The Crime Writers’ Association

Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival

Join Louise Mumford, Elly Griffiths, Sarah Ward, Sarah Bax-Horton and more at Wales's first crime festival! Join crime fiction lovers online 16-18 and 22-24 April 2024 for a series of very special presentations. Check out the programme and book your ...


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Reporter sleuths & crime fiction

Reporter Sleuths in Crime Fiction: Join crime author Fiona Veitch Smith in conversation with Warwickshire Libraries, Newcastle Libraries and the British Library. Warwickshire Libraries, in partnership with Newcastle Libraries and the British Libra...


The secrets of successful crime writing at Hythe Library

The secrets of successful crime writing at Hythe Library, Hampshire Monday 10th February 2020 2.00pm If you enjoy reading gripping fast-paced crime novels full of twists and turns, compelling, multi-layered with great characters then Pauline Rowson'...


CSI Winchester 2020

POSTPONED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS.   CSI Winchester 2020 where the cream of crime fiction meets real life crime experts. Crime authors Pauline Rowson and Graham Hurley will be debating crime fiction and crime fact with crime experts Carolyn Lovell,...


An Evening with Lynda La Plante

At London Book Fair/ London Book & Screen Week this March, join Lynda la Plante, the queen of crime drama, for a gin cocktail as she discusses her illustrious career across page, stage and screen and offers a preview of her forthcoming book Burie...


The Killer Women Festival of Crime Writing & Drama

CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS Now in its fourth year, the capital’s only exclusively author-led festival will take place on Sunday 15 March 2020 - at Brown’s Courtrooms, Covent Garden, London. The 2020 festival will include appearances by, amongs...


Killer Women Weekend – Open to All!

Will you write the next crime bestseller? Learn the art & craft of crime fiction from bestselling authors including: Rachel Abbott, Mark Billingham, Erin Kelly, Mick Herron, Stuart MacBride, Sarah Pinborough, Cally Taylor. Pitch your idea to...


Wine and Crime Evening

Crime writers Susanna Beard and Jane Isaac, plus crime science writer Brian Price, will be talking at a Wine and Crime Event at Somerset Hall, Portishead, nr Bristol on Friday 13th March in aid of Brains for Dementia Research. Tickets are £10 which...


Darkside of Brighton

Join some of today's most exciting voices in crime fiction, including William Shaw, Vaseem Khan, Elly Griffiths, Leigh Russell, Graham Bartlett and more, for a deliciously dark weekend at the Old Ship Hotel in Brighton. Book your tickets at https:/...


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