Review CWA Dagger-Shortlisted Titles
Did you know that the CWA have set up a website where people can leave reviews of the shortlisted books for the CWA Daggers 2017? http://daggerreads.co.uk/readers/ No prizes I’m afraid, but as it’s moderated, it’s especially nice to see your na...
CWA Dagger Shortlists Announced
The 2022 shortlists for the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger awards, which honour the very best in the crime-writing genre, have been announced. Created in 1955, the world-famous CWA Daggers are the oldest awards in the genre ...
Noirwich Crime Writing Festival
Noirwich celebrates the reading and writing of crime fiction. In addition to bringing together some of today's top crime writing talent, the festival, associated with the University of East Anglia's Creative Writing Programme, looks at the crime genr...
Crime and Thrillers at the Edinburgh Book Festival
The 2023 Edinburgh Book Festival features a lively lineup of authors and personalities from the mystery, crime, and thrillers genres. Catch Ragnar Jonasson and Katrin Jakobsdottir in conversation with Val McDermid. Mark Billingham and Doug Johnstone ...
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...
Alis Hawkins’ Indie Bookshop Tour – Machynlleth
Pen’rallt Bookshop, Machynlleth: Alis Hawkins is celebrating National Crime Reading Month and the publication of In Two Minds, the second in her Teifi Valley Coroner historical crime series by visiting all of Wales’s independent bookshops. ...
CWA & Society of Authors Events for Writers at Harrogate
Are you a writer? On Saturday 21 July the Society of Authors is running a full day of crime-writing events at the Majestic, Harrogate and if you’d like to attend, tickets including lunch and refreshments throughout the day are £75. (Note: discount...
William Ryan at Chiswick Book Festival
William Ryan, author of the acclaimed Inspector Korolev series set in Russia in the 1930s and of the forthcoming The Constant Soldier, is a featured author at the Chiswick Book Festival. Savage Continent: Fiction and the Fall of Nazi Germany Toge...
Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival – Harrogate
The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival is back at Agatha Christie’s old haunt: the Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate, Thursday 21 – Sunday 24 July. It promises to be one sizzler of a weekend. The 2022 Festival guarantees thrills, and perhap...
Lee Child – Landmark & Legacy
To celebrate the deposit of Lee Child's Archive at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and twenty-five years since the publication of the first Jack Reacher novel, we are hosting two landmark events to explore Child's legacy and the evolution of the ...
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