CWA Dagger Awards Longlists Announced
The 2021 longlists for the prestigious CWA Dagger awards, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, have been announced. The world-famous Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Daggers are the oldest awards in the genre, and have been synony...
The CWA board
The CWA board As of September 2021 Chair & Officers Chair Vaseem Khan Treasurer Andrew Subramaniam Membership Coordinator, Communications Manager Jess Faraday General Coordinator Heather Fitt Inbox Secretary Vicki Go...
Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin Named New SOA Chair
Congratulations to Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, who has been elected new Chair of the Society of Authors. The novelist and founder of writing.ie takes over from Joanne Harris to begin two-year term as Chair of the SoA’s board of directors Vanessa Fo...
Clapham Book Festival
Clapham’s distinctive and quirky book festival, inaugurated in 2016, will showcase top-notch historians, broadcasting big names, bestselling fiction writers and a compelling crime panel. On the crime panel at 3pm CWA Historical Dagger winner (20...
Robert Richardson R.I.P.
The CWA announces with great sadness the death of author Robert Richardson, one of the most popular and respected figures in the CWA over recent decades. Uniquely, Robert served two distinct terms as Chair of the CWA; in 1993-1994 and 2006-2007, and ...
The Great Summer Crime Fiction Debate
CrimeTime.FM introduces 'The Great Summer Crime Fiction Debate' about the best crime books from 2010 to 2020. On Thursday 8 July at 7.30pm Barry Forshaw will be grilling CWA Chair Maxim Jakubowski, Laura Wilson, Victoria Selman, Paul Burke and Ayo O...
Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition 2020
Shortlisted
Jennifer Harvey
One Bright Blue Day in Amsterdam
Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition 2020
Winner
Della Millward
A Time to Confess
Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition 2020
Shortlisted
Laila Murphy
Sting in the Tail
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