Words in the Square
The London Library celebrates its 175th anniversary this year and has an exciting four-day event planned to mark this event - WORDS IN THE SQUARE: Celebrating 175 Years Of Inspiration at The London Library (5 – 8 May 2016). On Saturday 7 ...
The Detective’s Journey by Luke Deckard
Joseph Campbell’s seminal book The Hero With A Thousand Faces explores the uncanny similarities between the world’s myths and religions and what they mean in a real-world context. Campbell’s book is rich in psychology and insight in...
Martin Edwards Author Visit
Award winning author Martin Edwards visits Wigan Library. A member of the ‘Murder Squad’ collective of crime writers, Martin will be sharing his knowledge of the crime novel and his experiences of writing. Martin is the author of the mu...
2023 winning story
How to Catch a Bullet in a Plate and Other Tricks to Astound - Judith O’Reilly He never performed the trick at a matinee show as he didn’t like to worry the children in the audience. At least there was that, Mrs Conway thought, as the red bloo...
The Back Doors to Death: a talk on 19th century forensic scientist Alfred Swaine Taylor
Tucked away in the West Cemetery is the unassuming grave of Alfred Swaine Taylor (1806-1880), one of the nineteenth-century’s most well-known forensic scientists. At this talk, find out about Taylor’s cases, both well-known and obscure, his inter...
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Ian Fleming said there was one essential criterion for a good thriller, ‘one simply has to turn the pages’. Eligible books in this category are thrillers set in any period and include, but are not limited to, spy fiction...
The CWA Daggers
The Daggers Longlists have been announced! The longlists for the 2024 Daggers have been announced to much fanfare at the CWA annual conference in Brighton. Members celebrated their peers’ success and toasted the listed authors and publishers. The ...
The Entry Process
The Entry Process There are four kinds of Dagger, differentiated by how they are nominated. See below for an explanation of the different entry processes, and who may nominate for each Dagger. Please do not hesitate to contact the Dagger Liaison Or...
Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition
The Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition The shortlist will be announced online on 1 May. Watch this space! The winner will be announced on Friday 10 May in early evening at the Daggers shortlist reception at CrimeFest The 2025 compet...
Our Fascination with Crime Fiction
The annual Daggers awarded by The Crime Writers’ Association set the bar for the genre’s writing, but how did crime fiction develop into such a broad and rich reading experience? Taking us from the Golden Age of detective fiction in the UK to th...
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