CrimeFest
The hugely successful international crime writing convention returns to Bristol for a 10th year. The team have published an anthology in celebration of this milestone and are looking forward to a fabulous event with Martina Cole as a Featured Author....
2022 winning story
Locked In - Scott Hunter There’s something singularly evil about a crime carried out in secret, don’t you think? Especially if it is repeated on a regular basis. And especially if the victim is powerless to prevent it. Let me explain my cir...
National Crime Reading Month off to a blazing start!
National Crime Reading Month kicked off with simultaneous launches in London, Belfast and Edinburgh - appropriately in one of Waterstones flagship stores in Piccadilly; No Alibis, an independent bookshop, and in Edinburgh Central Library. In Londo...
Crime Writers in Residence – at home with PJ Quinn
The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. As half of PJ Quinn I (Pauline Kirk) write the DI Ambrose mysteries with my daughter, Jo Summers. To date, we’ve collaborated on four novels: Foul Play, Poison Pen, Close Dis...
St. Hilda’s Crime Fiction Weekend 2024
A Dance to the Music of Crime: the artful path to murder A crime fiction weekend like no other – from its beginnings, St Hilda’s Crime Fiction Weekend has drawn readers from all over the world to Oxford to hear their favourite authors explore ...
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 – synonymous with quality crime writing for over half a century – 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...
The CWA Presents: Criminal Minds #2
Minds for Murder: Psychology of Killing – Dr Emma Donnelly At this online event, consultant clinical forensic psychologist and adviser to best-selling authors and screenwriter, Dr Emma Donnelly, will walk us through the psychology of a criminal...
Exclusive Author Masterclasses: An Evening with Tony Parsons
Working with Book Aid International, we’re thrilled to reveal a one-off series of evening masterclasses with authors keen to offer insight into their novels and the writing process. Thursday 24th May Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square, Londo...
Murder at the Seaview Hotel online book launch
Book Launch (online) as part of Sunderland Libraries Literature Festival Murder at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young Join Sunderland's best-selling author Glenda Young online as she launches her debut cosy crime Murder at the Seaview Hotel, publishe...
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