Helen Golden: Author Q&A
On 27 June at 1.00pm, join author Helen Golden for a book signing and author Q&A!...
Charlie Flowers & Danielle Fray
On 6 September from 10.00am to 4.00pm, meet authors Charlie Flowers and Danielle Fray at Luton Comic Con! There will be graphic novels and trading cards! This event is free. More information here....
CrimeFest
CrimeFest has revealed its full line up for the four-day celebration of the UK’s most popular genre, hosted at the Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel, from Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 May, 2023. Alongside 2023 featured guests - stalwarts of the genre, Mar...
Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition
The Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition2026 longlist Author Title Tim Adler Shirley Temple Investigates Nicholas Avery St Peter Investigates J D Brinkworth Unexpected Item in the Bagging Area E L Faull Spid...
Murder in the Library!
Author Talk with Leye Adenle, Alison Bruce & James Carol Celebrate National Libraries Week with the launch of our new bi-monthly Crime Panel, where best-selling authors will visit Chiswick and Osterley Libraries. With the CWA Daggers due to be a...
Deadly: The Festival of Women Writing Crime
Deadly is the British Library’s inaugural festival celebrating women writing crime and it starts with a bang: the opening night on Friday 28 March features international best-seller Tess Gerritsen sharing her brand new book The Summer Guests, in w...
Dagger for Crime Fiction in Translation
Dagger for Crime Fiction in Translation Sponsored in honour of Dolores Jakubowski. This award is for crime novels (defined by the broadest definition to include thrillers, suspense novels and spy fiction) as long as the book was not originally wr...
Whodunnit Dagger
Whodunnit Dagger The Whodunnit Dagger celebrates books where the sex, swearing, and bloodletting take place offstage--books that focus on the intellectual challenge at the heart of a good mystery, and which revolve around often quirky characters. Bo...
Private: CWA Announces new Debut Dagger Sponsor
The Crime Writers’ Association has announced a new sponsor for its annual international writing competition for unpublished writers. The CWA Debut Dagger is to be sponsored by ProWritingAid, a platform that operates as a grammar checker, style edi...
Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition
The Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition...
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