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CWA Dagger Awards 2020 Longlists Announced
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Crime Writers in Residence
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Authors’ Emergency Fund for Coronavirus Hardship
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Martin Edwards is Winner of the CWA Diamond Dagger 2020
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A fond farewell to M C Beaton, by Barry Forshaw
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CWA Debut Dagger Open for Submissions
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Writers Invited to Enter CWA Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition
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Daggers announced in glittering gala dinner evening
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Countdown to the Daggers
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Shortlist Announced for New CWA Dagger Best Crime & Mystery Publisher
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The CWA Announces a New Annual Dagger Award for Publishers
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CWA Unveils 2019 Dagger Shortlists
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Flame Tree to publish Crime Writers’ Association anthology
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CWA’s Margery Allingham Short Story Competition to Continue
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CWA Announce Longlists for Prestigious Crime Writing Daggers
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The CWA, CrimeFest 2019 and Libraries
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New Chair for the Crime Writers’ Association
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CWA Brings Writers, Venues and Book Groups Together in National Crime Reading Month in May
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Robert Goddard to receive CWA Diamond Dagger 2019
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