Elizabeth Baines

How to be a writer without ending up sozzled, behind bars or insane

Friday, October 29, 2010

Pics from Manchester launch of The Birth Machine

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...the first with great thanks to novelist Clare Dudman, who blogs about the event here . Blogger Clare Conlon posts about it here . Look at...
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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Manchester launch of The Birth Machine reissue

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Full house, almost. Great audience. Sold out of books!
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Manchester launch of The Birth Machine reissue, and why I count myself so lucky

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Well, it's here: the day of the Manchester launch for the reissue of The Birth Machine . And here I am, nothing much left to do towards ...
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Monday, October 25, 2010

Eureka Commissions at Manchester Literature Festival

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Since science and scientific thinking have been preoccupations of both my novels Too Many Magpies and The Birth Machine , I was very intere...
Sunday, October 24, 2010

Bookshops I love: Waterstone's Deansgate

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Well, some of my best memories are of Waterstone's Deansgate, and I met some of my really good friends at readings there, and so it'...
Friday, October 22, 2010

Lull

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Well, I am utterly EXHAUSTED - and that's before I do the actual launches and readings. As you can see from my (very personalized) flow ...
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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Fleur Adcock, Amanda Craig and Michele Roberts at the Manchester LIterature Festival

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I really only woke up to the Manchester Literature Festival on Tuesday when I came to a lull in publicity for The Birth Machine . I sat up...
Monday, October 18, 2010

Is it a novel?

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There's a new review for Too Many Magpies in the magazine Front&Centre. Interestingly, although the reviewer was clearly engaged b...
Sunday, October 17, 2010

Bookshops I love: Chorlton Bookshop and Blackwell University Bookshop, Manchester

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Yesterday afternoon I went with my sheet of information about the imminent new edition of The Birth Machine to Chorlton Bookshop and Blackw...
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Saturday, October 16, 2010

Amazon review for The Birth Machine

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I've had my first Amazon review for the new edition of The Birth Machine - already; and it's a rave! The bit I like best is this: T...
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Thursday, October 14, 2010

A fate to avoid

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I was out on a walk on Sunday afternoon and came across this which really struck me. It's kind of what I'm hoping doesn't happe...
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Saturday, October 09, 2010

A Clash of Innocents by Sue Guiney

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Today I'm delighted to be hosting fellow blogger and writer Sue Guiney with her fascinating new novel set in Cambodia, A Clash of Inno...
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Friday, October 08, 2010

Results of draw!

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Here are the results of the draw made by independent adjudicator John from each of three of our hats: Kate Brown and Mary of the Shorter Sto...
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Mary Sharratt posts about The Birth Machine

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A nice piece about the reissue of The Birth Machine appears today on the blog of novelist Mary Sharratt, who with Maya Chowdhry edited the...
Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Given up!

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OK, I've given in. Given up trying to write my novel for the moment. Just can't do it at the same time as launching another book. I...
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The Birth Machine has arrived!

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And it's beautiful!
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Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Progress report...

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Well, to be frank, I'm struggling at the moment in my bid to keep on with my WIP now that the publication of The Birth Machine is hotti...
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Friday, October 01, 2010

Things happening...

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I was on my way to London yesterday afternoon when this pic popped up in my mail box: The Birth Machine had arrived at Salt's offices f...
Thursday, September 30, 2010

What's so special about 1st October? A giveaway.

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Tomorrow's the 1st October and it's a very special day for me. It's the day that my novel Too Many Magpies will be exactly one ...
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

A cost of publicity

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Flow charts, schmo charts. Today was meant to be a really good writing day according my chart - Didsbury Arts Festival reading over, no pub...
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