Daggers Announced Online in Daggers Live!
CWA Dagger Awards 2020 Winners Announced Michael Robotham, Lou Berney, Trevor Wood, Casey Cep, and Abir Mukherjee win 2020 CWA Dagger awards. The winners of the 2020 CWA Daggers, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, were announced ...
Inspector Morse Creator Colin Dexter Dies
The CWA is very sorry to report the death of Inspector Morse creator Colin Dexter, aged 86. He died peacefully at his Oxford home on March 21. His characters and storylines have given very many people hours of reading and viewing pleasure. Colin was ...
Murder in the Library! Author Talk with Tammy Cohen, Mark Hill and Susi Holliday
Join us for our second *Murder in the Library *authors talk series. Usually the season of goodwill to all, our authors have chosen the festive season for their latest novels. So if preparations for Christmas are getting you down, then enjoy an evenin...
Short Story Dagger
Short Story Dagger This award is for any crime short story first published in the UK in English during the Judging Period, whether on its own or within an anthology or collection. Upon publication it must have been for sale to the public, either in ...
Oracle with Julie Anderson
Come along to this author talk about a new thriller set in ancient Delphi which explores issues relevant today. About this Event Oracle by our guest, author Julie Anderson, is about justice - from the brutal, archaic form of blood vengean...
Meet Author Charlie Garratt, Creator of Inspector James Given
Telford & Wrekin Libraries is holding a free event on Zoom with Charlie Garratt - author of the Inspector James Given novels. It takes place on Wednesday 17 March at 7pm. An opportunity to find out more about what inspired Charlie to become an a...
Society of Authors @Home – online events
The Society of Authors continue to offer a full programme of bookish events online - many of them for free! From 23 March until 1 April, the events include in conversation with translator Maureen Freely, crime writer and CWA member Dorothy Koomson, c...
Dagger Shortlists Announced
A debut novel is up against one of Britain’s biggest and most celebrated authors for the crime novel of the year. The 2021 shortlists for the prestigious CWA Dagger awards, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, have been announced....
Crime Writers in Residence – at home with SM Hardy
The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. I live in Torquay with my husband and spent twenty-eight years working for a major bank. After taking voluntary redundancy in 2001 I spent another fourteen or so years working ...
Films Preserved and Restored: Friday 10 August to Sunday 12 August 2018
This is a residential weekend course organised by the Cosmopolitan Film Club (non-profit) which is running at Chester University Campus on Films Preserved and Restored (i.e. vintage movies which have been improved by new technology). Amongst the eig...
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