Elizabeth Baines

The first review of Unthology 7 comes from Valerie O'Riordan at Bookmunch, famously strict in their considerations. Unthology's U...

While I've been pondering my next project and at times being unable even to get to my desk due to the roofing work, I've been doi...

I'm still not getting much writing done, not on the page or the laptop anyway. The roof is finished at long last - I no longer feel as i...

The day has arrived! Unthology 7, which includes my Short-Fiction-Prize-winning story 'Looking for the Castle', is unveiled to co...

Verbose is a live literature night held on the fourth Monday of every month at Fallow Cafe in Fallowfield, South Manchester. Reappearing ...

Trevor suggested this early-50s novel, a satirical treatment of post-war Los Angeles. Dennis Barlow, a young English poet and scriptwriter...

I can't write at the moment, and here's why. The room in which I like to write is an attic room, under the sloping ceiling with n...

Today I received my contributor's copy of Unthology 7 (Unthank), soon to be officially published, which includes my story, 'Looki...

Over on Fictionbitch , there's a guest post by Penelope Farmer, famous for her classic children's novel Charlotte Sometimes.  Pe...

Another book very much liked and admired by everyone present at the meeting. Suggested by John, this novel, published in America in 1965 to...

A couple of afternoons late last November I planted these daffodils and a whole load more. Earlier, in October, John had come back from B...

Here's the great cover of the latest Unthology , the series which has been said to be 'quietly becoming a reliable guide to the ...

This recent novel, Jenny's suggestion, is based on the real-life experiences of the four wives of Ernest Hemingway. It consists of fou...

A couple of Saturdays ago I went to a private view of Barry White's paintings at Stockport Art Gallery. Barry's paintings are a...

There's a question that nearly always comes up in interviews and Q&As: What do you write with: a pencil or pen or straight onto ...

We're in the process of deciding on a cover for my new collection of short stories which takes the title of the first story, 'Used t...

Recently I got to the end of a big writing project, a rewrite. Because it was a rewrite, and therefore, I predicted, time-manageable, and...

I'm so very happy to be on Salt's short story list: the company is amazing, and not least among them is Carys Davies, whose colle...

Back to consensus. Ever since I reviewed this novel  in the summer, I have been recommending it to all and sundry, so naturally I suggeste...