Submissions for CWA Daggers now open
Submissions are now open for the CWA Daggers. Nominations (publishers only) can be submitted via our dedicated site www.thedaggers.co.uk...
Bookshop of the Month – May 2022: Beccles Books
In conversation with Elly Griffiths Beccles Books 1 Exchange House, Exchange Square, Beccles, Suffolk NR34 9HH Tel: 01502 716806 https://www.facebook.com/becclesbooks/ It’s 11 years since Lee Mason founded Beccles Books. He had been work...
London Book Fair and Byte the Book
London Book Fair runs at Olympia this year from Tuesday 14 to Thursday 16 March. As a book-lover, it's always a fabulous event to visit, whether or not you have business there. http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/ Byte the Book also have a few seminars...
National Crime Reading Month
In June there are lots of events going on all over the country – author talks, panels, books signings – even a murder mystery evening. Where do you find out what’s going on in your neck of the woods? Go to www.crimereadingmonth.co.uk – it’s...
Murder One, Ireland’s International Crime Writing Festival
Brought to you online for the past two years, Murder One, Ireland’s International Crime Writing Festival is back with a bang from 4-9 October with a host of in person and online events at a new venue, Dun Laoghaire’s stunning dlr LexIcon Library ...
The Board
The Board The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) is a company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales (no. 3495776). It’s a non-campaigning, non-sectarian body. Our primary objective is to promote the prestige and appreciation ...
CWA Dagger Awards – Shortlist
The Crime Writers’ Association has unveiled the shortlisted authors for five categories in the 2015 Dagger awards during an official reception at this year’s CRIMEFEST in Bristol. Authors, publishers and delegates assembled to hear the Dag...
Tell us about a new book
Tell us about a new book Fill out this form to tell us about your upcoming book, for inclusion in Red Herrings’ Hot Off the Press feature and our social media ‘Publication Day’ posts. Submit your book at least one week before its publicat...
AGM 2024 Voting Form
AGM 2024 Voting Form Voting has now closed....
National Crime Reading Month off to a blazing start!
National Crime Reading Month kicked off with simultaneous launches in London, Belfast and Edinburgh - appropriately in one of Waterstones flagship stores in Piccadilly; No Alibis, an independent bookshop, and in Edinburgh Central Library. In Londo...
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