CWA Dagger Winners to be Announced at Awards on Oct 25
For readers of crime – now officially the UK’s most popular genre of fiction – the CWA Daggers are the book awards to really sharpen your appetite. Ten Daggers are given away at a glittering black-tie dinner and the cream of the publishing indu...
Our Chapters
The CWA has members around the world. Our regional chapters help members to connect with other writers in the same geographical area. There are also international specialty chapters for nonfiction and neurodiverse authors. Our geographically-based...
Coastal Crime With Kate Evans and Glenda Young
Kate Evans and Glenda Young have both chosen the Yorkshire Coast as settings for their crime novels. In conversation with Nick Quantrill, they discuss how the sea and our coastal towns make a perfect backdrop for a thrilling mystery. Kate Evans wr...
Publishers, agents, editors and bloggers
Publishers, agents, editors and bloggers We raise the profile of crime-writing, and the publishers and agents behind the books, with our Dagger awards, the most prestigious for crime fiction and non-fiction in the UK. For the majority of the Daggers...
Crime at the Castle – 24th February 2018
A fabulous all-day event at Glamis Castle near Dundee, with a full programme of author speakers, writing sessions held over four time slots. You choose who you want to listen to and when. As the castle won’t yet have opened for the season, many of...
Crime and the City Talk
Duncan Campbell – Crime and the City - City of London Police Museum, Guildhall Library December 8th, 6pm, Drinks reception 7pm From Thief-taker General to the Krays, from the world’s first crime reporter to the trial of the News of the World pho...
Alibis in the Archive
The world-renowned Gladstone Library on the North Wales/Cheshire border is to host a splendid feast of juicy crime writing dishes: Alibis in the Archive. The programme runs from the evening of Friday 9 June to Sunday 11 June 2017 and kicks off with ...
Women’s Voices from the Police
Police Museum Special Event: Thursday 9 March The role of women in policing the City of London is one of the most significant changes in the City of London Police Force over the past seven decades, seeing them rise “from giving advice to girls wh...
Erin Kelly at Gliterary Lunch, London
If you want to treat your clients, friends or simply yourselves to a entertaining afternoon listening to two bestselling authors talk about what lies behind their latest books while you enjoy good food, wine and conversation, please come and join us ...
Private: How To Hook An Agent
Three dates have been released for Writers & Artists most popular event, How To Hook An Agent (available at a 10% discount until midnight 7th January). These half-day events present a small group of writers with the opportunity to receive essenti...
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