The Crime Writersโ€™ Association

The Great Summer Crime Fiction Debate

CrimeTime.FM introduces 'The Great Summer Crime Fiction Debate' about the best crime books from 2010 to 2020. On Thursday 8 July at 7.30pm Barry Forshaw will be grilling CWA Chair Maxim Jakubowski, Laura Wilson, Victoria Selman, Paul Burke and Ayo O...


Private: Dagger Awards to Carry Cash Prizes and Open to Authors to Self-Nominate from 2023

The CWA Daggers โ€“ synonymous with quality crime writing for over half a century โ€“ is set to again award cash prizes beginning in 2023, for titles published and nominated in 2022. Detail of the amounts will be announced next year. The CWA is delig...


CWA Christmas Party

Itโ€™s beginning to look a lot likeโ€ฆ The supermarket shelves are full of mince pies, the lights on Oxford Street are twinkling and various celebrities are heading to the Australian jungle. This can only mean one thing. Itโ€™s time to book your t...


Jacquie Rogers Reads at Colwall Arts Festival

Artists of all stripes, including writers, will be exhibiting and performing at the inaugural Colwall Arts Festival in Herefordshire, on the weekend of 7/8 August (11am-5pm).   CWA member Jacquie Rogers will be selling her books and will giv...


Bookseller of the Month – Jan 2023, Newham Bookshop

Vaseem Khan visits Newham Bookshop and speaks to owner Vivian Archer - and gets a little starstruck. 743-745 Barking Road London E13 9ER https://www.newhambooks.co.uk/ There arenโ€™t many bookshops in the UK run by a bona fide screen star. ...


Motherland by G. D. Abson Book Launch

Motherland by G. D. Abson is the first in the Natalya Ivanova series of 'Putin-noir' set in St Petersburg. Abson has been shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger. The official launch for the book is on Friday 27 April, 7pm (7.30pm start) at Keynsham Co...


In-person book-signing event in California

On 21 August at 2pm Pacific Time, author Sheila Lowe will talk in person about what led her to write her latest Claudia Rose Forensic Handwriting mystery, #8, Dead Letters, and answer questions about handwriting. It's a free, i-person book signingโ€...


Talk with Paul Finch

Join us for a talk with Author and scriptwriter Paul Finch. Having started out with a career in the Police, Paul left this profession to pursue a career in writing; penning scripts for popular TV show โ€˜The Billโ€™ before becoming an author. A write...


Book Launch & Author Signing with Daisy White

Book Launch & Author Signing at WH Smithโ€™s, 20, County Mall, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 1FF D.E. White will be celebrating the launch of the paperback version of Remember Me, her first psychological thriller for HQ Digital (HarperCollins). Pop ...


Book Launch, Author Signing & Q&A with Daisy White

Book Launch, Author Signing & Q&A at Waterstones, 8, The Carfax, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1DW D.E. White will be celebrating the launch of the paperback version of Remember Me, her first psychological thriller for HQ Digital (HarperCollins...


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