The Crime Writers’ Association

Book Launch

Join @Jennie_Ensor for the online book launch of her thrilling book Silenced by @Jennie_Ensor and of The Dark Side of Christmas, an anthology of twisted winter tales by @hobeckbooks authors. Crime fiction and thriller fans, bloggers and authors, plea...


William Ryan at Chiswick Book Festival

William Ryan, author of the acclaimed Inspector Korolev series set in Russia in the 1930s and of the forthcoming The Constant Soldier, is a featured author at the Chiswick Book Festival. Savage Continent: Fiction and the Fall of Nazi Germany Toge...


Book Launch: Flames of Anarchy


Essex Book Festival’s Golden Age of Crime

CWA members Helen Barrell, Simon Brett and Isabelle Grey are hosting various events within the Essex Book Festival's homage to Golden Age crime writing - and crime writing today! Join Essex Book Festival for a weekend of sleuthing in Southend-on-...


On behalf of the late Seán Haldane – Book Launch with Music


Glenda Young Book Signing

Join bestselling author Glenda Young for a book signing and meet and greet at The Book Nook Bookshop, 44 High St, Old Town, Bridlington. Come and say hello! Glenda will be signing her award-nominated Seaview Hotel cosy crimes, set in Scarborough....


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 Authors at the Yeovil Literary Festival

The Yeovil Literary Festival is running from Thurs 28 Oct to Wed 3 Nov, and as part of the festival Yeovil Library are hosting 5 amazing crime authors, including CWA member Elly Griffiths. Tickets are £5 or £4 if you hold a Somerset Libraries card...


Meet Liz Webb talking about ‘The Daughter’ – Waterstones Events

Waterstones Crouch End will be welcoming author Liz Webb for an evening to discuss her new novel The Daughter. Join us for an evening of great conversation and bookish talk. Refreshments available About the book I lean in and whisper the questio...


Exclusive Author Masterclasses: An Evening with Tony Parsons

Working with Book Aid International, we’re thrilled to reveal a one-off series of evening masterclasses with authors keen to offer insight into their novels and the writing process. Thursday 24th May Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square, Londo...


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