June is National Crime Reading Month
Libraries, booksellers, publishers and festivals are taking part in National Crime Reading Month this month, while crime writers are contributing videos and blogs to the dedicated site with more posted almost every day of June. National Crime Read...
It’s All In the Point of View by Jared Cade
If you ask most people what point of view is, they will probably answer along the lines: ‘It’s whether you write in the first person (I thought he looked ill) or third person (She thought he looked ill). It’s a little more complicated than that...
Norwich Crime Writing Festival 2018
Thursday 13 – Sunday 16 September Across the city, Norwich, Norfolk £87 season pass (individual tickets available) Book online noirwich.co.uk or call 01603 877177 Join us for the fifth Noirwich Crime Writing Festival; the region’s largest an...
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An Evening with Jonathan Whitelaw
On Wednesday, 15 May, at 6.30pm, join award-winning author Jonathan Whitelaw at Waterstones Carlisle for an evening of questions, book chat and everything else. The event celebrates the launch of Jonathan's new book, The Concert Hall Killer, the la...
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Welcome… To the Members' Area of the CWA website. Here you can download the latest Red Herrings, complete your author profile, read more about membership benefits, find local chapters, get advice on promoting your books, and much more. Use the ...
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...
Whitelaw wins fiction award at Lakeland
Congratulations to CWA member Jonathan Whitelaw who picked up the fiction prize for his 2022 novel The Bingo Hall Detectives at the 39th annual Lakeland Book of the Year Awards. The Lakeland Book of the Year celebrates top-quality writing inspired...
“Killing People for Fun and Profit” a guest lecture by Val McDermid
The Literary Leicester Festival welcomes bestselling author Val McDermid cto Leicester discuss her writing, her inspirations and the fatal attraction of crime fiction. CWA Diamond Dagger recipient, Val McDermid, has sold over 15 million books to d...
Trying Again, by Sherry Rankin
I do not have a risk-taking personality. The whole idea of attempting to find an agent and get published always seemed so daunting to me that, for decades, I was afraid even to try. I always loved to write, however. So a few years ago, I took stock o...
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