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Elizabeth Baines

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gender
female

place of birth
Bridgend, South Wales, The United Kingdom

website

genre
Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

member since
March 2008


about this author

Novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her new novel, TOO MANY MAGPIES, is published by Salt Publishing. 'Moving and compelling' - Sarah Salway.

Praise for Elizabeth's collection of short stories, BALANCING ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD:
'Quite swept me off my feet' - Dovegreyreader
'One of those books I had to force myself to put down just so the experience of reading it wouldn't end' - Tania Hershman, author of The White Road and Other Stories.

AROUND THE EDGES OF THE WORLD - Virtual Book Tour http://saltpublishing.com/cyclone/?p=220...
Once a week from 14th Jan - 18th March 2009 Elizabeth visited each of ten literary blogs with her story collection. She was asked about her writing day, her worst nigh...more




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There's been so much literary happening recently, but I've been so busy with my own stuff I haven't had time to blog about much of it. First there was the Manchester Literature Festival, of which I only managed to blog the Fay Weldon event (briefly, and without reference to what she actually said). I put up some pics of Northern Salt which I took part in myself, but haven't even managed to blog i... ...more
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avg rating: 4.55 | 11 ratings | 15 reviews | 4 distinct works | 2 fans
Balancing on the Edge of the W... Balancing on the Edge of the World
by Elizabeth Baines (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.56 — 9 ratings — published 2007
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Too Many Magpies Too Many Magpies
by Elizabeth Baines (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 2009
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Body Cuts Body Cuts
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The Birth Machine The Birth Machine
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Elizabeth Baines made a comment on Monika's review of Too Many Magpies (Salt Modern Fiction)
976653 Elizabeth wrote: "Monika, so sorry you haven't received it yet. There have been problems with the post here in UK - st...more "

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There's been so much literary happening recently, but I've been so busy with my own stuff I haven't had time to blog about much of it. First there was... ...more
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Too Many Magpies (Salt Modern Fiction)
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Elizabeth Baines Elizabeth said: "I wrote it, so I've decided not to rate it! What did I learn from writing it? That I could leave my family to fend for themselves while I stayed in my study all day and into the evening, and that I could write a novel very fast! "
Balancing on the Edg... Elizabeth added:
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Elizabeth Baines Elizabeth said: "I wrote it, so I've decided not to rate it. What did I learn from putting this collection together? That although I had been trying hard to make every story different from every other when I wrote them, I had all along been obsessed with particular t...more "
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Elizabeth Baines Elizabeth said: "I wrote it, so I've decided not to rate it! What did I learn from writing it? To write at a bit more length than my first novel, The Birth Machine! "
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Elizabeth Baines Elizabeth said: "I wrote it, so I've decided not to rate it. I guess I could say what I learned from writing it: it was my first novel, after having written only short stories, so I learned to write at length - but not great length! "
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Changes of address:... Elizabeth gave 3 of 5 stars to:
Changes of address: A novel (Unknown Binding)
by Lee Langley
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Elizabeth Baines Elizabeth said: "An interesting, easy and colourful read, but I felt that the material - an itinerant childhood with a scandalous mother in thirties and forties colonial India - was unfulfilled. The book read more like a memoir with a memoir's biases than a rounded n...more "
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The Invention of Cur... Elizabeth gave 4 of 5 stars to:
The Invention of Curried Sausage (Paperback)
by Uwe Timm
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read in May, 2009

Elizabeth Baines Elizabeth said: "A very nice thought-provoking read. Here's my reading group's discussion: http://elizabethbaines.blogspot.com/2009... "
Falling Man: A Novel Elizabeth gave 3 of 5 stars to:
Falling Man: A Novel (Hardcover)
by Don DeLillo
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read in June, 2009

Elizabeth Baines Elizabeth said: "I was disappointed in this 9/11 novel, finding it fatally distancing: see my book group's review http://elizabethbaines.blogspot.com/2009... "
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message 3: by Anne

932310 Thanks for the accept, Elizabeth - great to see you here too!

Axxx


976653 Oh gosh, I hope you enjoy it!


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Elizabeth, I've added Body Cuts and your other books to my to-read list.


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