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Elizabeth Baines

			"'Read and be enchanted' - Rob Shearman, Dr Who writer and author of Tiny Deaths (Comma Press)" Female 101 years old United Kingdom Last Login: 10/3/2008
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Elizabeth Baines's Interests

General	Writing, writing, writing. Oh and reading, and blogging... And when I get the time a bit of walking, and then I wonder why this leg feels all funny... Photography, too.
Movies	The Last King of Scotland, Muriel's Wedding, Strictly Ballroom
Television	The Simpsons, The Office, The Royle Family, Malcolm in the Middle
Books	The Corrections, Revolutionary Road, Slaughterhouse Five, anything by Margaret Atwood
Heroes	Don't believe in em

Elizabeth Baines's Details

Status:	Married
Zodiac Sign:	Gemini

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Stopped in my tracks! (view more)

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A review to tickle me pink! (view more)

Balancing on the Edge of the World on long list for Frank O’Connor Prize (view more)

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Elizabeth Baines's Blurbs

About me:

I'm a short-story writer, novelist and playwright. A collection of my short stories, Balancing on the Edge of the World, is published by the fabulous Salt Publishing.

'A stunning debut collection' - The Short Review. Read the whole review here

'What makes Elizabeth Baines' collection so brilliant ... is that she perfectly plays with both the page-turning quality of novel's fiction, and a crafted beauty you usually only associate with verse... They're funny, and moving, and thoughtful... Read and be enchanted.' - Rob Shearman. full review here

'Elizabeth Baines has led me through a myriad of seemingly ordinary moments and invested them with extraordinary power - Dovegreyreader Read the whole review

'Elizabeth Baines' speciality is unpacking relationships [and she is] is wincingly funny about the creative process ... both lyrical and clear-sighted. ...Enormous aplomb ...Very well-written.' - Adele Geras. Read the whole review

A new short story, 'Used to Be', appears in Carve Magazine as the third prizewinner of the The Raymond Carver short story competition

Another new story, 'Possibility', appears in the first issue of Horizon Review

My website is at www.elizabethbaines.com

A story from Balancing on the Edge of the World, 'The Way to Behave', will be broadcast on Radio 4, September 19th, 3.30 pm, in the series 'In Bookshops Now'.

Who I'd like to meet:
The folks in my dreams - they're so weird, so clever (like they turn up suddenly and they'll have been there all along) - oh, that's right, I already know them in life...

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Shamrock Club	Sep 23 2008 5:44 PM Elizabeth Thank you for the add Write well Sell better Shamrock Club of Wisconsin
Dianne Ascroft	Sep 23 2008 10:19 AM Nice to meet you. Good luck with 'Balancing on the Edge of the World' - I'm glad to see short story writing gaining recognition as it's often overlooked. Dianne Ascroft, www. geocities. com/dianne_ascroft
James Winningham	Jul 25 2008 5:44 PM Hello, Elizabeth. Congrats on your good reviews. Well deserved, I'm sure. Thank you for adding me to your list of friends. This is an exciting time for me and for my wife. My CD will be out very soon. The name is Bipolar Shaman. Be sure to add your email to our list to be notified when the CD is out. Regards, James
John Hindle	Jun 4 2008 7:11 PM Thankyou for the add Elizabeth Peace... Poet John www. johnphindle. co. uk
Rachel Fox	Feb 23 2008 12:27 PM Hi I read your stories and just wanted to say I especially like all the ones near the end - 'Bread', 'Into the night', 'Conundrum', 'The way to behave' (excellent..) but most of all 'Who's singing'(I have a friend just like Lucy..). love Rachel x
Barry Wood	Feb 22 2008 2:33 PM Thank you for becoming a friend, Elizabeth Baines. I would like to say I love the beautiful cover of Balancing on the Edge of the World. Cheers from Canada.
Eliana's diary of Kosova, a novel	Jan 21 2008 1:28 PM Myspace Comments
Rachel Fox	Jan 17 2008 11:14 AM Thanks for your help in blogland. I use this space more than that - music addict and there's so much on here. Worse things to be addicted to, I suppose... Rachel
Gentle Axe	Jan 14 2008 9:33 PM Ooops, sorry. The cutting and pasting went a bit wrong in the comment below!
Gentle Axe	Jan 14 2008 9:32 PM Hi there Elizabeth. Hope things are going well with you. Thought I'd share this glimpse of my writing life! thanks for befriending me. Here's a glimpse of my writing life: A writer's life .. Add to My Profile \| More Videos
£e Postman	Dec 14 2007 1:13 AM SLEEPY READER, this is the prelude to Postpartum. [the\|postman] Jen(at Salt)	Nov 15 2007 6:36 PM Sorry you've been a bit down with that cold. Here's a hearty pudding to help you recover. Jxx
Ray Robinson	Nov 5 2007 5:00 PM Good luck with the collection, Elizabeth. Can't wait to read it. Rx
Esmaa Self	Nov 2 2007 12:17 PM To a successful launch! (lifting coffee cup... it's 6 AM here :))
Vanessa	Oct 17 2007 8:05 PM Hi, Check out my cool celebrity look-alikes on my blog
the loudest sound and nothing	Sep 4 2007 10:01 AM Hi, Elizabeth, as a venue for your blog, what about the John Rylands Library on Deansgate - where they hold the special collections? I always loved that place. http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/specialcollections/ Good luck, it sounds like a fun project. Clare x
TSL PRODUCTIONS	Jul 28 2007 9:44 AM Hi Elizabeth. The Processing Room was absolutely brilliant. What a great idea for a plot, i loved it. I also thought the actors worked so well together and the direction was truly wonderful. I had a radio interview on BBC Manchester last night and I told everyone how great it was. Thanks for coming to see Bang-Bang! And thanks also for your lovely comments on the MEN On-line!! See you soon xx
TSL PRODUCTIONS	Jul 24 2007 4:41 PM Thu 26th July @ 8:30pm Fri 27th July @ 12:30pm Sat 28th July @ 5:30pm Sun 29th July @ 2:00pm Tickets £6.00 wwww.247theatrefestival.co.uk Hope to see you there! x
Elizabeth Baines	Jul 22 2007 6:03 AM Hi Jen, it was lovely to meet you on Friday. I can't believe it took you all that time to get back - I heard the news of the weather at the BBC and guessed you might be having problems! Glad you got back safely in the end though - and I so enjoyed our meeting - I'll put a pic on my blog!
Jen(at Salt)	Jul 21 2007 1:43 PM Hi Elizabeth - great to meet you yesterday! I've put a pic up on my blog as souvenir of our lovely lunch. Jenx
Gentle Axe	Jun 20 2007 10:43 AM Hi Elizabeth! Great to see you on myspace and congratulations on the forthcoming collection. That's wonderful news. I for one can't wait to read it. Good look with the play. Roger aka RN
Cas	Jun 16 2007 5:40 PM Thanks so much for coming to the launch. It was wonderful to meet you. Cx
themanwhofellasleep	Jun 12 2007 9:22 AM Hello. I hope you enjoy Myspace. It was good to meet you at the blogmeet thing.
Jen(at Salt)	Jun 11 2007 2:50 PM Welcome to MySpace, Elizabeth - great to see you here! Good luck with your play - it's a shame I'll just miss it when I'm up in July. Looking forward to meeting you then! V best, Jenx

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