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

Manchester Central Library, Committee Room,Wednesday 2nd December, 6pm.
Reading with Robert Graham. Free admission.

Alchemy Prague, Monday 1st February, 2010. Details here.

TOO MANY MAGPIES
(Salt Modern Fiction)

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

A new novel.

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…

'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.


 

 

 

 

 

BALANCING ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
(Salt Modern Fiction)

 

 

 

 

Stories.

'Quite swept me off my feet ' - Dovegreyreader
'A stunning debut collection' - The Short Review.

For reviews see short story page.
Order here.

 

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.

Click below to read the discussions of Elizabeth's book group, The Fiction Faction

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