The Crime Writers’ Association

Clapham Book Festival and Crimeland, London

Just what makes writers locate their stories where they do? Clapham Book Festival tackles murder and mayhem head-on and brings together two writers, Vaseem Khan and Mark Lawson, to explore their literary landscapes. As they assess in particular the i...


CWA Christmas Party

It’s beginning to look a lot like… 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. It’s time to book your t...


Kate Griffin: The Kitty Peck Mysteries

The Kitty Peck Mysteries (2016) (A book in the Kitty Peck series) An omnibus of novels by Kate Griffin Kitty Peck is taking on the underworld of London’s East End. The Music Hall Murders: It’s 1880 and dancing girls are going missing from ‘P...


The secrets of successful Crime Writing with internationally acclaimed Crime Author

Pauline Rowson is the author of twenty crime novels set against the backdrop of the sea on the South Coast of England. Fourteen of these feature the popular rugged and flawed Portsmouth copper, Inspector Andy Horton. Her new 1950 set crime novel, DE...


Brighton Conference – Walking Tours

On Saturday 20 April, conference attendees and their guests are invited to join us on one of two walking tours. Both tours depart at 2.30PM and cost £15 (£18 with VAT). Book  your tickets here. Murder and Mystery Walk  A fascinating walk wh...


CWA Dagger Longlists Announced

We are delighted to reveal the long listed authors for the CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger, the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger. The results were revealed mid-way through National Crime Reading Month and the shortli...


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...


CrimeFest

CrimeFest has revealed its full line up for the four-day celebration of the UK’s most popular genre, hosted at the Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel, from Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 May, 2023. Alongside 2023 featured guests - stalwarts of the genre, Mar...


The Meek Shall Inherit the Storyline – Talk

Best-selling crime novelist John Dean will give a talk looking at how conflict in the modern age drives crime fiction. John, whose books regularly feature in the best-selling charts on Amazon, is the creator of the DCI John Blizzard and DCI Jack Harr...


Thame Arts and Literature Festival: Alan Johnson in conversation with CWA member Dave Sivers

Alan Johnson’s childhood memoir This Boy was published in 2013. It won the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, and the Orwell Prize, Britain’s top political writing award. His second volume of memoirs Please Mr Postman (2014) won the Nati...


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