The Crime Writers’ Association

The Publishing Revolution: the New Hybrid Author with D Kirk and Melissa Addey 


Daggers Live! – tickets still available

The CWA announces the winners of the 2021 Daggers at 7.30pm on 1 July in an online event where we go to winners live in their living rooms: bit.ly/cwadaggers2021 Our guest speaker will be Abir Mukherjee and our M/C for the evening will be the witty ...


CWA Dagger Awards Terms and Conditions of Entry

CWA Daggers Terms and Conditions of Entry Three categories of people can nominate a title for the CWA Daggers. Approved publishers; Traditionally published authors whose book or title is published (not merely distributed) in the UK; ...


Bookseller of the Month: October 2022 – Richard Reynolds

As part of the new CWA Bookshops Champion initiative, we want to celebrate bookshops and booksellers, because we believe they don’t just sell our books – they bring our streets alive. This month there’s a special CWA Bookseller of the Month ...


Wild Words Festival

A Brand New Festival … It’d be a Crime to Miss it! Wild Words Festival is a brand new literary festival in Cuffley, Hertfordshire, taking place over the Jubilee Weekend of 3–5 June 2022. Featuring a host of true crime and crime fiction write...


Crime Pays at Chalfont St Giles & Jordan Literary Festival

Chalfont St Giles & Jordan Literary Festival, Buckinghamshire 10-22 May Most events will be held in venues in Chalfont St Giles. Crime Pays takes place on Saturday 14 May at 3pm, a panel discussion featuring local crime writers Denise Beddo...


Jonathan Whitelaw in conversation with Chris McDonald

Calling all cosy crime fans! Jonathan Whitelaw, author of The Bingo Hall Detectives, will be joined by author Chris McDonald, to discuss the second book of the series The Village Hall Vendetta! Chatting all things cosy crime, this event will ta...


AGM 2024

AGM 2024 The CWA would like to invite all paying members to our AGM which will take place on Saturday, 18 May, 2024, at 10:00am via Zoom. Here is the meeting link: Time: May 18, 2024 10:00 AM London https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89445619441?p...


Glenis Wilson – Dead Heat (A Harry Radcliffe Mystery)

Join Glenis on May 17th at North Shore Hotel to discuss his latest Horse Racing Mystery in the Harry Radcliffe Series: No.4, entitled - 'DEAD HEAT' published by Severn House Publishers. North Shore Hotel is a very special place for Glenis as he wr...


Gold Dagger 2022

Shortlisted


Abir Mukherjee

The Shadows of Men

Penguin Random House, Harvill Secker


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