Shortlists for the CWA Daggers
The CWA will be announcing the shortlists for the CWA Daggers at an event to be held on Wednesday 25 July 2018 at Daunts Books, 61 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6AX. CWA Dagger shortlists to be announced: Gold Dagger, Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, John Crease...
CWA Appoints Elly Griffiths as Booksellers Champion
The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) has appointed a new Booksellers Champion as Reading Month begins across the UK. Best-selling author Elly Griffiths has taken on the role which aims to build links between crime authors and bookshops. The C...
April 2023: York
April 2023: YorkVenue: Raddison Park Inn HotelAn Overview by Matthew Booth The old adage says that time flies when you’re having fun and, like many old sayings, it is true. And that probably explains why this year’s conference, held primarily in...
Martin Edwards Author Visit
Award winning author Martin Edwards visits Wigan Library. A member of the ‘Murder Squad’ collective of crime writers, Martin will be sharing his knowledge of the crime novel and his experiences of writing. Martin is the author of the mu...
AGM 2024
AGM 2024 The CWA would like to invite all paying members to our AGM which will take place on Saturday, 18 May, 2024, at 10:00am via Zoom. Here is the meeting link: Time: May 18, 2024 10:00 AM London https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89445619441?p...
CWA Appoints New Champions for Libraries
The Crime Writers’ Association has appointed new Libraries Champions based in England, Scotland and Wales. The trio take over from Ruth Dudley Edwards, the CWA’s very first Libraries Champion. The new champions are crime writers Priscilla Masters...
Agatha Christie Centenary Celebration
BIRTHDAY PARTY WILL CELEBRATE A CENTURY OF CHRISTIE CREATIVITY Diary date: Thursday 15 September 2016 Dame Agatha Christie’s home town marks her birthday and the 100th anniversary of the completion of her first crime no...
CWA Dagger Winners to be Announced at Awards on Oct 25
For readers of crime – now officially the UK’s most popular genre of fiction – the CWA Daggers are the book awards to really sharpen your appetite. Ten Daggers are given away at a glittering black-tie dinner and the cream of the publishing indu...
Gold Dagger 2021
Shortlisted
Thomas Mullen
Midnight Atlanta
Little, Brown Book Group
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