Horror, fantasy and science-fiction writing day
Edge-Lit makes it a dozen with its return in 2026, once again serving up a wide array of interviews, talks, workshops and more for lovers of genre fiction. We’ll be serving up information and inspiration to help writers along, insight for readers into how authors go about developing their work and plenty of opportunity to socialise with fellow fans of horror, fantasy and science-fiction!
Confirmed Guest of Honours:
Ian Green (Extremophile, The Deep and the Drowned, Rotstorm)
Laura Purcell (The Silent Companions, Moonstone, The Shape of Darkness)
Adrian Tchaikovsky (The Children of Time, Green City Wars, Shroud)
Frances White (Voyage of the Damned, The Bone Door)
Authors & Speakers:
Gemma Amor (Roots of my Fears, Itch, First Date)
V Castro (Maria the Wanted, Immortal Pleasures)
Dan Coxon (Unearthed, Unquiet Guests, Unhallowed Gifts)
Rod Duncan (The Queen of All Crows, The Bullet Catcher’s Daughter)
Helen Cooper (The Woman in the Villa, My Darling Boy)
TH Huddleston (The Cracks, Flood World, The Worlds of Dune)
Emma K Leadley (Telling the Bees)
Giselle Leeb (Mammals, I Think We are Called)
Tim Major (Jekyll and Hyde Consulting Detectives, Snakeskins)
Teika Marija Smits (Umbilical, Waterlore)
Tim Rideout (Gothic Precarity)
Priya Sharma (Ormeshadow, All The Fabulous Beasts, Pomegranates)
Megan Taylor (The Therapist’s Daughter, The Lives of Ghosts)
Angeline Trevena (Silkwash, The Spine of Winter)
Watch this space for the latest announcements on speakers and participants for 2026!
For any queries, email Alex Davis, event co-ordinator, at alexdavisevents@hotmail.co.uk
Screen sci-fi classic Event Horizon (18) screens at 8:30pm on the same day as Edge-Lit. Tickets for that screening can be purchased at this page.