This year's winner of the Edge Hill short story prize Chris Beckett will be reading from his book, The Turing Test, at The Manchester Literature Festival on Saturday 24 October.

The shortlist for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize has been announced.

The Real Louise - a new debut collection of short stories, written by a lecturer from Edge Hill University and set in the North West will be launched at the Bluecoat, Liverpool at 6.30pm on Thursday, 7 May, 2009.

Edge Hill University is delighted to welcome the writer who was best known for bringing the Daleks back to the TV screen, writing for the BAFTA winning first series of the revived Doctor Who, starring Christopher Eccleston.

A must for anyone interested in edgy, wildly, imaginative fiction and fantasy.

Internationally-renowned writer Claire Keegan has been announced as the winner of the Short Story Prize 2008.

The winner of the prestigious 2008 Short Story Prize will be announced at the Bluecoat on 3rd July.

The five writers short listed for this year’s Edge Hill University Short Story Competition are to be announced at The Bluecoat at 2.30pm on Saturday 10 May.