Norwich Crime Writing Festival 2018
Thursday 13 β Sunday 16 September Across the city, Norwich, Norfolk Β£87 season pass (individual tickets available) Book online noirwich.co.uk or call 01603 877177 Join us for the fifth Noirwich Crime Writing Festival; the regionβs largest an...
CWA Appoints New Champions for Libraries
The Crime Writersβ Association has appointed new Libraries Champions based in England, Scotland and Wales. The trio take over from Ruth Dudley Edwards, the CWAβs very first Libraries Champion. The new champions are crime writers Priscilla Masters...
CWA New Anthology released
“The short story is alive and well in England, judging by this Crime Writers’ Association anthology assembled by Martin Edwards” – Publishers Weekly, 2nd June 2014 The latest CWA fiction anthology, Guilty Parties, published by...
New CWA Anthology Published 22 February
The Crime Writersβ 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...
Awards & competitions
Awards & competitions The CWA hosts a number of awards and competitions. Many of these are for books nominated by publishers and selected by independent judging panels, others are awards made by the CWA or other bodies, such as libraries. Yet ot...
Gold Dagger
Gold Dagger This award is for the best crime novel by an author of any nationality, originally written in English and first published in the UK during the judging period. The broadest definition of the crime novel applies. Eligible books include thr...
Crime Fiction: Past, Present, and Future with Simon Brett
Part of theΒ Open Centre and Online CI Public TalksΒ collection In conversation with OU's Bill Alder, detective fiction author Simon Brett will discuss crime fiction's past, present and future. Please join us on Wednesday 17 April from 13:00-14...
The CWA Presents Crime Writers’ Clinics
The Crime Writers Association is proud to present Crime Writers' Clinics, a programme of online conversations with industry experts specially designed with CWA members in mind. These events are free for CWA members, and Β£10 per event fo...
Noirwich Crime Writing Festival
East Angliaβs largest annual celebration of crime writing returns to Norwich on 12 β 15 September 2019. Join us in Norwich UNESCO City of Literature for a four-day spectacular of author readings, panel discussions on hot topics, exhibitions, boo...
Dagger in the Library – shortlist announced
CWA 2014 Dagger in the Library Award shortlist announced Five authors have today been shortlisted for the CWA 2014 Dagger in the Library award, sponsored by Dead Good Books. This year, for the first time, readers compiled the long list as crim...
Join the CWA
Become part of a thriving community of successful crime writers with invaluable support, expertise and marketing opportunities for all our members.
