Emily Sparkes and the Competition Calamity

 Hello!

 I'm very happy to announce that my review of Emily Sparkes and the Competition Calamity by Ruth Fitzgerald is now up on Cuckoo Review!

 I hope you enjoy it - let me know what you think of the book.

 Liz x

This Raging Light

 Hello!

 I'm pleased to let you know that my review of This Raging Light by Estelle Laure has been published by Cuckoo Review! I hope you enjoy it.

 Liz x

Visual Verse - Your before

 Happy December!

Photo: Philipp Keller/Stelzer Group/EMBL

 I'm very happy to announce that my fiction piece "Your before" has been published in December's Visual Verse. It was inspired by the above image, in quite an abstract way.

 I hope you enjoy it!

 Liz x

Under the Fable - God to an orange

 Hello! Hope you're well.

Photo: Wikipedia

 Back in August my poem Beach-combing was published in Issue 2 of the exciting new literary magazine Under the Fable. Well, I am now extremely pleased to announce that my poem God to an orange is Poetry Editor Ghazal's Editor's Pick for Issue 3! 

 I feel very honoured to have received this accolade. I'm so glad Ghazal enjoyed my poem and I hope you do, too!

 Liz x

Shane Filan album review

 Hello!

 My review of Shane Filan's new album Right Here has been published on The Mancunion.

 I'd like to mention that the review has been edited in a way that makes me appear much more critical of the album than I actually was. In reality I found it made quite enjoyable listening.

 I hope you enjoy it,

 Liz x

The Mancunion: Lesser-known books by well-known writers

 Hello!

 I'm pleased to tell you that my article about my favourite lesser-known books by well-known writers has been published both in print and online by The Mancunion. I hope you enjoy it - let me know which books you would add to the list.

 Liz x

The Mancunion: Books about siblings

 Hi!

 Just letting you know that my feature on literary siblings has been published by The Mancunion, both in print and online! It stars the Bettanys, Cassons and other great fictional families - hope you enjoy it!

 Liz x

Love Bomb

 Hello!

 I'm happy to announce that my review of Jenny McLachlan's Love Bomb has been published on Cuckoo Review! I hope you enjoy it.

 Liz x

MLF15: Simon Armitage

 Hi!

 My final event of this year's Manchester Literature Festival as a Digital Reporter was the wonderful Simon Armitage, introduced by John McAuliffe. 

 I hope you enjoy my account of the evening, which has been published on the Festival's Chapter and Verse blog.

 I've really enjoyed being part of the Festival for the third time. Long may it continue!

 Liz x

Visual Verse - Fire and stars

 Hello!

 I'm very happy to announce that my fiction piece "Fire and stars" has been published on Visual Verse. The challenge was to respond to the powerful image above by Coralie Bickford-Smith. 

 I hope you enjoy my interpretation.

 Liz x

Mole Guide to Salamanca

 ¡Hola!

 Just letting you know that my insider guide to the beautiful, ancient Spanish city of Salamanca is up on Third Year Abroad. I hope you enjoy my words and photos.

 Liz x

The Water Horse

 Hi!

 I'm very happy that my review of Holly Webb's Venetian fantasy novel The Water Horse has been published on Cuckoo Review. I hope you enjoy it.

 Liz x

YA books article in The Mancunion

 Hello!

 

 I'm pleased to announce that my piece on Young Adult novels has been published in The Mancunion, both in print and online! I hope you enjoy reading about this ever-evolving genre!

 Liz x

MLF15: Care Santos

 Hello!

Mariana Casale O'Ryan and Care Santos. Photo: David Mclenachan

 I had a wonderful evening listening to Catalan writer Care Santos read from her book Desire for Chocolate at Instituto Cervantes as part of Manchester Literature Festival. My review of the event (I am a Digital Reporter for the Festival) is up on the Chapter and Verse blog.

 I hope you enjoy it! Warning: contains large amounts of chocolate!

 Liz x

Gabrielle Aplin

 Hi! Hope you're well.

Photo: abidainton @Flickr. From The Mancunion's website

 I'm happy to announce that my review of Gabrielle Aplin's gig at The Deaf Institute in Manchester has been published in The Mancunion!

 I hope you enjoy reading about this rising star.

 Liz x

15,000 travel blog views!

 Hello!

 I was extremely pleased to notice that my travel blog has reached 15,000 views! As I've had it for only just over a year, I am very happy that it has reached so many people. I hope you have enjoyed sharing my adventures.

 Even though I am now back in the UK I have a few more posts about my time in Spain and France to publish on the blog so keep an eye on it!

 Thank you so much for your support.

 Liz x

MLF15: Kirmen Uribe and Jesús Carrasco

 Hello!

Jesús, Mariana - the hostess and translator - and Kirmen. Photo by Jon Parker Lee

 I'm very happy to be involved with Manchester Literature Festival for a third year. My first event was hearing Kirmen Uribe and Jesús Carrasco read at the Instituto Cervantes.

 Kirmen writes in Basque and Jesús in Castilian, so for me as a linguist it was a fascinating experience.

 I hope you enjoy my account of the event, which has been published on the Festival's Chapter and Verse blog.

Taking the plunge - from Wigan to Beijing

 Hello!

 I'm very happy that my article "Taking the plunge - from Wigan to Beijing", which tells of my sudden but wonderful trip to China, has been published by The Mancunion both in print and online. 

 I hope you enjoy learning about my rather surreal experience - you can find out more about it and see lots more photos on my Beijing blog.

 Thanks for reading.

 Liz x

Visual Verse - Heights

 Good afternoon.

 

 I'm happy to tell you that my story "Heights" has been published in Visual Verse. I hope you enjoy it; if you want to know more about the Clerecía in Salamanca feel free to check out the blog post of my visit.

 Liz x

Storm Horse

 Hello!

 I'm very happy to announce that my review of Nick Garlick's Storm Horse has been published on Cuckoo Review! I hope you enjoy it.

 Liz x