The Crime Writers’ Association

Debut Dagger longlist to be announced at Crime Writers’ Week

The ProWriting Aid Debut Dagger longlist is going to be announced online by chair of judges Leigh Russell at ProWritingAid's Crime Writer's Week, Weds 26 April 7pm. The Zoom link is on the Debut Dagger website: https://thecwa.co.uk/awards-and.../the...


Crime Writers in Residence – at home with Jem Tugwell

The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. I’m a crime fiction author with a Crime Writing MA from City University. No Signal is the second book in the iMe series and follows my debut novel Proximity. In a past life,...


Meet Author Charlie Garratt, Creator of Inspector James Given

Telford & Wrekin Libraries is holding a free event on Zoom with Charlie Garratt - author of the Inspector James Given novels. It takes place on Wednesday 17 March at 7pm. An opportunity to find out more about what inspired Charlie to become an a...


Peter Tickler: the Tickler’s Jam Murders

Peter Tickler mixes crime fiction with family history in The Tickler's jam Murders. Tickler's Jam was supplied to the British troops during the first world war. Soldiers sang songs about it. Cartoonists joked about it, and it became a household name...


Getting the Science Right with Brian Price

Join us for the first of the 2024 CWA Crime Writers' Clinics! This event is free for CWA members and £15 for non-members. Thinking of joining? You can apply here. Oct 8th 7.00pm (BST) Getting the Science Right: Brian Price https://www.eventbri...


Society of Authors @Home – online events

The Society of Authors continue to offer a full programme of bookish events online - many of them for free! From 23 March until 1 April, the events include in conversation with translator Maureen Freely, crime writer and CWA member Dorothy Koomson, c...


Evesham Library: Reading Crime Fiction

Jacquie Rogers and Linda Mather have teamed up to present an evening of reading and writing crime at Evesham library, part of Worcestershire libraries county-wide celebration of crime reading in June. We'll be talking about how crime fiction is a por...


So You Want to be a Scriptwriter? With Nick Walker


An Afternoon with Peter Lovesey

Join Bracknell Forest Library for an Afternoon With Peter Lovesey , online, Thursday 25 March at 3.30pm. Peter, who joined the CWA in 1969, won the Gold Dagger for The False Inspector Dew in 1982 and in 2000 was honoured with the Cartier Diamond Dagg...


Diamond Crime Zoom Masterclass in Editing

Some writers claim to hate them. Others won’t make a move without one firmly secured to their writing arm. Who are we talking about? BOOK COPY DEVELOPMENTAL LINE EDITORS Whether you love them or loathe them, editors they are a vital part of t...


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