Films Preserved and Restored: Friday 10 August to Sunday 12 August 2018
This is a residential weekend course organised by the Cosmopolitan Film Club (non-profit) which is running at Chester University Campus on Films Preserved and Restored (i.e. vintage movies which have been improved by new technology). Amongst the eig...
CWA Christmas Party
It’s beginning to look a lot like… The supermarket shelves are full of mince pies, the lights on Oxford Street are twinkling and various celebrities are heading to the Australian jungle. This can only mean one thing. It’s time to book your t...
Private: How To Increase Book Sales: 16 Ways
by Brian Feinblum of Media Connect If you want to know how to go about getting a lot of book sales, all that you need to do is write a really good book, that’s better than others in your genre, on a topic that’s not over done or obscure,...
CWA Launch High Profile National Crime Reading Month
Ian Rankin, Anthony Horowitz, Elly Griffiths and Vaseem Khan announced as new ambassadors for NCRM The Crime Writers’ Association launches National Crime Reading Month (NCRM) this June – a major initiative designed to celebrate the genre and g...
Crime Writing at Swanwick this Summer
Swanwick Writers’ Summer School runs from 12-18 August is pleased to be running two crime-related courses this year. Kate Bendelow, a serving Crime Scene Investigator with over fifteen years’ experience, will be running a course covering forensic...
Social media and privacy policy
Social media and privacy policy The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) takes its duty to process your personal data very seriously. This policy explains how we collect, manage, use and protect your personal data. We do occasionally update this Po...
CWA Dagger Awards – Shortlist
The Crime Writers’ Association has unveiled the shortlisted authors for five categories in the 2015 Dagger awards during an official reception at this year’s CRIMEFEST in Bristol. Authors, publishers and delegates assembled to hear the Dag...
CWA Announce New Chair
Maxim Jakubowski, a long-standing and influential figure in the publishing world, is announced as the new Chair of the world-famous Crime Writers’ Association (CWA). Maxim’s career has encompassed every aspect of publishing as an editor, translat...
Martin Edwards presents on ‘Classic and Contemporary Crime Writing’
The Friends of Stockton Heath Library are planning to mark Crime Reading Month at Stockton Heath Library with a talk by Martin Edwards on 'Classic and Contemporary Crime Writing' on 16th May at 7.30pm at Stockton Heath Library. Tickets will be avail...
‘Death in the East’: An evening with Abir Mukherjee
Heffers is pleased to welcome back award-winning crime author Abir Mukherjee, who will be talking about his latest Sam Wyndham novel, ‘Death in the East’ - another rip-roaring adventure set in 1920s India. The previous novel in the series, ‘Smo...
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