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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 25d

Thanks to @bookishleels.bsky.social @nightjarpress.bsky.social for the image I mention in Part 1.

A Small, Good Thing @smallgoodpodcast.bsky.social · 27d

New episode!
Meet @ailsacox.bsky.social, short story writer and Professor Emerita at Edge Hill University (UK). In this episode, we discuss famous claims about short fiction and short story writing… are they facts or fiction?

Listen here to find out: www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...

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Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social · 24d

Listen to "The Facts and Fiction of Short Story Writing (with Ailsa Cox) [Part one]" by A Small, Good Thing via #spreaker www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...

The Facts and Fiction of Short Story Writing (with Ailsa Cox) [Part one] - A Small, Good Thing

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Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social · 26d

A thought-provoking read - with more relevance to our current times than we might once have expected.
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Reading group: By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolano

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Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social · Sep 8

This was a really great read.
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Reading group: The Trees by Percival Everett

This is going to be a short post, as I don't want to plot spoil. Ann had recently read this genre-defying book and had been unable to put i...

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Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social · Sep 5

Lovely, thank you!

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Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social · Sep 5

Only just found out that my my radio comedy series The Circle has had another airing, but there's still a chance to hear it from the first episode.
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BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Circle, Squaring The Circle

When Geoff joins a babysitting circle, his wife Jenny knows he’s up to something.

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Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thanks!

Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social · Sep 5

Does it ever stop being a thrill when you see your book on a bookshop shelf? Many thanks, Waterstone's Deansgate, Manchester.

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Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social · Jul 12

Re-reading a novel years later can be an interesting experience.
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Reading group: Wildlife by Richard Ford

Some time ago we read Richard Ford's The Sportswriter and I was surprised to find it, along with most of our group, fairly tedious and even...

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Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social · Jul 11

Our reading group had a go at Virginia Woolf's The Waves. Here's what was said.
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Reading group: The Waves by Virginia Woolf

This was the one book by Virginia Woolf that Margeret, who loved her work, had not read. Introducing it to the group, she joked that having ...

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Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social · Jun 17

The amazing artist Laura Scott has agreed to provide images for my forthcoming mini-collection from Confingo, Five Different Stories About One Thing. I'm pretty thrilled! Here's her instagram account where you can see her stunning work.
www.instagram.com/_ls_illustration/

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Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social · May 27

Pleased to say that my speculative novella The Mountain is to be published by Gold SF, and imprint of Goldsmiths Press, in one volume along with several short stories. Many thanks to the editors, Paul March-Russell and Una McCormack.

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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · Apr 4

Springtime in Castlefield. Patricia Farrell, @elizabethbaines.bsky.social @confingopublishing.bsky.social and the other one is me.

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Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social · Apr 4

It was a great night. Brilliant readings from @ailsacox.bsky.social and really interesting thoughts from Ailsa and Patricia. And a lovely audience.

confingopublishing.bsky.social @confingopublishing.bsky.social · Apr 4

Thank you to everyone who came to the Saul Hay gallery on Wednesday for the launch of Precipitation by @ailsacox.bsky.social, with images by Patricia Farrell, the fifth in our series of author/artist collaborations. Thanks, too, to Elizabeth Baines for chairing the event and Ian Hay for hosting it.

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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · Mar 31

See you in Manchester @confingopublishing.bsky.social @elizabethbaines.bsky.social, two days to go. www.confingopublishing.uk/event-detail...

Book Launch - Precipitation by Ailsa Cox, with images by Patricia Farrell | confingo

We hope you'll join us at the wonderful Saul Hay Gallery to celebrate the launch of Precipitation, a collection of stories by Ailsa Cox with images by Patricia Farrell

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Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social · Mar 28

Really looking forward to this. I'll be presenting, and talking to Ailsa Cox about her brilliant new collection. Next Wednesday, April 2nd, 7.30 pm at the Saul Hay Gallery, Castlefield, Manchester.
www.confingopublishing.uk/event-detail...

Book Launch - Precipitation by Ailsa Cox, with images by Patricia Farrell | confingo

We hope you'll join us at the wonderful Saul Hay Gallery to celebrate the launch of Precipitation, a collection of stories by Ailsa Cox with images by Patricia Farrell

www.confingopublishing.uk

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Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social · Mar 24

I must read them!!

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Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social · Mar 24

Our latest reading group discussion. Not everyone admired this book, but most did.
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Reading group: Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin

This very short Argentinian novel, suggested by Doug, was a shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. We were all immediately attr...

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confingopublishing.bsky.social @confingopublishing.bsky.social · Feb 24

Join us at the Saul Hay Gallery on 2nd April to celebrate the publication of Precipitation by Ailsa Cox, with images by Patricia Farrell. 7.30 - 9.00 p.m. Tickets (free) available on our website: www.confingopublishing.uk/event-list

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Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social · Feb 27

Been doing the final edits on my next book, a mini-collection from Confingo. Nail-biting time. What if I miss any real bloopers, as I did in my last novel, Astral Travel. (A free copy of any of my other books to the first five readers who spot them and DM me.)
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Astral Travel

Adult

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Creators' Rights Alliance @creatorsrights.bsky.social · Feb 25

The CRA are standing with all creators and performers, sending a clear message to UK Government; Make it Fair - stop siding with big tech and ensure that creators are fairly rewarded when their work is used to train AI. #makeitfair #PaytheCreator. Read more: www.creatorsrightsalliance.org

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David Frankel @daveyfrankel.bsky.social · Feb 21

A photosplat of the readings from last night’s Edge Hill Prize ceremony. Huge congratulations to Malachi McIntosh and Tessa Hadley for well deserved wins! And congratulations to all the other shortlistees – Charlie Hill, Abi Hynes, and C.D. Rose. I felt very honoured to be part of the line-up!

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Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social · Feb 25

A lovely launch last night for this great collection of short stories by Jane Rogers

Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social · Feb 24

Tickets selling fast for this, apparently. Winners of the Withington Book Festival Competition, and a group of us supporting them.

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