The Crime Writers’ Association

CWA authors in ‘Mug Shot’ video interviews through June

A newly-launched initiative designed to showcase crime writers will feature in National Crime Reading Month in June with four authors talking about their craft and the publishing industry. Launched in January, Mug Shots is run by Tall Tales Mysterie...


Murder at the Seaview Hotel Book Launch

Thursday November 11 2021 at 2pm Join author Glenda Young in a Q&A by Zoom with Gemma Alexander of Scarborough's South Cliff Gardens. Join Sunderland's best-selling author Glenda Young online as she launches her debut cosy crime Murder at the S...


Debut Dagger 2019

Longlisted


Mairi Campbell-Jack

Self Help for Serial Killers


CWA Conference

For more details see the latest copy of Red Herrings or the members only website (for digital members). Location: Norwich...


Crime Fiction in Translation with Love Reading

This week to celebrate National Crime Reading Month, Love Reading have put together a list of their favourite Crime Fiction in translation, including Antti Tuomainen’s Little Siberia that was shortlisted for the CWA’s Crime Fiction in Translation...


‘Listen with Lindsey’

'Listen with Lindsey' is a Zoom event hosted by bestselling mistress of Roman crime, Lindsey Davis. On the first or second Tuesday of the month, and in November Tuesday 2nd, Lindsey hosts a free event where she reads from her work. Expect a starring...


CrimeFest

CrimeFest, a veritable smorgasbord of who's who in crime writing, is a four-day-long festival held in Bristol May 19-22. For details please see the CrimeFest website. There's a mindblowing programme and all for a very reasonable fee. The CWA will b...


Gŵyl CRIME CYMRU Festival

Join us for Wales’s very first international crime fiction festival, Gŵyl CRIME CYMRU Festival. It kicks off in Aberystwyth this spring with its own unique brand of murder, mystery and criminal mayhem. From April 21-23 you can join bestsellers...


Contact

Contact The CWA has a variety of contact points depending on the enquiry, so it’s very helpful if you can direct your message to the appropriate address. Please also remember that many of our officers are authors who volunteer their time, and allo...


June is National Crime Reading Month

Events related to reading crime fiction and non-fiction are taking place up and down the country in June. CWA members are talking about their novels and their lives in crime, hosting seminars, signing books and taking part in literary festivals. To ...


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