Elizabeth Baines

'An innovative and committed writer of distinctly pure talent'- The Short Review
'A skilled fabulist - one with a gift to see the fabulous in the mundane'
- Clare Dudman

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FORTHCOMING READINGS

Alchemy Prague, Monday 1st February, 2010, Globe cafe and bookshop. 8 pm
Walkeden Library, Saturday 13th February 2010
, 11 am
Details here.

TOO MANY MAGPIES (Salt Modern Fiction)
A new novel

 

BALANCING ON THE EDGE OF THEWORLD
(Salt Modern Fiction)
Stories

Can we believe in magic and spells? A young mother fearful for her children in a polluted and uncertain world meets a charismatic stranger who seems to offer a special kind of power…

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth is collaborating with Eco-Libris to plant a tree for every copy printed.

'Moving and compelling' - Sarah Salway

'Terrific... very clever indeed and finally, very moving too'
-Adele Geras

'A fantastic achievement from a fresh, noteworthy talent' - Goodreads review.

'I read most of this book in one sitting as I could not drag myself away from its eerie storytelling... An accomplished, thoughtful novel that offers us a strange new lens with which to view the world' - Lisa Glass, Vulpes Libris

'Intense and unsettling. The prose is spartan, but powerful... Despite its physical brevity, Too Many Magpies poses huge questions about life today' - Sally Zigmond

'Precise language and graceful use of time... Glitters with meanings' - Judith Amanthis, Morning Star

'Deceptively simple, a beautifully crafted novel in which every word seems to have multiple layers of meaning' - Debi Alper

'A wonderful conceit ... full of really wonderful imagery and a sense of magic and science as equally mysterious forces in our lives' - Jen Michalski, JMWW magazine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Quite swept me off my feet ' -Dovegreyreader

'A stunning debut collection' - The Short Review.

 

For reviews of Balancing on the Edge of the World see short story page.
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A virtual book tour.
Elizabeth visited blogs to answer questions about Balancing on the Edge of the World, her writing process and her writing life. Find out all about it here.
(Stop 4 on the tour took place on a blog which has now been deleted and replaced, but the questions posed and Elizabeth's answers can be read here.)



OTHER NEWS

PUBLICATIONS

Elizabeth is writing a new series of short stories, one of which, 'The Choice Chamber', appears in the second issue of the new online literary magazine, Horizon Review.

Another, 'Possibility', appeared in the first issue.

Another story in the new series, 'Used to Be', won third prize in the Raymond Carver Short Story Competition 2008 and appears online in Carve Magazine.

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