Author Buzz | Toni McHadden | Group Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/members/tonimchadden/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Toni McHadden is a member. Sat, 24 Oct 2026 21:41:11 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 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 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 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 3c14a2bddc5e408d0de23ce56418d255 Blog: Why Joss Wood is the Author You Need on Your TBR Shelf from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/10/21/why-joss-wood-is-the-author-you-need-on-your-tbr-shelf/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:59:26 +0100 If you’ve never read Joss Wood, let me tell you why you need to fix that immediately! With a backlist … Continued

]]> 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 […]

]]> 0 ddab2b9d76d3a57f8e9d1abd6784d61e Blog: Isabel Allende wins €1m Spanish literary prize under pseudonym from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/17/isabel-allende-wins-premio-planeta-spanish-literary-prize-pseudonym Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:01:51 +0100 Chilean-American author awarded Premio Planeta for sequel to her 1982 debut novel, The House of the SpiritsThe Chilean-American author Isabel Allende has won […]

]]> 0 9032172c0aba81ddf254ebb2678c0251 Blog: ‘Is there any value in writing a story in a time of chaos?’: novelist Elif Shafak on her creative crisis from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/17/is-there-any-value-in-writing-a-story-in-a-time-of-chaos-novelist-elif-shafak-on-her-creative-crisis Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:00:25 +0100 The author talks about her nomadic childhood, being targeted by the Turkish government and overcoming depression to write her latest novelFor a long time Elif […]

]]> 0 e60fa509d78f795d8a9d8515fde6478b Blog: A Fatal Illusion, Anna Lee Huber from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/A_Fatal_Illusion__Anna_Lee_Huber.html Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0100 2023 historical mystery; eleventh in Huber’s Lady Darby series
(post-Regency amateur detection). The Gages rush to Sebastian’s
father, who was attacked and wounded […]

]]> 0 62ee4e4f206d9513e41fdd370d00314f Blog: ‘I know I can do anything’: new archive of AS Byatt’s papers looks inside the writer’s extraordinary mind from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/17/as-byatt-british-library-literary-papers-archive Sat, 17 Oct 2026 07:24:40 +0100 The Booker-wining author of Possession was known for her voracious research. Now, 68 boxes of her notebooks, letters and diaries acquired by the British Library […]

]]> 0 2f5724a7a2b8b092e04ea4c3b223c0b1 Blog: Exclusive Extract: Surgeon’s Christmas Consequence by Tina Beckett from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/10/16/exclusive-extract-surgeons-christmas-consequence-by-tina-beckett/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:48:06 +0100 If you love one-night stands, opposites attract and surprise second chances, Surgeon’s Christmas Consequence belongs on your TBR! London at … Continued

]]> 0 fb55f28ee52d9a00da1ca1ede86c46ca Blog: The Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie from Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed https://dogwoodtales.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-mysterious-affair-at-styles-by.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:08:17 +0100 This was Agatha Christie’s first full length novel and it established many of the tropes of the genre – an Edwardian country house, a dastardly murder, a large c […]

]]> 0 1750b02672ac53899a8ff0512688296c Blog: The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/the-best-recent-and-thrillers-review-roundup Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:00:48 +0100 The Heights by Ian Rankin; The Mortons by Scott Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier; Murder Most Cryptic by Alys Cummings; The Deadly Inheritance of Everest […]

]]> 0 297412566b94a2868eb1641472cfc9ef Blog: John Green: ‘I devoured the Sweet Valley High books in the 1980s’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/john-green-i-devoured-the-sweet-valley-high-books-in-the-1980s Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:57 +0100 The American author on being inspired by Kurt Vonnegut, coming late to Jane Austen, and the brilliance of Robert Penn WarrenMy earliest reading memory

I remember […]

]]> 0 870ce78dcdcebd4bd744868cbecaabdd Blog: Make Me Well by Xand van Tulleken – an eye-opening takedown of wellness myths from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/make-me-well-by-xand-van-tulleken-an-eye-opening-takedown-of-wellness-myths Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:00:53 +0100 The engaging TV doctor dismantles the spurious science behind modern day snake oils, from collagen to turmericWhen Xand van Tulleken set off on a journey into the […]

]]> 0 e7d10875d6d0e96be0818c518e2c6596 Blog: Lee Child backs launch of reading scheme to send prisons half a million books from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/lee-child-backs-launch-of-reading-scheme-to-send-prisons-half-a-million-books Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:01:44 +0100 The Jack Reacher author, the UK’s first prison reading laureate, said drive to improve literacy skills was a practical way to address reoffending and support r […]

]]> 0 eba4d71057fc856abd8b33e54ff9da28 Blog: Vermeer by Andrew Graham-Dixon audiobook review – a sharp and authoritative guide from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/15/vermeer-by-andrew-graham-dixon-audiobook-review-a-sharp-and-authoritative-guide Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:00:14 +0100 The author offers intriguing insights into the way this Dutch artist worked, including fresh perspectives on The Girl With the Pearl EarringIn the decades after the […]

]]> 0 ff11f9cc084af751e803862980ec7c22 Matthew Brown posted an update in the group Help and Support: Oh boy, that's a lot of spam. Clearing it out now. https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/19208/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 02:55:04 +0100 Oh boy, that’s a lot of spam. Clearing it out now.

]]> 0 af5d54a23d8eca055e1cce6e606b1a39 Blog: The best books to read in October: new paperbacks from Zadie Smith, Thomas Pynchon and Francis Spufford from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/oct/14/the-best-books-to-read-in-october-new-paperbacks-from-zadie-smith-thomas-pynchon-and-francis-spufford Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:32:23 +0100 Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some brilliant new paperbacks, from a time-travelling fantasy novel to an eclectic essay collection. Discuss what […]

]]> 0 039349feb8a03806a22a055035e173b3 Blog: 13 Halloween Romance Books to Read This Spooky Season from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/10/14/13-halloween-romance-books-to-read-this-spooky-season/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:27:09 +0100 It’s the most spook-tacular time of year! Whether you’re a Hocus Pocus or Blair Witch kind of ghoul, there’s nothing … Continued

]]> 0 55e3c5f6e9fb158b38a7f10b51b4683c Blog: Ply by Hernan Diaz review – Pulitzer winner’s dry vision of far-future America from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/14/ply-by-hernan-diaz-review-pulitzer-winners-dry-vision-of-far-future-america Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:00:48 +0100 There are shades of JG Ballard in this tale of survival in a decaying metropolis, but big ideas and lengthy exposition crowd out the human dramaHernan Diaz’s last n […]

]]> 0 2bcc28e175e53b96a4e66302107952b7 Blog: The Place Called Dagon, Herbert Gorman from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/The_Place_Called_Dagon__Herbert_Gorman.html Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:03:00 +0100 1927 horror. Dr Daniel Dreeme is working a remote valley in New
England, and it becomes increasingly clear that the people are
Strange.

]]> 0 a8f21bbd8268cb936a8581c70becd890 Blog: Exclusive Extract: Prideful Billionaire for Christmas by Jessica Gilmore from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/10/09/exclusive-extract-prideful-billionaire-for-christmas-by-jessica-gilmore/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:22:55 +0100 If you love fake dating, enemies to lovers and a cosy holiday romance, Prideful Billionaire for Christmas belongs on your … Continued

]]> 0 2f37c2b826f0b6f8add335e1b3847a4b Blog: Miss Silver Intervenes, Patricia Wentworth from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/Miss_Silver_Intervenes__Patricia_Wentworth.html Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:01:00 +0100 1943 mystery/thriller, sixth in the Miss Silver series. Meade
Underwood’s fiancé was thought drowned when their liner was torpedoed,
and now she’s living in a flat […]

]]> 0 ec08b578c4e1ed2aa8fe2288afe6af7c Blog: The Naughty List: 12 Spicy Christmas Romance Books For A Steamy Festive Season from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/10/07/the-naughty-list-12-spicy-christmas-romance-books-for-a-steamy-festive-season/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:25:04 +0100 Not every Christmas fantasy involves chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Some festive seasons call for a romance so spicy … Continued

]]> 0 493ef6cf2debaa36fd184635fd1599b6 Blog: The Gone World, Tom Sweterlitsch from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/The_Gone_World__Tom_Sweterlitsch.html Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:05:00 +0100 2018 SF/horror. Shannon Moss is an investigator in a clandestine
division of the NCIS. In 1997, she looks into the torture and murder
of a SEAL’s family, perhaps by […]

]]> 0 79a96472cf4c6beaef81cf10562b1732 Matthew Brown edited the blog post My book and my site are made without AI in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/technology/ai/my-book-and-my-site-are-made-without-ai/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:22:25 +0100 My book and my site are made without AI When I started The Fictional Dictionary of Bad Language (2014 or thereabouts), AI was for games, and LLMs had yet to be invented. Every part of my book was […]

]]> 6a5a1d07876a6cea313f2cdd3be9bbff Jason Latnar edited the blog post Brandon Sanderson Officially Defends George R.R. Martin’s 15-Year ‘Winds of Winter’ Delay in the group Outside News https://news.authorbuzz.co.uk/bookish-news/author-news/2026/10/05/brandon-sanderson-officially-defends-george-r-r-martins-15-year-winds-of-winter-delay/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:43:00 +0100 Brandon Sanderson Officially Defends George R.R. Martin’s 15-Year ‘Winds of Winter’ Delay Few authors understand the expectations surrounding a gigantic fantasy series better than Brandon Sanderson, but even he isn’t interested in judging […]

]]> 531cf60b8e8a52cd16d7b8904cdffd62 Blog: Saucers and Sorcery, Tansy Rayner Roberts from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/10/Saucers_and_Sorcery__Tansy_Rayner_Roberts.html Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0100 2026 fantasy anthology, stories in Roberts’ Teacup Magic setting.

]]> 0 4cee904c59fa31cbf2101f146dd859b6 Blog: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, illustrated by Tove Jansson from Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed https://dogwoodtales.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-hobbit.html Sun, 04 Oct 2026 18:49:07 +0100 Whilst I’ve read The Lord of the Rings multiple times over the years, I don’t think I’ve sat down and read the Hobbit from cover to cover since I was small. When […]

]]> 0 63ce50e3716577bf849316a89c47c917 Matthew Brown replied to the topic Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes by Rob Wilkins in the forum What are you reading? https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/what-are-you-reading/forum/topic/terry-pratchett-a-life-with-footnotes-by-rob-wilkins/#post-5355 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 22:47:03 +0100 I am 124 pages in and hooked. STP’s influence on Rob Wilkins is clear. Highly recommend this for Pratchett fans.

]]> 862ca76eec4324fa9a5ebee380acb82a Blog: Exclusive Extract: Kidnapped by the Devil by Heidi Rice from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/10/02/exclusive-extract-kidnapped-by-the-devil-by-heidi-rice/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:14:19 +0100 If you love mafia romance, marriage of convenience and a heroine who learns that loving someone and seeing someone are … Continued

]]> 0 16089c522cd4c6d690763e11254999d8 Blog: Guest post : Cary Archard – How many Finches are there? from Seren in the group Seren Books https://www.serenbooks.com/2026/10/guest-post-cary-archard-how-many-finches-are-there/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:55:42 +0100 In today’s post, Cary Archard look back on Peter Finch’s career following publication of several recent books on his work. Now with a two-volume Collected Poems to […]

]]> 0 46070d1c473a4637d9184c0fa16d2564 Blog: Stories shortlisted for 4thWrite prize offer ‘a whole world in a few pages’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/02/shortlist-4thwrite-prize-revealed Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:18 +0100 The six stories on the shortlist for the 10th year of the writing award run by 4th Estate and the Guardian and open to unpublished writers of colour are […]

]]> 0 3c4ad919f4bd77031443a18c86d499dd Blog: The best recent poetry – review roundup from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/02/the-best-recent-poetry-review-roundup Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:17 +0100 Have It by John Cooper Clarke; The Dodo Stories by Mary Mulholland; Red River Valley by Ian McMillan; Some Sacred Harbour by Roger Robinson; Otherwhere by Carolyn […]

]]> 0 80cbc8a8b99f635273bd4a26fe2d03f9 Blog: Rhapsody: A Manifesto by Alice Oswald review – a history of the spoken word, from Homer to Ted Hughes from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/02/rhapsody-a-manifesto-by-alice-oswald-review-a-history-of-the-spoken-word-from-homer-to-ted-hughes Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:00:11 +0100 A twisting, beguiling investigation into the art of poetry that ends in a call to arms on behalf of the natural worldThe poet Alice Oswald is no stranger to […]

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