Meeting and networking
Meeting and networking The CWAâs 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 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...
Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin Named New SOA Chair
Congratulations to Vanessa Fox OâLoughlin, who has been elected new Chair of the Society of Authors. The novelist and founder of writing.ie takes over from Joanne Harris to begin two-year term as Chair of the SoAâs board of directors Vanessa Fo...
Vaseem Khan elected Chair of the CWA
Vaseem Khan has been elected as the new Chair of the CWA at the association's AGM earlier this month, taking over from Maxim Jakubowski, who ably steered the CWA Chair for three years. Vaseem is the first non-white author to chair the CWA. Vaseem ...
New CWA Anthology Published 22 February
The Crime Writersâ Association (CWA) has released a new collection of crime stories written by its members. Music of the Night, edited by Martin Edwards, invited CWA authors to submit short stories on the theme of music. An array of award-winnin...
Crime Author Panel â Mostly Books, Abingdon
Come along to Mostly Books for a spine-tingling night out with best-selling crime writers Cara Hunter,J.P. Delaney, Olivia Kiernan and William Shaw. This event is an absolute must for Crime Fiction fans. Cara Hunterâs upcoming book: No Wa...
2021 winning story
Heartbridge Homicides - Camilla Macpherson âHavenât seen you before,â said Janet, as she approached the thin, nervy-looking man waiting at the red and white parking barrier. Beyond the barrier (so near, but yet so far) lay the studio where H...
2020 winning story
A Time to Confess - Della Millward âIn my experience, those who beg for mercy seldom deserve it.â Alex Masonâs clear voice carried across the dry air of the cavern and Peter was glad there werenât many people around to hear her. Sometim...
2020 highly commended story
Sting in the Tail - Laila Murphy Did you know that insects are among the most successful species on Earth? They outlived dinosaurs. Theyâll outlive us. My speciality is wasps. Vespology. Wasps get a bad deal. People are afraid of them but the...
2020 highly commended story
Voices - Lauren Everdell âSomeone do the handoff?â âJane Doe, Patient Foxtrot Alpha One One, found semi-conscious in an alley. Multiple stab wounds to the torso and apparent blunt force trauma to the back of the skull. Query traumatic brai...
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