Aspiring writers
Aspiring writers The CWA supports not only the crime-writing present, but the future of crime writing by extending a helping hand to new, unpublished writers....
Bookseller of the Month: November 2022 – Bert’s Books
As part of the new CWA Bookshops Champion initiative, we want to celebrate bookshops, because we believe bookshops don’t just sell our books – they bring our streets alive. This month, William Shaw introduces us to Bert's Books in Swindon. Ber...
What Happened When I Won the Debut Dagger by Shelley Burr
When I entered the Debut Dagger, my wild dream was to make the longlist so I would have something to put in my almost bare author bio.The day I won was surreal. Despite the CWA’s urging I didn’t fly from Australia to London for the ceremony, as I...
Murder by Water – Canals, Rivers and Crime Fiction
Best-selling author of the Cooper and Fry novels, Stephen Booth (‘A modern master’ The Guardian) joins Worcestershire-based crime author Andy Griffee for a lively discussion of dark waters and deadly secrets. Stephen's latest book (Drowned Lives)...
CWA Debut Dagger Open for Submissions
Entries are being invited from uncontracted writers for the coveted CWA Debut Dagger Award. Authors shortlisted for the Debut Dagger come to the direct attention of interested literary agents and publishers. M W Craven who won the 2019 Gold Da...
A fond farewell to M C Beaton, by Barry Forshaw
Barry Forshaw, author of Crime Fiction: A Reader’s Guide, on MC Beaton (aka Marion Chesney), the creator of Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth, who has died at 83. Although many crime novels fit more or less comfortably into a clearly defined categor...
Ann Cleeves and Cath Staincliffe
A special pre-Festival event with two award-winning, bestselling crime writers. Cath Staincliffe is a novelist, radio playwright and the creator of ITV’s hit series, Blue Murder, and the Scott & Bailey novels, based on the popular TV series, a...
Pauline Rowson at Totton Library
Adventure, mystery, heroes and the sea have always held a fascination for Pauline Rowson so it wasn’t surprising that she turned to crime – writing that is – and created an exciting series of marine based crime novels set against the atmospher...
Alibis in the Archives
Back by popular demand, Alibis in the Archive (in association with the Crime Writers’ Association and The Detection Club) returns for a third year to bring some of the UK’s best-loved crime writers to Hawarden. Over a weekend of talk sessions and...
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