CANCELLED: Candlelight Crime Writing Salon
THIS EVENT HAS UNFORTUNATELY BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO VENUE ISSUES This January, Forensic Outreach is proud to announce our very first Candlelit Crime Writing Salon. Joining us at our inaugural salon on January 19th is the Editorial Director of Crim...
Dagger in the Library – shortlist announced
CWA 2014 Dagger in the Library Award shortlist announced Five authors have today been shortlisted for the CWA 2014 Dagger in the Library award, sponsored by Dead Good Books. This year, for the first time, readers compiled the long list as crim...
Date Changed to 11 Feb: Talk with Biographer of Real-Life Model for Sherlock Holmes
Please note the date for this event has now changed to Saturday 11th February 2017. CWA member Bryan Kesselman will be talking about his biography of Victorian private detective Ignatius Pollaky on Saturday 11th February at 5pm at Marylebone Librar...
Capital Crime
Capital Crime, Londonâs first crime and thriller festival, is coming this September to Covent Garden. With over 30 CWA members appearing, such as Peter James, Antonia Hodgson, Ian Rankin, Dreda Say Mitchell, Mark Edwards, Will Dean and MW Craven, t...
Crime Writing at Swanwick this Summer
Swanwick Writersâ Summer School runs from 12-18 August is pleased to be running two crime-related courses this year. Kate Bendelow, a serving Crime Scene Investigator with over fifteen yearsâ experience, will be running a course covering forensic...
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Ian Fleming said there was one essential criterion for a good thriller, âone simply has to turn the pagesâ. Eligible books in this category are thrillers set in any period and include, but are not limited to, spy fiction...
Granite Noir for the Heart of Darkness
Granite Noir is Aberdeenâs first book festival dedicated to crime fiction. 'Over three days weâll explore the enduring appeal of stories that plunge us into the heart of darkness - where morality is ambiguous, motives complicated, and even heroes...
Bookshop of the Month – April 2022: Reading Matters
On behalf of the late SeĂĄn Haldane – Book Launch with Music
Dagger in the Library
The Dagger in the Library is one of six highly prized CWA Dagger Awards, which have been awarded to crime writers since 1955. It is a unique literary award in that it offers a chance for readers to nominate their favourite British crime fiction autho...
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