Saturday, December 27, 2008

A Cyclone Cometh...

Readers, we have the honour of having the first stop of Elizabeth Baines whirling tour, Around the Edges of the World, with her book of short stories, Balancing on the Edge of the World.

The tour begins on January 14th, 2009: right here!

Virtual tours have been a feature of Salt Publishing since early September, and this new resource of promoting books and bringing authors to prominence is an imaginative way of using t'internet to get the message out there: books are still very much alive and kicking! It's also a fantastic way of linking up bloggers: whether literary or not.

If you haven't already checked out Elizabeth's great blog, you can do so here. Balancing on the Edge of the World is available from Salt Books. More about the tour very soon!

7 comments:

Group 8 said...

Great stuff, B. Looking forward to it. Salt do great work! And Elizabeth's stop is on my birthday too! N x

Rachel Fox said...

I particularly liked the last story in 'Balancing...'. It is a very interesting mix of stories.
x

Elizabeth Baines said...

Looking forward to coming, Barbara, and will feel very honoured...

So that'll be as great a day for me as I hope it'll be for you, Nuala!

Liz said...

Barbara, great idea! Don't know Elizabeth's work but have just read her article on Anne Enright's The Gathering, which I found very interesting. Virtual tours are the way to go...looking forward to it!

Unknown said...

Liz, her short story collection is well worth getting, you can buy direct from Salt, see the link in the post. Just as Rachel says it's varied in style, pace and content and makes a good reader demonstrating E's great writing power.

Serendipity, WRW!

Glas you enjoyed it too, Rachel.

And the honour is all mine, Elizabeth :)

apprentice said...

Sounds interestting - I look forward to learing more about it.

Unknown said...

Great, A!