c353df5e8 Blog: The best recent poetry – review roundup from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/04/the-best-recent-poetry-review-roundup Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:00:05 +0100 Fetch by Colin Bramwell; Girling by Eve Esfandiari-Denney; The Dead One, The Unconscious One, Thundering in Your Ear, Thriving Slumber by Jay Gao; Belling the […]

]]> 0 361bcba023911bc2bcc354553fcddbc4 Blog: Kevin Powers: ‘I was ready to abandon Infinite Jest a thousand times’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/04/kevin-powers-i-was-ready-to-abandon-infinite-jest-a-thousand-times Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:00:02 +0100 The American author on falling in love with The Great Gatsby, being inspired by Dylan Thomas – and the memoir of a canoe trip in Texas he comes back toMy earliest r […]

]]> 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

]]> 0 482c6bc5fef863f672a70bb9299878f5 Blog: The Golden Hours by Louisa Young review – this continuation of the Cazalet Chronicles is a total delight from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/04/the-golden-hours-by-louisa-young-review-this-continuation-of-the-cazalet-chronicles-is-a-total-delight Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:00:02 +0100 Elizabeth Jane Howard’s niece has picked up the thread of her much-loved family saga series, taking the story into the 1960sElizabeth Jane Howard’s beloved fam […]

]]> 0 7c1525bae809a16bd0accafbbe6de0b6 Blog: Gloria Steinem, groundbreaking feminist campaigner, dies aged 92 from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/03/gloria-steinem-groundbreaking-feminist-campaigner-dies-aged-92 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:42:35 +0100 Prolific author campaigned against domestic violence, female genital mutilation, pornography and the Vietnam and Gulf wars‘We badly need to raise our boys more l […]

]]> 0 b04191982f4e494862ebbe6401fde9d0 Blog: New Cemetery by Simon Armitage audiobook review – the poet laureate’s meditations take flight from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/03/new-cemetery-by-simon-armitage-audiobook-review-the-poet-laureates-meditations-take-flight Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:00:40 +0100 The building of a cemetery during the pandemic inspires the Huddersfield-born author to reflect on childhood memories and the changing local landscapeWhen […]

]]> 0 d6889af1921c9c839ce00ec6f3d05746 Blog: What we’re reading: Irvine Welsh, Janice Hallett and Guardian readers on the books they enjoyed in August from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/03/what-were-reading-irvine-welsh-janice-hallett-and-guardian-readers-on-the-books-they-enjoyed-in-august Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:01:06 +0100 Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the commentsI’ve been enjoying Contrapposto by Dave E […]

]]> 0 7b19f3928721b07ecd372abb03a005ee Blog: The Future Starts With Us by Gordon Brown review – the ex-PM’s recipe for beating populism from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/31/the-future-starts-with-us-by-gordon-brown-review-the-ex-pms-recipe-for-beating-populism Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:00:19 +0100 Global crises are tightly linked to how we treat each other at the local level, argues this optimistic book In times of crisis, there is one person to whom the left […]

]]> 0 05dfefb5ece25b03cfbe4616731c5edb Blog: Could this policy fix the care system and slash student debt at the same time? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/30/could-this-one-policy-fix-the-care-system-and-slash-student-debt-at-the-same-time Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:00:55 +0100 Andy Burnham is in need of radical proposals. A ‘care first’ year in exchange for 50% off fees could be just what he needsThe UK’s social care sector is in crisi […]

]]> 0 a43fc19dcddc332d48395895a2142813 Blog: Children’s books roundup – the best new picture books and novels from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/28/childrens-books-roundup-the-best-new-picture-books-and-novels Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:00:55 +0100 Poetry with wonder and wit; a heartwarming tale for horse lovers; a portal to the future; a brilliant YA wartime romance and moreSmall Monster, Big Monster by Allan […]

]]> 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 […]

]]> 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 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 […]

]]> 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 […]

]]> eee70c514390f44c099534d0378d91a5 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Romance between immortals is tricky in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/him-and-her/romance-between-immortals-is-tricky/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:51:14 +0100 Romance between immortals is tricky The thing about being immortal is that you live long enough to see all things end; love is no different. It doesn’t stop your heart from hoping, […]

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]]> 0 d7231bb32623bc782bc1737fe29b7176 Blog: All of Us Atoms by Holly Dawson audiobook review – an extraordinary self-portrait from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/20/all-of-us-atoms-by-holly-dawson-audiobook-review-an-extraordinary-self-portrait Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:00:52 +0100 Helena Bonham Carter narrates the playwright’s impressionistic memoir, written as she was experiencing the loss of her memoryPlaywright Holly Dawson’s memoir tel […]

]]> 0 171979ca8dc157754bbed315f680e6d1 Blog: The best books to read in August: new paperbacks from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Salman Rushdie and Werner Herzog from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/aug/20/the-best-books-to-read-in-august-new-paperbacks-from-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-salman-rushdie-and-werner-herzog Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0100 Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some wonderful new paperbacks, from a short story collection by a literary great to razor-sharp criticism*** Conti […]

]]> 0 05916e24f65d09d563fbfc64f668eff2 Blog: How I’ve Tried to Change the World by Alexei Sayle review – does protest make a difference? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/20/how-ive-tried-to-change-the-world-by-alexei-sayle-review-does-protest-make-a-difference Thu, 20 Aug 2026 06:00:44 +0100 The comedian charts his life in demos from 1960s Liverpool to 2020s London in this fiery and addictive bookAt 74, the comedian Alexei Sayle is approaching a […]

]]> 0 1e3ada226886f9b07385d7a4aace75c1 Jason Latnar wrote a new blog post Why is it that whenever you are about to propose to her, there's a dragon attack? in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/why-is-it-that-whenever-you-are-about-to-propose-to-her-theres-a-dragon-attack/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0100 10a5395137f9b2fd19fdaaa2421350c4 Blog: ‘Prolier-than-thou!’ Burnham accused of ‘desperate’ attempt to play up working class roots by novelist from The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/robert-harris-andy-burnham-geordie-greig-working-class-roots-b3028877.html Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:18:40 +0100 Robert Harris tells The Independent’s editor-in-chief Geordie Greig that the Labour prime minister’s ‘desire to be liked’ risks making him look ‘facile and glib’

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