Crime Writers in Residence – at home with Marissa De Luna
The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. I grew up in Goa and moved to England when I was a teenager. I now live in Oxford with my husband and two children and work as a Development Manager for a housing association i...
Crime Writers in Residence – at home with John Dean
The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. A journalist by trade, I worked as a crime reporter on newspapers for part of my career, which gave me ample material for my crime novels. I ran my own business for 21 years, s...
Elite Sponsorship Package
Elite Sponsorship Package Gold Dagger Ian Fleming Steel Dagger* John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger* Twisted Dagger Whodunnit Dagger * indicates that the award currently has a sponsorSponsoring an Elite Dagger provides the f...
Prestige Dagger Sponsorship
Prestige Sponsorship Package Historical Dagger Gold Dagger for Nonfiction* Dagger in the Library Crime Fiction in Translation* Short Story Dagger Emerging Author Dagger *indicates that this award has a current sponsor...
Crime in the North East Festival
22 & 23 February 2019 Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts, Newcastle University. Whodunnit? NCLA in the frame for crime fiction festival. One of the most popular and intriguing forms of fiction comes under suspicion at Newcastle Univ...
Promote yourself
Promote yourself Members can take advantage of our wide range of platforms to promote books, news and events, including our main CWA website, the Crime Readers’ Association (CRA) website and our regular monthly newsletters. Here are some of the wa...
Meeting and networking
Meeting and networking The CWA’s members are professional authors, agents, editors, reviewers, bloggers and booksellers working in the crime genre. Bringing them together, whether for business or pleasure, is a key benefit of membership. Ninety pe...
Crime Writing Course with Claire McGowan
Spread the Word, London’s literature and writer development agency, are thrilled that Claire McGowan will be running an intensive weekend course on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 March at Ideas Store, Whitechapel, London E1 1BU. The weekend masterclass...
Crime Writing Course with Claire McGowan
Spread the Word, London’s literature and writer development agency, is thrilled that crime writer Claire McGowan will be running an intensive weekend course on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 March at Ideas Store. The weekend masterclass will teach part...
Noirwich Crime Writing Festival
Some of the top names in crime fiction will take part in the fourth Noirwich Crime Writing Festival, the fastest-growing crime festival in the UK, and the biggest in the east of England. Val McDermid, Anthony Horowitz, Martina Cole, Mark Billingham, ...
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