Escaping from Greece with Jason Monaghan
In an ideal world that should be ‘Escaping to Greece’, as like so many other Brits I’m just longing for some sunshine and warm sea. The closest I’ve come so far this pandemic is organising ‘Greek Nite’ for my family bubble, with kebabs, d...
CWA Annual Conference: Edinburgh, April 2017
CWA Edinburgh Conference 21 – 23 April 2017 The CWA Annual Conference, open to CWA members only, is shaping up to be a lot of fun – and a chance to get together with fellow writers in a superb setting in Edinburgh, the Jekyll and Hyde of cities ...
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Join the CWA Who can join? We offer full membership for those in the UK and overseas who have had published a full length work of crime fiction or non-fiction, and provisional membership for those who have a contract from a recognised publishing ho...
CWA welcome pack
CWA welcome packNew members are sent a welcome pack PDF when they join the CWA, to outline the benefits of membership and act as a handy guide to our activities and contacts. We invite all members, from recent to longstanding, to download the PDF ...
Escaping to Find Inspiration with Sam Blake
We’re not quite escaping lockdown yet here in Ireland where I live, we can’t travel outside of the country until 19th July and our hotels and restaurants have only opened to outdoor dining this week (2nd June), but I can’t WAIT to travel again....
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...
Bookshop of the Month – August 2022: Imagined Things Bookshop
Georgia Eckert from Imagined Things Bookshop in conversation with William Shaw. In 2018, Imagined Things Bookshop, in Harrogate, became known as the bookshop that was saved by a tweet. On 25 June 2018, bookshop owner, Georgia Eckert, let the wor...
MURDER MILE: AN EVENING WITH LYNDA LA PLANTE
There are few names who mean as much to crime fans as Lynda La Plante, creator of the phenomenally successful Prime Suspect and Widows TV series, and bestselling author. The ‘Queen of Crime Drama’ will discuss her extraordinary career and new boo...
CWA Daggers Longlists announced for 2022
The 2022 longlists for the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger awards, which honour the very best in the crime-writing genre, have been announced. Created in 1955, the world-famous CWA Daggers are the oldest awards in the genre and...
CWA Dagger Longlists Announced
We are delighted to reveal the long listed authors for the CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger, the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger. The results were revealed mid-way through National Crime Reading Month and the shortli...
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