The CWA, CrimeFest 2019 and Libraries
The CWA works with libraries. CrimeFest works with libraries. CrimeFest works with the CWA. It all adds up to a very successful story. Or perhaps, a thousand… CrimeFest’s Library Giveaway Organised by the Crime Writers’ Association, the month...
Crime Writers Galore at Hwyl Llandeilo
The Hwyl Llandeilo LitFest boasts a terrific programme, set in different venues in Llandeilo, a lovely setting in rural Carmarthenshire. CWA members include Sherlockian expert David Stuart Davies, with his 'The Game's Afoot'; Rob Gittins and also T...
Bookshop of the Month – May 2022: Beccles Books
In conversation with Elly Griffiths Beccles Books 1 Exchange House, Exchange Square, Beccles, Suffolk NR34 9HH Tel: 01502 716806 https://www.facebook.com/becclesbooks/ It’s 11 years since Lee Mason founded Beccles Books. He had been work...
The CWA launches 2016 Dagger In The Library nominations
The Crime Writers’ Association has asked book lovers across the nation to nominate their favourite crime authors for the 2016 Dagger In The Library award. This literary prize is a unique part of the Dagger Awards because the nominations are mad...
Edinburgh Delegates to Receive Rewards Passport
A new benefit for delegates to the CWA Annual Conference has been announced - they will automatically receive a special Edinburgh Rewards Passport. Launched by Convention Edinburgh, the Passport rewards conference delegates with special offers and v...
The Victorian Fear of Poison Murder
In the nineteenth century the prospect of being poisoned was a very real fear, and the poisoner has frequently been denounced as the worst kind of criminal. Poison is secret and treacherous, administered by someone close to the victim, hidden in food...
2022 CWA Dagger Awards Announced
Ray Celestin, MW Craven, Janice Hallett and Mark Billingham awarded 2022 CWA Daggers. The winners of the 2022 CWA Daggers, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, have been announced. [For photos of the event, see: https://thecw...
No Better Place to Be in May than CrimeFest
CrimeFest. One of the UK's most loved crime-writing festivals. CrimeFest is a convention for people who like to read an occasional crime novel as well as for die-hard fanatics. Drawing top crime novelists, readers, editors, publishers and reviewers ...
First Monday
First Monday returns to Browns Court on St Martin’s Lane in London on June 5th with a cracking crime fiction panel including Ruth Ware, Abir Mukherjee, James Oswald and Imran Mahmood. This promises to be an absolutely fascinating discussion with ...
Liverpool Noir with Kate Ellis and Barry Forshaw
Join us for an evening discussing Liverpool-Noir in the company of some of Liverpool's finest crime writers. Hosting the evening is author, broadcaster and journalist Barry Forshaw who we are thrilled to welcome back to his home city. Barry will be j...
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