Author Buzz | Matthew Brown | Group Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/members/lordmatt/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Matthew Brown is a member. Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:45:51 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 2aec56bafbe0b3a574dc2ba110a988d7 Jane Smith joined the group General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19409/ Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:20:49 +0000 0 0c977ed75dff1fb89f976e12f88e4801 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Mistakes to avoid with your personal website in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/tutorials/mistakes-to-avoid-with-your-personal-website/ Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:13:45 +0000 Mistakes to avoid with your personal website I’ve been browsing a massive list of blogs and personal websites, and I have noticed a pattern in the websites I just gave up on. This is my nerdy […]

]]> fd2c48fc53ebea490b80b6a0b1467b3e Blog: The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy, Brigitte Knightley from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/11/The_Exquisite_Torment_of_Loving_Your_Enemy__Brigitte_Knightley.html Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:02:00 +0000 2026 romantic fantasy, second of a pair. Now that Osric Mordaunt,
assassin, and Aurienne Fairhrim, healer, have worked out that they
kind of like each other… what w […]

]]> 0 b1acebb1923a6354ac8dde09d6d22cda Jason Latnar wrote a new blog post One day you wake up to discover you are a frog. in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/one-day-you-wake-up-to-discover-you-are-a-frog/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 11:00:00 +0000 2313195ce8d34bee3b46d3b0b21bfabe Matthew Brown started the topic How much bloodthirstiness is too much in a good story? in the forum Aspiring Authors https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/aspiring-authors/forum/topic/how-much-bloodthirstiness-is-too-much-in-a-good-story/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 23:30:02 +0000 I’m writing a fantasy story. Due to the nature of the situation, there’s a fair old amount of bloodshed. Mostly justified.

Readers, how much is too much for you?

]]> 0faa6d82109e9fb11407d108d8391e72 Blog: Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks from Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed https://dogwoodtales.blogspot.com/2026/10/consider-phlebas-by-iain-m-banks.html Sat, 31 Oct 2026 18:01:26 +0000 Gentile or Jew O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you. T. S. Eliot, “The Waste Land,” IV

I don […]

]]> 1 49de0c50f3efb6394df2a01fdd63892a Blog: The Seagull, Ann Cleeves from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/The_Seagull__Ann_Cleeves.html Sat, 31 Oct 2026 09:02:00 +0000 2017 contemporary police mystery, eighth in Cleeves’ Vera Stanhope
series. A corrupt policeman, now in prison, offers a solution to a
decades-old disappearance, if […]

]]> 0 23d1a0576bb639dfa11d3485ca0e60e5 Acorn Boi replied to the topic Anime suggestions? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/anime-suggestions/#post-5370 Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:16:48 +0000 Have you seen:

  • Ascendance of a Bookworm
  • The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic
  • That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

I love them all

]]> fdebfd491c8ffff101605143d9055ce2 Blog: I’d tell you the joke about the time traveller, but you didn’t like it. from Punning in the group Dad Jokes and Funny Memes https://punning.isbrill.com/dad-jokes/id-tell-you-the-joke-about-the-time-traveller-but-you-didnt-like-it/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:35:24 +0000 2 f22a7715e5b7ad6314b57993342f5d33 Blog: Philippa Gregory: ‘I read 100 of the best 18th century novels – the perfect author’s apprenticeship’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/30/philippa-gregory-i-read-100-of-the-best-18th-century-novels-the-perfect-authors-apprenticeship Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:00:50 +0000 The British novelist on discovering Molly Keane, coming to Dickens late, and the books that taught her the importance of writing about historyMy earliest […]

]]> 0 3b1f94d79553b0d2929a7698803146af Blog: The Last Bloody Straw, J D Kirk from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/The_Last_Bloody_Straw__J_D_Kirk.html Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:01:00 +0000 2020 police procedural mystery, tartan noir, fifth in the Jack
Logan series. Logan and Neish are sent to the island of Canna,
population 47. Well, 46 now.

]]> 0 4db3a22057d4f4dfe43538c24b062f20 Blog: Attention Seeking Behaviour by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo review – a slippery liar’s tale from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/30/attention-seeking-behaviour-by-aea-varfis-van-warmelo-review-a-slippery-liars-tale Fri, 30 Oct 2026 07:00:48 +0000 Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths prize, this compelling interrogation of memory, justice and truth offers no easy answersThe Goldsmiths prize-shortlisted debut from […]

]]> 0 5225f783e0722477e1944dc4b825bf73 Blog: Sarah Howe wins Forward poetry prize for best collection from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/29/sarah-howe-wins-forward-poetry-prize-for-best-collection Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:32:12 +0000 Howe’s ‘exceptional’ Foretokens took the main £10,000 award, while Nur Turkmani, Tara Bergin and Biff Smith swept up the remaining categoriesSarah Howe has won th […]

]]> 0 4d450d506c20a44ac249e9cad23866b6 Blog: October Monthly Reflections from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/10/october-monthly-reflections.html Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:19:20 +0000 This month I read five books.Books reviewed at Becky’s Book Reviews65. Westfallen. Ann Brashares and Ben Brashares. 2024. 384 pages.
[Source: Library] [5 stars] […]

]]> 0 766cf4886230d2c30feb19863361c21f Blog: Century of Viewing, October from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/10/century-of-viewing-october.html Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:14:51 +0000 This month I watched 18 things–not counting twelve seasons of Flip or Flop which I never bothered adding officially. This month’s five star movies: Mannequin, Home […]

]]> 0 cb254a1f7768740eff0a3dc7be545fe0 Blog: Bram Stoker’s Dracula audiobook review – cinematic horror with an A-list cast from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/29/bram-stokers-dracula-audiobook-review-cinematic-horror-with-an-a-list-cast Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:47 +0000 Jonathan Bailey, Ella Purnell, Aimee-Lou Wood, Maggie Gyllenhaal and more bring shock and gore to an immersive retelling with real biteDo we really need another […]

]]> 0 116bb532eea3924855c77c0196f719db Burty Burtman started the topic Anime suggestions? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/anime-suggestions/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 11:47:08 +0000 Does anyone here watch anime?

What hidden gems can you recommend? (sub or dub)

]]> 550e3211b9c3057a2ce45ccbad5ee52a Blog: ACOTAR 1-5 recap, as fans rush to read A Court of Splintered Harmony from The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/books/fiction-books/acotar-books-recap-b3073318.html Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:49:12 +0000 Spoilers ahead as fans of the Maasverse gear up for the author’s 17th novel

]]> 0 90c0b4b7838a229a5d6f3119f1b823c5 Blog: Netflix’s Pride and Prejudice hands Jane Austen’s iconic line to one of its characters for the first time from The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/netflix-pride-and-prejudice-dolly-alderton-b3075447.html Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:50:21 +0000 Despite several retellings of Jane Austen’s 1813 classic, its much-quoted first line has never made it to the screen

]]> 0 2d2d5677cbb2316d20197e8bb23fb7aa Blog: If British Library reading rooms become ‘co-working spaces’, it’s all too easy to imagine what comes next | Andy Beckett from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/29/british-library-reading-rooms-co-working-space-national-library Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:27 +0000 The plan to generate revenue from areas currently used by the public is causing bitter dispute, and raises fundamental questions In a crowded country that is short […]

]]> 0 1f2205364349d6691f2924900ece634c Blog: Are You With Me Now? by Hanif Kureishi review – a novelist unleashed from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/29/are-you-with-me-now-by-hanif-kureishi-review-back-to-basics Thu, 29 Oct 2026 07:00:26 +0000 The constraints of Kureishi’s life after a devastating accident infuse his writing with a new and thrilling immediacySome months after returning home, after a g […]

]]> 0 da887f486ad33d0e51cac7b5931ceb3f Blog: ‘We sold out tickets within 13 minutes’: new novel from romantasy author Sarah J Maas sparks fan mania from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/28/we-sold-out-tickets-within-13-minutes-new-novel-from-romantasy-author-sarah-j-maas-sparks-fan-mania Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:21:54 +0000 Move over Oasis – 6,000 people tried to buy 220 tickets to a masquerade ball to celebrate the release of A Court of Splintered Harmony, while specialist bookshops c […]

]]> 0 1f52f5011d23017a3fccbd481c6ce239 Blog: I’ve found the best deals on the ACOTAR books, including the hardcover box set from The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/books/fiction-books/acotar-book-deals-b3074781.html Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:51:41 +0000 There are plenty of ways to get your hands on Sarah J. Maas’s fantasy romance series for less

]]> 0 128fe1a7e429e0ef59e874a2539cbc8f Blog: Shroud, Adrian Tchaikovsky from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/Shroud__Adrian_Tchaikovsky.html Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 2025 science fiction. The corporate plundering mission meets an
enigma: a gas giant’s moon, with obscuring toxic atmosphere and so much
radio noise that they can’t […]

]]> 0 a97fce045a4046b9776dbaaaf82d66d0 Blog: The Shield Ring, Rosemary Sutcliff from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/The_Shield_Ring__Rosemary_Sutcliff.html Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:02:00 +0000 1956 historical fiction for young people. Frytha and Bjorn are
descendants of Vikings and part of a community of the same, resisting
the new kings’ rule in newly […]

]]> 0 22b61475bf14727680305f88f48cc925 Blog: Time Being by Jude Cook review – a smart existential tale of midlife from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/27/time-being-by-jude-cook-review-a-smart-existential-tale-of-midlife Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:00:07 +0000 A fatal mistake sparks this juicy melodrama, in which a philosophy professor navigates the guilt of being a survivorWhat if, battered by cancer and cancer […]

]]> 0 213b1094cb6c266150de2d76c0765856 Blog: War Is Interested in You by Gideon Rachman review – are we on the brink of world war three? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/26/war-is-interested-in-you-by-gideon-rachman-review-how-close-is-world-war-three Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:00:26 +0000 A foreign affairs expert’s bleak assessment of the state of global securityAre we on the brink of a new world war? This bleak subject is increasingly invoked by l […]

]]> 0 8df137c23a4815d01879aa9d96497ec9 Blog: Music Against the Night by Yiyun Li review – a virtuosic interrogation of the power of art from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/26/music-against-the-night-by-yiyun-li-review-a-virtuosic-interrogation-of-the-power-of-art Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:00:26 +0000 What does it cost, to live your life in the hope of immortality? Li examines the gulf between talent and genius through the marriage of two real-life musiciansIn […]

]]> 0 55a08f7dfbb1e7ff8236bd6e853c5c2c Blog: Week in Review #44 from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/10/week-in-review-44.html Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:01:09 +0100 I am reading several books. I’ve finished none.Century of Viewing #441980s1983 Terms of Endearment. Just
as sad as Steel Magnolias but without the humor and […]

]]> 0 28ccb17e493656d0c61c6bc1d2adb3c6 Charles Maxwell edited the blog post Just once, you'd like to live past 16 without being sacrificed to appease some random god. in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/just-once-youd-like-to-live-past-16-without-being-sacrificed-to-appease-some-random-god/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 15:39:26 +0100 8d655fb4a71c410c56fa2ac274126448 Acorn Boi joined the group Thanet Creative: Writers https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19311/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 15:28:13 +0100 0 e082ede9e200da4db04bf2ebbd430249 jeffjohns joined the group The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19309/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 15:18:28 +0100 0 ead9956b506a27eecc3af5008894be02 Blog: What Feasts At Night, T Kingfisher from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/What_Feasts_At_Night__T_Kingfisher.html Sat, 24 Oct 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2022 horror novella. Alex Easton has returned to what’s left of the
ancestral home, a hunting lodge in Gallacia. The caretaker has died,
but nobody quite wants to say how…

]]> 0 2c3d073fa13ea72a6fcf5da6e79f4a3a Matthew Brown edited the blog post Sekhmet calling in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/sekhmet-calling/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:59:08 +0100 Sekhmet callingToday you received a phone call from Sekhmet (the Egyptian god of war and plagues). All the chaos going on in the world has woken him up. Would you […]

]]> fdf111e90a47b40f6264a7946dc75a19 Toni McHadden started the topic Wuthering Heights in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/wuthering-heights/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:51:27 +0100 My sister gave me a beautiful hardback copy of Wuthering Heights. I’ve always meant to read it. I’ll let you know how I get on.

]]> 4f6be826eb36c68768848ce7a6804f4e Christian Writer joined the group General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19303/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:44:26 +0100 0 cc42ec6d6ac13fceb0c377ac4b64217e Matthew Brown replied to the topic I'm reading "How to be a writer" in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/im-reading-how-to-be-a-writer/#post-5365 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:50:00 +0100 I own a copy of this book. It lives on my desk next to my PC.

]]> 0b05cd8f3802f265210c44aef738933c Blog: Helen Fielding launches Bridget Jones prize for northern comedy writing from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/22/helen-fielding-launches-bridget-jones-prize-for-northern-comedy-writing Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:46:39 +0100 The Yorkshire-born author says that the 1,000 word competition is for people ‘just living their lives being quietly hilarious’Bridget Jones author Helen Fie […]

]]> 0 dd806947bb537540917f7126514f273d Blog: Thrilling Stories of the Railway, Victor L. Whitechurch from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/Thrilling_Stories_of_the_Railway__Victor_L__Whitechurch.html Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:04:00 +0100 1912 mystery/adventure anthology, including the stories of Thorpe
Hazell, the Railway Detective.

]]> 0 85a6e6ecdca83d7390487c39ef6d2104 Blog: Female Life on Planet Earth by Laleh Khadivi review – a mother’s secret past in the Iranian revolution from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/22/female-life-on-planet-earth-by-laleh-khadivi-review-a-mothers-secret-past-in-the-iranian-revolution Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:00:09 +0100 A woman living in California discovers her mother may have been a merciless enforcer of the Islamic revolution, in an intriguing novel of inheritance and […]

]]> 0 810b25b0f59766cbb29b007d5eff3a9b Blog: Canadian publisher Boréal ends relationship with novelist Thélyson Orélien over alleged use of AI from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/22/canadian-publisher-boreal-ends-relationship-author-thelyson-orelien-over-ai Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:13:01 +0100 Author withdrawn from France’s Prix Goncourt last month has repeatedly denied using artificial intelligence to write novelThe publisher of top-selling Haitian C […]

]]> 0 e2e64329950ba45a643c9cd93fc42c73 Blog: Books I Read in September 2026 (and a visit to Wigtown) from A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers https://alittleblogofbooks.com/2026/10/21/books-i-read-in-september-2026-and-a-visit-to-wigtown/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:57:43 +0100 Black Bag by Luke Kennard is a novel with an endearingly odd premise: an unnamed male actor signs up for a psychological experiment in which he wears a large […]

]]> 0 2deda7e1ec6718bd4da29c6eb275f80e Blog: ‘It feels quite frightening’: readers rush to snap up Sally Rooney books as stocks dwindle amid Palestine Action ban from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/it-feels-quite-frightening-readers-rush-to-snap-up-sally-rooney-books-as-stocks-dwindle-amid-palestine-action-ban Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:26:22 +0100 Booksellers have reported selling out of the Irish novelist’s works after it was announced that her books would be withdrawn from sale in the UKBooksellers have r […]

]]> 0 ae92e68330450993f84ce3308110fab0 Blog: New prize launches for books co-written with AI from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/new-prize-launches-books-co-written-with-ai-france Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:59:34 +0100 After months of controversy over the possible use of AI by winners of prestigious awards, the Prix Pascal de Littérature IA is rewarding fiction written with the […]

]]> 0 59bd3b80905ea5c5dfb036a6bf21aa53 Blog: The Mystery of What Befell in the Ditch by Thure Erik Lund review – is this the greatest living Norwegian writer? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/the-mystery-of-what-befell-in-the-ditch-by-thure-erik-lund-review-is-this-the-greatest-living-norwegian-writer Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:04 +0100 Translated into English at last, this portrait of a man appalled by modernity and desperate to get back to nature is brimming with Nordic weltschmerzT-O-M. The […]

]]> 0 3e030468d6d832df29343b9116cba2cd Blog: On Another Planet They Can Save Me by Lieke Marsman review – an astonishing memoir of terminal illness from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/on-another-planet-they-can-save-me-by-lieke-marsman-review-an-astonishing-memoir-of-terminal-illness Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:04 +0100 Published four months after her death, the poet’s reflections on mortality are both agonising and profoundly life-affirmingThere are no atheists in foxholes, goes t […]

]]> 0 6fbd79a1777bb887e5a652e854641e62 Jason Latnar replied to the topic I'm reading "How to be a writer" in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/im-reading-how-to-be-a-writer/#post-5364 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:04:44 +0100 Is it any good?

We demand a review. Well we ask nicely – demand is too strong a word.

]]> 8390b3c0d6ecb0f3f980ccc7a5f40a21 Blog: Alone With a Book by Tessa Hadley review – an acclaimed writer’s cultural prescription from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/20/alone-with-a-book-by-tessa-hadley-review-an-acclaimed-writers-cultural-prescription Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:10:57 +0100 This collection of essays from the beloved novelist is full of gem-like insights on art and booksWhen Tessa Hadley was a child, someone gave her a copy of Lois […]

]]> 0 a39f2922c42d1402a095dbdc693cfab1 Blog: Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger review – does this sequel measure up to The Time Traveler’s Wife? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/19/life-out-of-order-by-audrey-niffenegger-review-does-this-sequel-measure-up-to-the-time-travelers-wife Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:14:29 +0100 More than two decades on, the passion that ignited Niffenegger’s debut has all but evaporated from this confused follow-upI run a reading workshop which begins w […]

]]> 0 555e6b7c2456a78ae448c3f3db820309 Blog: Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History by Benjamin Moser review – the deep roots of a contemporary movement from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/19/anti-zionism-a-jewish-history-by-benjamin-moser-review-the-deep-roots-of-a-contemporary-movement Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:02 +0100 A biographer’s affecting account of prominent critics of Zionism, from Hannah Arendt to Nan Goldin“Everyone in America – at least as far as I knew – was a Zionist […]

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