Edge-Lit returns to celebrate the best in horror, thriller, fantasy and science-fiction writing on Saturday 20 September 2025 from 10am-5pm.

In this, its eleventh edition, Edge-Lit will offering another loaded day of panels, workshops, readings, and interviews with an array of genre fiction talent from around the UK and beyond.

Attendees on the day will have access to a wide variety of activities, including a series of panel discussions, interviews and readings with the Guests of Honour, workshops, book sales offering a variety of books for independent presses and authors, and the ever-popular Edge-Lit raffle.

For more information, regular updates, and guest announcements make sure to follow our social channels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Tickets cost £35 and allow access to all events on the day. 

QUAD will open at 9:30am on the day for entry to this event. Workshops on the day have limited capacity, and audience members will be able to sign up for their chosen workshops on the day. If you are looking to attend specific workshops at the event, we suggest arriving early to book your slot.

A schedule for the day can be found at this link.

The 2025 Edge-Lit brochure can be viewed at this link (large download, approx 150mb).

GUESTS OF HONOUR:

Peter F. Hamilton (The Dreaming Void, Mindstar Rising)
Matthew Holness (TV’s Garth Marenghi, Possum, Darkplace)
Tim Lebbon (The Silence, Eden, Secret Lives of the Dead)

EVENT SPEAKERS:

Peter Ray Allison (Geek Pride podcast)
Gemma Amor (Roots of My Fears, The Folly, Full Immersion)
RJ Barker (Gods of the Wyrd Wood, The Bone Ships)
JS Barnes (Dracula’s Child, The City of Dr Moreau)
Charlotte Bond (The Fireborne Blade, The Bloodless Princes)
Ramsey Campbell (The Nameless, The Searching Dead, The Grin of the Dark)
V Castro (Maria the Wanted, Immortal Pleasures)
Stephen Cox (Our Child of the Stars, The Crooked Medium’s Guide to Murder)
Dan Coxon (Writing the Magic, Come Sing for the Harrowing)
Heather Davey (The Ghosts of Merry Hall)
Sarah Deacon (Roots of my Fears)
Laura Elliott (Awakened)
Olivia Isaac-Henry (Sorrow Spring, Hallows Hill)
James Keane (Northdox Press)
Benjamin Kurt Unsworth (Uneasy Beginnings)
Johnny Mains (Celtic Weird, The Dead of Summer)
Juliet E McKenna (The Green Man’s Heir, The Cleaving)
Mark Morris (The Wolves of London, Toady)
Nuzo Onoh (Where the Dead Brides Gather, A Dance For the Dead)
Leigh Radford (One Yellow Eye)
JL Worrad (Pennyblade, The Keep Within)

Your Edge-Lit ticket also grants you free entry to The Legacy Of Dracula on the evening of Friday 19 September and Possum (18) + Director Intro on the evening of Saturday 20 September. Just add a ticket to either to your basket and login with the email address used when booking your Edge-Lit ticket and the system will recognise you as an Edge-Lit ticketholder and reduce the cost to £0 during checkout.

Edge-Lit hotel deal –

For 2025 we’ve teamed up with the Leonardo Hotel Derby, located within easy walking distance of our venue at QUAD, for an exclusive hotel rate for Edge-Lit Weekend! Book using the code LHRBYQ200925 at https://www.leonardohotels.co.uk/ to access our exclusive rate…
£75 bed and breakfast, sole occupancy
£90 bed and breakfast, double or twin occupancy
Includes VAT, service and free Wifi

Individual cancellation policy: free cancellation up to 7 days prior of arrival date.

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