The Crime Writers’ Association

Skulduggery in Stowmarket

Stowmarket Library Presents: SKULDUGGERY IN STOWMARKET from 26th - 29th April 2019   Friday 26th April An evening with Charlie Haylock *Price £10 with cheese and wine*   Saturday 27th April Author event featuring: Jacqueline Beard...


Slaughter in Southwold

Meet and dine with top crime authors and enjoy a musical written by Sophie Hannah, murder mystery dinner written by Ann Cleeves, and crime-themed quiz night. Tickets available from TicketSource and Southwold Library. Individual author talks £6; fu...


Come and Chat to CWA Oxford – via Zoom

The Crime Writers Association was founded in 1953 to support, promote and celebrate the crime writing genre. Would you like to chat to some of the CWA Oxford crime writers over a coffee or gin and tonic? All totally virtual, of course, but in every ...


The Life of Crime, with Martin Edwards

Martin Edwards won the highest honour in UK crime writing, the CWA Diamond Dagger, for his outstanding contribution to the genre. He is President of the Detection Club, a former Chair of the CWA, consultant to the British Library’s Crime Classics a...


CWA Appoints Elly Griffiths as Booksellers Champion

The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) has appointed a new Booksellers Champion as Reading Month begins across the UK. Best-selling author Elly Griffiths has taken on the role which aims to build links between crime authors and bookshops. The C...


CWA appoints Maxim Jakubowski as Publishers’ Liaison Officer

Press Release from the Crime Writers’ Association February 2019 The Crime Writers’ Association has appointed Maxim Jakubowski as its first ever Publishers’ Liaison Officer. Jakubowski, who currently also serves as a CWA Vice Chair, takes up the...


Marketing your books

Marketing your Books The CWA’s mission is to promote the crime-writing genre, both fiction and non-fiction, and support our membership of professional authors. We offer our members a wide range of promotional outlets, and the help of our Bookselle...


Bloody Scotland

Ten years on from the first Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival the run has extended to four days, the number of events has doubled and the authors are more diverse than ever. This year sees the return of several Bloody Scotland f...


New CWA Anthology Published 22 February

The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) has released a new collection of crime stories written by its members. Music of the Night, edited by Martin Edwards, invited CWA authors to submit short stories on the theme of music. An array of award-winnin...


Reading Party with William Shaw: The Trawlerman

Reading Party with William Shaw: The Trawlerman Really pleased to be unveiling the latest DS Cupidi novel a Reading Party. The event will be hosted by Alex Call of Bert’s Books. The Trawlerman sees Alexandra Cupidi sidelined from her job because o...


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