All-female shortlist unveiled for 2012 Edge Hill Short Story Prize

The 2012 Edge Hill Short Story Prize shortlist has been announced and there is a distinct air of femininity about it. For the the first time in the Prize's six year history, the shortlist is an all-female affair. Drawn from a record longlist of 31 … [Read more...]

Graham Mort takes Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2011

This year's Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2011 winner, and the recipient of the £5,000 winner's cheque, has been announced as Graham Mort, for his short story collection, Touch (Seren Books). At an award event yesterday at Blackwell bookstore in … [Read more...]

2011 Edge Hill Short Story Prize shortlist unveiled

The shortlist was announced earlier today, for this year's Edge Hill Short Story Prize - the UK's only existing literary award for short story collections published by a single author. The shortlist is as follows (links lead to publisher … [Read more...]

Daily Bookshot: An ‘edgy’ shortlist

An 'edgy' shortlist, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. Good times ahead this week as the winner of this year's Edge Hill Short Story Prize is announced (Wednesday 8th to be precise, at an event at Blackwell’s Charing Cross bookstore in … [Read more...]

Shortlist revealed for this year’s Edge Hill Short Story Prize

The shortlist for this year's Edge Hill Short Story Prize was announced earlier today, revealing a rather eclectic final five in the running for the UK's only recognised literary award for published single author short story collections. With the … [Read more...]

‘Book Bites’ for Wednesday 6th May 2009

The Kindle DX: out of rumour and into fact - Well the rumour-mill has been spot on for once as Amazon today announced the launch of a new 'bigged up' Kindle to US shores this summer. Christened the Kindle DX (which presumably stands for deluxe), the … [Read more...]