Author Buzz | Doctor Hendrix | Group Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/members/drhendrix/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Doctor Hendrix is a member. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:40:05 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 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 […]

]]> 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 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 […]

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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 […]

]]> 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 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 […]

]]> 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 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 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 […]

]]> 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…

]]> 0 d319ac2d8a90c194f9e58a0deb7929d3 Blog: ‘Bold, brilliant, thrilling’: leading authors on the novels every school should teach from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/sep/05/bold-brilliant-thrilling-leading-authors-on-the-novels-every-school-should-teach Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:00:30 +0100 A new term, a new PM … time for a new English curriculum? We ask writers from Ben Okri to Samantha Harvey to pick books that will inspire a lifelong love of r […]

]]> 0 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 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 76f9a9c8c4ddfca68fad51c1d1846acc Blog: Ukrainian publishers call for support after Russian attacks destroy 10m books from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/20/help-ukrainian-publishers-russia-attacks-books Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:37:57 +0100 The country risks ‘the collapse of the entire book ecosystem’ following destruction of warehouses in July and August, say Ukrainian publishersThe Ukrainian Book Ins […]

]]> 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 84b1f98cbc64c2cddc25cd895377df77 Blog: The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State by Jill Lepore review – an ominous warning of tech takeover from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/19/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-artificial-state-by-jill-lepore-review-an-ominous-warning-of-tech-takeover Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:00:09 +0100 A historian charts the emergence of a democracy-crushing dystopia that is – in some ways – already with usPulitzer prize-winning US historian Jill Lepore’s new b […]

]]> 0 ed463fa489f042627de65d4a7e5236bf Blog: Where Are the Kings by Donal Ryan review – a timeless tale of family sorrows and joys from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/19/where-are-the-kings-by-donal-ryan-review-a-timeless-tale-of-family-sorrows-and-joys Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:00:07 +0100 A teenage boy navigates adolescence and the traumatic loss of his mother in this poignant coming-of-age novel set in rural IrelandSomething is happening to literary […]

]]> 0 30ae5b1bb82d8141e71f3ce7964876c3 Blog: Philip Pullman and Maggie O’Farrell among authors urging Burnham to cut business rates on bookshops from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/18/philip-pullman-and-maggie-ofarrell-among-authors-urging-burnham-to-cut-business-rates-on-bookshops Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:25:12 +0100 After pubs and clubs get rates relief, authors back open letter calling for similar support for bookshops, described as the ‘beating hearts’ of high str […]

]]> 0 28ad1434ff2026d412c3e6a18260a849 Blog: The Ego Trip by Kimon de Greef review – a bizarre tale of psychedelic toads and hair-raising treatments from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/17/the-ego-trip-by-kimon-de-greef-review-a-bizarre-tale-of-psychedelic-toads-and-hair-raising-treatments Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:00:49 +0100 A journalist investigates the unsettling world of a charismatic shaman and the people who trusted himWhich, in your opinion, is the worst current cultural trend: […]

]]> 0 55e5508f9850a3d789d6082f3ff97d31 Blog: Agrippa by Robert Harris review – persuasive portrait of rivalry in ancient Rome from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/17/agrippa-by-robert-harris-review-persuasive-portrait-of-rivalry-in-ancient-rome Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:00:46 +0100 This fictional memoir by Octavius’s right-hand man shows us bloodshed, betrayal and hectic jockeying for powerIf you’re one of those people who thinks about the Rom […]

]]> 0 18fc56fd8fb0409c376a6ddf1bcb4d73 Blog: Art Spiegelman: ‘The US needs a counter-revolution’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/aug/15/art-spiegelman-the-us-needs-a-counter-revolution Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:00:50 +0100 More than four decades after his Holocaust story Maus transformed the graphic novel genre, Art Spiegelman discusses Trump, the shadow of 9/11 and the rise of […]

]]> 0 43b583e1fa23db77a5d00b69c20ab83f Matthew Brown replied to the topic My status is vanishing in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/my-status-is-vanishing/#post-5273 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:11:27 +0100 Something flagged it as spam. I’ve unspammed it.

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Leave it with me, I’ll try to figure out what went wrong.

]]> cacea5ae25b42c364716770e37c39590 Sam Smith started the topic My status is vanishing in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/my-status-is-vanishing/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:03:38 +0100 I’ve posted about my new book twice, and it is gone. Twice. Help!!

]]> 27eb8e4e1b17d4926b1e657e0cc65efe Matthew Brown edited the blog post Is my idea good enough? in the group Thanet Creative: Writers https://thanetcreative.co.uk/2026/08/is-my-idea-good-enough/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:58:11 +0100 Is my idea good enough? As you sit down to write that story that’s been burning in your mind, it is not unusual to ask, “Is this idea any good?” As questions go, few others […]

]]> fa14ad4c0a467ce21810104a511e0d67 Blog: You Won’t Get Free of It by Rachel Aviv review – a subtle study of the mother-daughter bond from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/11/you-wont-get-free-of-it-by-rachel-aviv-review-a-subtle-study-of-the-mother-daughter-bond Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:00:07 +0100 The most complex of female relationships is thrown into sharp relief in this moving series of essaysRachel Aviv has a profound interest in the vagaries of human […]

]]> 0 8c4cdebe915734533de02e57af4b6ae7 Blog: Barack Obama launches podcast about books that ‘shaped his worldview’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/10/barack-obama-launches-podcast-about-books-that-shaped-his-worldview Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:59:13 +0100 The former US president will host six episodes of A Great Book for Audible, discussing work from Toni Morrison and John le Carré to James BaldwinBarack Obama is […]

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