The Crime Writers’ Association

National Crime Reading Month off to a blazing start!

National Crime Reading Month kicked off with simultaneous launches in London, Belfast and Edinburgh - appropriately in one of Waterstones flagship stores in Piccadilly; No Alibis, an independent bookshop, and in Edinburgh Central Library. In Londo...


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Dagger in the Library 2022

Winner


Mark Billingham


Dagger in the Library 2022

Shortlisted


Lin Anderson


Escaping to Find Inspiration with Sam Blake

We’re not quite escaping lockdown yet here in Ireland where I live, we can’t travel outside of the country until 19th July and our hotels and restaurants have only opened to outdoor dining this week (2nd June), but I can’t WAIT to travel again....


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National Crime Reading Month

#PickUpAPageTurner NCRM has been relaunched – visit CrimeReading.com today! Watch bestselling thriller writer and NCRM Ambassador Steve Cavanagh host a panel of crime authors to kick off National Crime Reading Month 2023:...


Sheila Lowe on Wrong Place, Write Crime Podcast

September 9: Wrong Place, Write Crime podcast with Frank Scalise: https://www.frankzafiro.com/wrong-place-write-crime/   Sheila Lowe will be Frank’s guest, talking about her tortuous path to publication—from handwriting expert to mystery w...


Handwriting Expert & Novelist Sheila Lowe on Clark Rockefeller

Sheila Lowe - Book Carnival virtual signing and presentation August 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PACIFIC TIME When he kidnapped his little girl off the street in Boston, the name “Clark Rockefeller” became known nationwide. Shortly thereafter, he ...


Newcastle Noir: Spirits in the Material World

Newcastle Noir is back! A panel discussion about what happens when the crime genre meets ghosts… Featuring authors SJI Holliday, William Ryan and Anna Mazzola, chaired by author Ian Skewis.   Ian Skewis Ian Skewis is the author of bestsell...


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