Elizabeth Baines
@elizabethbaines.bsky.social
Writer of short stories, novels, plays.
http://www.elizabethbaines.co.uk
Astral Travel, a novel.
https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/astral-travel-9781784632199
Forthcoming: Five Different Stories About One Thing (Confingo)
http://www.elizabethbaines.co.uk
Astral Travel, a novel.
https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/astral-travel-9781784632199
Forthcoming: Five Different Stories About One Thing (Confingo)
Very excited to hear that my forthcoming mini-collection from Confingo, Five Different Stories About One Thing, is about to go to print!
November 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Very excited to hear that my forthcoming mini-collection from Confingo, Five Different Stories About One Thing, is about to go to print!
My first novel The Birth Machine tackled this problem (among others). (You can still get it on Kindle.)
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‘We’re working to root out medical misogyny and ensure mo...
To avoid preventable deaths, we must dismantle a culture that allows the dismissal of human experience
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November 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
My first novel The Birth Machine tackled this problem (among others). (You can still get it on Kindle.)
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Thanks to @bookishleels.bsky.social @nightjarpress.bsky.social for the image I mention in Part 1.
New episode!
Meet @ailsacox.bsky.social, short story writer and Professor Emerita at Edge Hill University (UK). In this episode, we discuss famous claims about short fiction and short story writing… are they facts or fiction?
Listen here to find out: www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
Meet @ailsacox.bsky.social, short story writer and Professor Emerita at Edge Hill University (UK). In this episode, we discuss famous claims about short fiction and short story writing… are they facts or fiction?
Listen here to find out: www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
September 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Thanks to @bookishleels.bsky.social @nightjarpress.bsky.social for the image I mention in Part 1.
Listen to "The Facts and Fiction of Short Story Writing (with Ailsa Cox) [Part one]" by A Small, Good Thing via #spreaker www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
The Facts and Fiction of Short Story Writing (with Ailsa Cox) [Part one] - A Small, Good Thing
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September 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Listen to "The Facts and Fiction of Short Story Writing (with Ailsa Cox) [Part one]" by A Small, Good Thing via #spreaker www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
A thought-provoking read - with more relevance to our current times than we might once have expected.
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Reading group: By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolano
Clare suggested this novella narrated by Sebastian Urrutia Lacroix, a Chilean priest who has also been a literary critic and poet. It is a d...
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September 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
A thought-provoking read - with more relevance to our current times than we might once have expected.
elizabethbaines.blogspot.com/2025/09/read...
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This was a really great read.
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Reading group: The Trees by Percival Everett
This is going to be a short post, as I don't want to plot spoil. Ann had recently read this genre-defying book and had been unable to put i...
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September 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This was a really great read.
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Only just found out that my my radio comedy series The Circle has had another airing, but there's still a chance to hear it from the first episode.
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BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Circle, Squaring The Circle
When Geoff joins a babysitting circle, his wife Jenny knows he’s up to something.
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September 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Only just found out that my my radio comedy series The Circle has had another airing, but there's still a chance to hear it from the first episode.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Does it ever stop being a thrill when you see your book on a bookshop shelf? Many thanks, Waterstone's Deansgate, Manchester.
September 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Does it ever stop being a thrill when you see your book on a bookshop shelf? Many thanks, Waterstone's Deansgate, Manchester.
Re-reading a novel years later can be an interesting experience.
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Reading group: Wildlife by Richard Ford
Some time ago we read Richard Ford's The Sportswriter and I was surprised to find it, along with most of our group, fairly tedious and even...
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July 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Re-reading a novel years later can be an interesting experience.
elizabethbaines.blogspot.com/2025/07/read...
elizabethbaines.blogspot.com/2025/07/read...
Our reading group had a go at Virginia Woolf's The Waves. Here's what was said.
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Reading group: The Waves by Virginia Woolf
This was the one book by Virginia Woolf that Margeret, who loved her work, had not read. Introducing it to the group, she joked that having ...
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July 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Our reading group had a go at Virginia Woolf's The Waves. Here's what was said.
elizabethbaines.blogspot.com/2025/07/read...
elizabethbaines.blogspot.com/2025/07/read...
The amazing artist Laura Scott has agreed to provide images for my forthcoming mini-collection from Confingo, Five Different Stories About One Thing. I'm pretty thrilled! Here's her instagram account where you can see her stunning work.
www.instagram.com/_ls_illustration/
www.instagram.com/_ls_illustration/
June 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The amazing artist Laura Scott has agreed to provide images for my forthcoming mini-collection from Confingo, Five Different Stories About One Thing. I'm pretty thrilled! Here's her instagram account where you can see her stunning work.
www.instagram.com/_ls_illustration/
www.instagram.com/_ls_illustration/
Pleased to say that my speculative novella The Mountain is to be published by Gold SF, and imprint of Goldsmiths Press, in one volume along with several short stories. Many thanks to the editors, Paul March-Russell and Una McCormack.
May 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Pleased to say that my speculative novella The Mountain is to be published by Gold SF, and imprint of Goldsmiths Press, in one volume along with several short stories. Many thanks to the editors, Paul March-Russell and Una McCormack.
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Springtime in Castlefield. Patricia Farrell, @elizabethbaines.bsky.social @confingopublishing.bsky.social and the other one is me.
April 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Springtime in Castlefield. Patricia Farrell, @elizabethbaines.bsky.social @confingopublishing.bsky.social and the other one is me.
It was a great night. Brilliant readings from @ailsacox.bsky.social and really interesting thoughts from Ailsa and Patricia. And a lovely audience.
Thank you to everyone who came to the Saul Hay gallery on Wednesday for the launch of Precipitation by @ailsacox.bsky.social, with images by Patricia Farrell, the fifth in our series of author/artist collaborations. Thanks, too, to Elizabeth Baines for chairing the event and Ian Hay for hosting it.
April 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It was a great night. Brilliant readings from @ailsacox.bsky.social and really interesting thoughts from Ailsa and Patricia. And a lovely audience.
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See you in Manchester @confingopublishing.bsky.social @elizabethbaines.bsky.social, two days to go. www.confingopublishing.uk/event-detail...
Book Launch - Precipitation by Ailsa Cox, with images by Patricia Farrell | confingo
We hope you'll join us at the wonderful Saul Hay Gallery to celebrate the launch of Precipitation, a collection of stories by Ailsa Cox with images by Patricia Farrell
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March 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
See you in Manchester @confingopublishing.bsky.social @elizabethbaines.bsky.social, two days to go. www.confingopublishing.uk/event-detail...
Really looking forward to this. I'll be presenting, and talking to Ailsa Cox about her brilliant new collection. Next Wednesday, April 2nd, 7.30 pm at the Saul Hay Gallery, Castlefield, Manchester.
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Book Launch - Precipitation by Ailsa Cox, with images by Patricia Farrell | confingo
We hope you'll join us at the wonderful Saul Hay Gallery to celebrate the launch of Precipitation, a collection of stories by Ailsa Cox with images by Patricia Farrell
www.confingopublishing.uk
March 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Really looking forward to this. I'll be presenting, and talking to Ailsa Cox about her brilliant new collection. Next Wednesday, April 2nd, 7.30 pm at the Saul Hay Gallery, Castlefield, Manchester.
www.confingopublishing.uk/event-detail...
www.confingopublishing.uk/event-detail...
Our latest reading group discussion. Not everyone admired this book, but most did.
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Reading group: Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
This very short Argentinian novel, suggested by Doug, was a shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. We were all immediately attr...
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March 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Our latest reading group discussion. Not everyone admired this book, but most did.
elizabethbaines.blogspot.com/2025/03/read...
elizabethbaines.blogspot.com/2025/03/read...
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Join us at the Saul Hay Gallery on 2nd April to celebrate the publication of Precipitation by Ailsa Cox, with images by Patricia Farrell. 7.30 - 9.00 p.m. Tickets (free) available on our website: www.confingopublishing.uk/event-list
February 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Join us at the Saul Hay Gallery on 2nd April to celebrate the publication of Precipitation by Ailsa Cox, with images by Patricia Farrell. 7.30 - 9.00 p.m. Tickets (free) available on our website: www.confingopublishing.uk/event-list
Been doing the final edits on my next book, a mini-collection from Confingo. Nail-biting time. What if I miss any real bloopers, as I did in my last novel, Astral Travel. (A free copy of any of my other books to the first five readers who spot them and DM me.)
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Astral Travel
Adult
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February 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Been doing the final edits on my next book, a mini-collection from Confingo. Nail-biting time. What if I miss any real bloopers, as I did in my last novel, Astral Travel. (A free copy of any of my other books to the first five readers who spot them and DM me.)
www.saltpublishing.com/products/ast...
www.saltpublishing.com/products/ast...
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The CRA are standing with all creators and performers, sending a clear message to UK Government; Make it Fair - stop siding with big tech and ensure that creators are fairly rewarded when their work is used to train AI. #makeitfair #PaytheCreator. Read more: www.creatorsrightsalliance.org
February 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The CRA are standing with all creators and performers, sending a clear message to UK Government; Make it Fair - stop siding with big tech and ensure that creators are fairly rewarded when their work is used to train AI. #makeitfair #PaytheCreator. Read more: www.creatorsrightsalliance.org
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A photosplat of the readings from last night’s Edge Hill Prize ceremony. Huge congratulations to Malachi McIntosh and Tessa Hadley for well deserved wins! And congratulations to all the other shortlistees – Charlie Hill, Abi Hynes, and C.D. Rose. I felt very honoured to be part of the line-up!
February 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A photosplat of the readings from last night’s Edge Hill Prize ceremony. Huge congratulations to Malachi McIntosh and Tessa Hadley for well deserved wins! And congratulations to all the other shortlistees – Charlie Hill, Abi Hynes, and C.D. Rose. I felt very honoured to be part of the line-up!
A lovely launch last night for this great collection of short stories by Jane Rogers
February 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A lovely launch last night for this great collection of short stories by Jane Rogers
Tickets selling fast for this, apparently. Winners of the Withington Book Festival Competition, and a group of us supporting them.
February 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Tickets selling fast for this, apparently. Winners of the Withington Book Festival Competition, and a group of us supporting them.
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Next reading! Join me and David Gaffney, Elizabeth Baines, Nicholas Royle, Adrian Slatcher, Steve Smythe, Nathan Bailey and Lee Ashworth at Greenhouse Books in Stockport’s hip Underbanks on Saturday 1 March, 6.30pm. Maybe we'll redo this pic from last year!
February 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Next reading! Join me and David Gaffney, Elizabeth Baines, Nicholas Royle, Adrian Slatcher, Steve Smythe, Nathan Bailey and Lee Ashworth at Greenhouse Books in Stockport’s hip Underbanks on Saturday 1 March, 6.30pm. Maybe we'll redo this pic from last year!
Today I'm doing the edits for a collection of five linked stories - never done that before (written linked stories). To be pub'd by Confingo later this year in their collaborative mini-collection series. See Precipitation by @ailsacox.bsky.social and Loners by @adrianslatcher.bsky.social
February 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Today I'm doing the edits for a collection of five linked stories - never done that before (written linked stories). To be pub'd by Confingo later this year in their collaborative mini-collection series. See Precipitation by @ailsacox.bsky.social and Loners by @adrianslatcher.bsky.social