Short Stories: Beginning, Middle or End? (Bernard MacLaverty, EA Markham, Helen Simpson) by Royal Society Literature published on 2009-10-16T15:13:18Z Three of this country's best loved short-story writers - Bernard MacLaverty, EA Markham and Helen Simpson - read from their new collections and discuss their work, asking whether stories need adhere to strict rules, and speculating as to whether the future of the short story is bright or bleak. Chaired by Georgina Hammick. Genre Lecture