Celebrate International Woman’s Day

Help celebrate the centenary of International Woman’s Day by coming along to an evening of readings by some of Salt’s finest women authors and contributors, hosted by Wisewords Bookclub.

On Wednesday, 16th March

Novelist and short story writer, Elizabeth Baines; The editor of the Short Review and short story writer, Tania [...]

The Edge Hill Prize, Phoenix Artist Club and Salt Launch

Yesterday I had such a brilliant day in London. It felt like I’d been trapped in the office for an age, so it was so good to get on the train and head to the big city. It was the Edge Hill Short Story awards, which were being held at Blackwells on Charing Cross [...]

Listen To Elizabeth Baines Live

You may have listened to her reading from her latest novel here on our blog, now come see her live at one of her readings.

Sunday 18th October 2009: Manchester Literature Festival. Northern Salt: readings with three other Salt authors, story writers Robert Graham and Mark Illis, and poet John Siddique. Whitworth Art Gallery, 3-4 [...]

Elizabeth Baines: “Around the Edges of the World” Tour

Elizabeth Baines: Balancing on the Edge of the World

Around the Edges of the World

These are stories about power: children without it and adults vying to get or keep it. A small boy struggles with his parents’ divorce, a doctor fails to understand the limits of his medical power, a wronged [...]

Elizabeth Baines’ Blog

Elizabeth Baines

Elizabeth Baines is a writer of prose fiction and plays. Her blog elizabethbaines.blogspot subtitled ‘How to be a writer without ending up sozzled, behind bars or insane‘ is a diary of her writing life — her thoughts about the writing process and the writing life, with occasional comment on the books she [...]