Notes on Word Count for CWA Writing Competitions
Different competitions have different rules – and different levels of rigour in the way they apply them. For the Debut Dagger we are super-strict. We ask for entries not to exceed 3,000 words (1,500 words for the synopsis) by even a word. The ti...
Skullduggery in Stowmarket
Join bestselling authors Vaseem Khan, SJI Holliday, Olivia Kiernan, Victoria Selman, Tim Sullivan, and Lauren North for a day of author events at the Stowmarket Library. Individual events are £5, and an all-day ticket is £15. You can book your tick...
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...
Crime Writers in Residence – at home with Jim Eldridge
The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. I have been a writer for almost 50 years, the first 30 as a scriptwriter, then writing children's books, and - since 2016 - writing historical crime fiction for adults. My curr...
It’s All In the Point of View by Jared Cade
If you ask most people what point of view is, they will probably answer along the lines: ‘It’s whether you write in the first person (I thought he looked ill) or third person (She thought he looked ill). It’s a little more complicated than that...
Crime and the City Talk
Duncan Campbell – Crime and the City - City of London Police Museum, Guildhall Library December 8th, 6pm, Drinks reception 7pm From Thief-taker General to the Krays, from the world’s first crime reporter to the trial of the News of the World pho...
Sam Blake – Murder ONE
Sam Blake is the founder of the Murder ONE International Crime Writing Festival – Ireland’s first designated crime festival, taking place in Dublin, a UNESCO City of Literature, in November 2018. For a first festival the line-up of crime writers...
The Killer Women Festival of Crime Writing & Drama
CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS Now in its fourth year, the capital’s only exclusively author-led festival will take place on Sunday 15 March 2020 - at Brown’s Courtrooms, Covent Garden, London. The 2020 festival will include appearances by, amongs...
Anatomy of a Crime Thriller
Hard on the heels of its most successful Literary Festival ever, in June 2023 the tiny island of Alderney is hosting a unique one-day festival exploring the ‘Anatomy of a Crime Thriller’. Organised by The Alderney Literary Trust and sponsored ...
MAKE CRIME PAY
Saturday 4th March 10.00am – 7.30pm. MAKE CRIME PAY. A fantastic range of authors including Tom Mead and Cath Staincliffe in a day of online workshops, talks and interviews. Details and tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/make-crime-pay-tickets-4817782...
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