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Jason Latnar edited the blog post Foyles Pride Fest: Sarah Waters in Conversation with Chloe Michelle Howarth in the group Author appearances and events

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 […]

Blog: Dooneen by Keith Ridgway review – uncanny visions of dark times in Dublin from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:00:07 +0100

Ireland is trembling with nascent social unrest in this labyrinthine tale of one man’s homecomingIrish author Keith Ridgway’s latest novel deals, both mis […]

Blog: Short story prize clears winners of AI allegations after month-long review from The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:01:28 +0100

Three of five regional winners had been accused of using AI to write their short stories

Matthew Brown edited the blog post Good books you can read in one sitting in the group Random Occasional Book Reviews

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:41:49 +0100

Good books you can read in one sittingToday, I stumbled on this short video listing some good books that are short reads and had to share it.

Blog: ‘Beautiful and terrifying’: the best American LGBTQ+ books, chosen by Samuel R Delany, Kaveh Akbar, Eileen Myles and more from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:00:40 +0100

From 20th-century classics to little-known treasures, queer authors share their favorite books about LGBTQ+ life‘Sheer outrageousness’: writers on their fav […]

Blog: The Family Man by James Lasdun review – the killings that shocked America from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:00:38 +0100

Alex Murdaugh’s conviction for the murder of his wife and son was recently overturned. Where does the truth lie?In March 2023, 54-year-old Alex Murdaugh received t […]

Burty Burtman edited the blog post 5 SciFi prompts in the group Writing prompts and inspirations

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:42:52 +0100

5 SciFi promptsRob Bignell shared these five sci-fi what-if style prompts.

Blog: Reader, I married him: couples tell us how books brought them together from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:00:36 +0100

From book club meet-cutes to shared English Literature lectures, romance has blossomed beyond the page for these bibliophilesDua Lipa and Callum Turner have been […]

Blog: Obsidian Prey, Jayne Castle from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

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 […]

Blog: Fantastic Kingdom by Helene von Bismarck review – an outsider’s guide to British politics from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:00:34 +0100

This stranger’s-eye-view of an eccentric nation promises insight but delivers only conventional wisdom‘Continental people have sex lives; the English have hot […]

Blog: Awake Awake by Fiona Mozley review – in pursuit of false memories from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 06:00:33 +0100

From the Booker-shortlisted author, a tantalisingly unreliable account of childhood, history and mental uncertaintyThe historian and novelist Fiona Mozley […]

Blog: Our Crew Reached a 2-Billion-Year-Old Dyson Sphere. It Asked a Question from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0100

I rarely say this, but I must: This is an amazingly constructed story; if you listen to no other tale this year, make it this one.

Blog: Bethany Handley wins Eric Gregory Award from Seren in the group Seren Books

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:12:16 +0100

We’re delighted to share that Bethany Handley has won an Eric Gregory Award for her poetry pamphlet Cling Film, a prize awarded to outstanding collections by p […]

Blog: A Mexican Mystery, W Grove from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

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.

Blog: The Leveret By Anna Goldreich review – a hare mends the pain of baby loss from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:00:50 +0100

This bold debut about a woman finding healing after a late miscarriage is written with utter convictionBirth. “A detaching, a loosening of something, then the p […]

Blog: The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review – the real price of artificial intelligence from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 06:00:52 +0100

A vivid and entertaining polemic on the economics of the tech revolution, filled with righteous ireAs former Google CEO Eric Schmidt could tell you, AI is a hard […]

Blog: M John Harrison: ‘If we met a real alien we’d have no clue what they thought’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:00:29 +0100

At 80, SF author M John Harrison is producing some of his best work. He talks about finding his voice, alien intelligence and the advice from Iain Banks that still […]

Blog: Books I Read in May 2026 from A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 09:37:34 +0100

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans became a word-of-mouth bestseller last year and recently won the Women’s Prize for Fiction. It is an epistolary novel told e […]

Blog: 8 Completely Forgotten 90s Sci-Fi Shows That Were Decades Ahead of Their Time from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 08:23:55 +0100

Blog: Galactic Archaeologists Found a Corpse Older Than the Stars… It Was Human from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0100

Crappy AI illustrations aside, this is a well-read story that was written quite well. More than that, it was fun.

Blog: Week in Review #25 from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:14:10 +0100

This week I read nine books!!!!44. Jurassic Park. Michael Crichton. 1990. 466 pages. [Source: Library]
[5 stars, adult science fiction, dinosaurs, […]

Blog: 44. Jurassic Park from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:18:02 +0100

44. Jurassic Park. Michael Crichton. 1990. 466 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars, adult science fiction, dinosaurs, action/thriller]First sentence: The tropical […]

Blog: Unearthed from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0100

Blog: The Killing Code, J D Kirk from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

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.

Blog: Stealing Time from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0100

Blog: The Fairy Godmother, Mercedes Lackey from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

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 […]

Blog: They Said Humans Knew Nothing of Physics… Until the Human Corrected the Teacher’s Equation from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0100

If you forgive the AI illustrations, what you have here is a well-written and nicely narrated story worth the time it takes to listen. The narrator’s voice is so good.

Blog: 5 Questions To Ask Before You Time Travel from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0100

Matthew Brown created the group The Royal Society of Literature (RSL)

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:55:34 +0100

Jason Latnar edited the blog post Clutterbooks in Hornsea, East Yorkshire in the group Author appearances and events

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 […]

Blog: The Kiss Curse, Erin Sterling from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

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 […]

Blog: The Tent from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0100

Matthew Brown edited the blog post Let's invent words: Glimfleeble in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author)

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:34:33 +0100

Let's invent words: Glimfleeble Glimfleeble is now a word, I decided. Glimfleeble adj. Something that looks or sounds impressive and/or important because you have no idea what it is or how it works.

Blog: Hornblower in the West Indies, C. S. Forester from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

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 […]

Blog: The Summer Book by Tove Jansson from Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:58:00 +0100

Tove Jansson was an artist and writer, best known for her Moomin stories concerning charming creatures living in an idyllic valley. Unusually for books written for […]

Bob Bobson joined the group I love poetry

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 01:16:12 +0100

Blog: Week in Review #24 from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:30:00 +0100

This week I read five books!42. The Midnight Library. Matt Haig. 2020. 288 pages. [Source: Library] [adult fiction, adult science fiction, fantasy]43. The Midnight […]

Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post The humans were not intimidated in the group Writing prompts and inspirations

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)

Blog: Why Humans are the Only Species Allowed to Skip Safety Briefings from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0100

Blog: Maggie Harris wins Jhalak Poetry Prize from Seren in the group Seren Books

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:31:52 +0100

Congratulations to Maggie Harris, winner of the Jhalak Poetry Prize 2026!
The post Maggie Harris wins Jhalak Poetry Prize appeared first on Seren.

Blog: Paradox from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:21:39 +0100

Blog: Instructor Displayed Ancient Blades — The Human Asked, “Why Are They Balanced Wrong?” from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0100

Blog: This Brutal Moon, Bethany Jacobs from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

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…

Blog: 43. The Midnight Train from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:52:06 +0100

43. The Midnight Train. Matt Haig. 2026. 296 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars, adult speculative fiction, adult romance]First sentence: Wilbur Budd died around […]

Blog: The Alpha Invention from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:14:04 +0100

Blog: The Mark of the Horse Lord, Rosemary Sutcliff from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed

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 […]

Blog: 42. The Midnight Library from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:39:21 +0100

42. The Midnight Library. Matt Haig. 2020. 288 pages. [Source: Library] [adult fiction, adult science fiction, fantasy]Premise/plot: The Midnight Library is a […]

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

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)

Arves Corral joined the group Thanet Creative: Writers

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:32:35 +0100

Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Please, dear HFY writers, no more stories starting with "Bob sat on the bridge of the Earth Ship Big Birtha" in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0100

Please, dear HFY writers, no more stories starting with "Bob sat on the bridge of the Earth Ship Big Birtha" Why do so many HFY stories start with the OC standing somewhere waiting for the opening thing to happen? I’ve lost track of the stories I’ve listened to or […]