CWA Dagger Awards Dinner
Thursday 25 October Grange City Hotel, 8-14 Cooper's Row, London EC3N 2BQ 7pm - late The publishing world gathers to celebrate the very best in crime writing. Whether your interest is professional or simply through a love of crime fiction ...
The Back Doors to Death: a talk on 19th century forensic scientist Alfred Swaine Taylor
Tucked away in the West Cemetery is the unassuming grave of Alfred Swaine Taylor (1806-1880), one of the nineteenth-century’s most well-known forensic scientists. At this talk, find out about Taylor’s cases, both well-known and obscure, his inter...
An evening with author Helen Barrell: a talk on 19th century forensic scientist Alfred Swaine Taylor
To coincide with Lacy Scott & Knight’s auction of professional and personal effects belonging to ‘Father of British Forensic Science’ Professor Alfred Swaine Taylor (1806-1880) - eminent toxicologist, pioneer photographer, and expert witnes...
Crime writing: How to write the science
Brian Price, author of "Crime writing: How to write the science” will be giving a talk on scientific errors in crime fiction, and how to avoid them, at the University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol on October 17th at 17:00. The...
Mick Herron and Sarah Hilary – London Rules and Come and Find Me
Wells Festival of Literature: Literary Festival in Somerset This gripping new event brings three brilliant thriller writers together for a nail-biting session. Mick Herron’s Jackson Lamb spy novel series has gained many accolades with the first Slo...
Breakfast Byte – Facebook Ads: How Do You Promote To Generate Sales?
Breakfast Byte Facebook Ads workshop at the Groucho Club on Wednesday 30 January. Title: Facebook Ads: How Do You Promote To Generate Sales? Refreshments: A light breakfast is included in the ticket price. Speaker: This Byte the Book workshop will be...
Peter James Remembers Carole Blake
Carole Blake: An Appreciation by Peter James I was at a publishing party in 1993 when an apparition swept towards me, champagne glass in hand, a rock the size of a planet hanging around her neck and wild, velvet shoes. ‘I just want to tell you I...
Crime Time at Clapham Book Festival
CWA Diamond Dagger winner Simon Brett, OBE and author, barrister and Crown Court Judge Nicola Williams open the eight-day Clapham Book Festival with Crime Time, a discussion of Williams's fiction and her new book, Until Proven Innocent. Thriller wr...
Crime Writers in Residence – at home with AJ Waines
The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. My name is AJ Waines. I used to be a psychotherapist and have an irrepressible curiosity over the secrets people keep, their hidden motives for radical actions and the ‘masks...
Writers in Residence – at home with Rachel Sargeant
The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. I’m a full-time author, living in Gloucestershire. Brought up in Lincolnshire, I have also lived in London, Shropshire, Germany and Wales and like to feature places I know i...
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