The Crime Writers’ Association

An Afternoon with Peter Lovesey

Join Bracknell Forest Library for an Afternoon With Peter Lovesey , online, Thursday 25 March at 3.30pm. Peter, who joined the CWA in 1969, won the Gold Dagger for The False Inspector Dew in 1982 and in 2000 was honoured with the Cartier Diamond Dagg...


Diamond Crime Zoom Masterclass in Editing

Some writers claim to hate them. Others won’t make a move without one firmly secured to their writing arm. Who are we talking about? BOOK COPY DEVELOPMENTAL LINE EDITORS Whether you love them or loathe them, editors they are a vital part of t...


Looking After Your Mental Health as a Writer. With Claire Seeber and Chris Merritt


The Meek Shall Inherit the Storyline – Talk

Best-selling crime novelist John Dean will give a talk looking at how conflict in the modern age drives crime fiction. John, whose books regularly feature in the best-selling charts on Amazon, is the creator of the DCI John Blizzard and DCI Jack Harr...


Films Preserved and Restored: Friday 10 August to Sunday 12 August 2018

This is a residential weekend course organised by the Cosmopolitan Film Club (non-profit) which is running at Chester University Campus on Films Preserved and Restored (i.e. vintage movies which have been improved by new technology). Amongst the eig...


Crime Time Roadshow

Join us for a criminally good evening as we swap stories and discuss what makes cop thrillers thrilling with Crime Fiction grandees Peter James, Simon Toyne, Graham Bartlett and William Shaw. Hosted by Crime Time FM’s Victoria Selman, host of On...


Best Practice: Best-Selling Conversations with Ruth Ware


The Best Bit of Writing Advice I Was Ever Given by Morgan Cry

Gordon Brown aka Morgan Cry When I signed a two-book deal with Polygon back in 2019 under the new name of Morgan Cry, I was ecstatic. I delivered both books to the publisher by late 2019 and thought, what do I do now? I knew that there was editing a...


How to Commit the Perfect Murder – Barbara Nadel

How to Commit the Perfect Murder - Barbara Nadel Is it possible to commit the perfect crime? In this age of technological advancement including DNA profiling, is it even reasonable to think that someone might be able to kill and get away with it? W...


Alice Boatwright and Heather Redmond

University Book Store celebrates the release of Death and the Sisters by Heather Redmond, in an evening with Heather Redmond and Alice Boatwright. Book your free tickets here....


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