Elizabeth Baines - short stories

'One of the finest short story writers in the country' - Neil Campbell



FORTHCOMING

FIVE DIFFERENT STORIES ABOUT ONE THING
A specially-written mini-collection of stories
with artwork by Laura Scott

THE MOUNTAIN AND OTHER STORIES (Gold SF)
A speculative novella and stories



BALANCING ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD

'Quite swept me off my feet ... Nothing would have induced me to interrupt Balancing on the Edge of the World by Elizabeth Baines until I'd read them all' - Dovegreyreader.

MORE COMMENTS AND REVIEWS

AUDIO CLIPS OF EXTRACTS
From 'The Shooting Script'
From 'Star Things'

VIDEO: Elizabeth talks about the stories

 

A virtual book tour.

USED TO BE

'The stories in Used to Be are the work of a dazzling writer' - Nuala O'Connor
'Baines reminds me of a scratch DJ, taking a conventional format and messing with it, expertly, to give the audience a whole new experience... Highly readable, thought-provoking and with beautiful use of language, this collection is a rich and unexpected delight.' - Bookmuse


REVIEWS AND COMMENTS










Hear Elizabeth read an extract from the beginning of her story 'The Words He Said',
published in The Lonely Crowd, and read a short piece on its composition.


PRIZES

Longlisted in the 2021 BBC National Short Story Competition
Shortlisted in the 2021 Short Fiction Journal Wild Writing Prize
Longlisted and highly commended in the Manchester Fiction Prize 2019/2020
Finalist and judge's honourable mention in the Tillie Olsen Prize 2019
Longlisted in the 2018 V S Pritchett Short Story Prize.
Longlisted in the 2018 Short Fiction Journal competition, and runner up in the same competition in 2014.
Shortlisted and Highly Commended in the Sean O'Faolain Short Story Competition 2010
Longlisted for the Bristol Short Story Prize 2010
Third Prize in the Raymond Carver Competition 2008
Earlier awards for stories in the following competitions:
A BBC Radio 3 competition (third prize), the Listowel Festival short story competition, Writers' Inc, and twice in the Moondance International Film Festival short story competition.


EARLIER WORK

Stories have appeared in numerous print journals and anthologies
including Stand, The London Magazine, The Literary Review,
Confingo, The Lonely Crowd, Best Short Stories from Stand Magazine (Methuen),
Unthologies 5 & 7, and Best British Short Stories 2014 & 2019 (Salt),
and have been broadcast on Radios 3 & 4.

Founder co-editor (with Ailsa Cox) and publisher (with Ailsa Cox and John Ashbrook)
of the acclaimed short story magazine Metropolitan




ELIZABETH BAINES: | PLAYS | SHORT STORIES | NOVELS| NON-FICTION | OTHER WORK

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