The Crime Writers’ Association

Elite Sponsorship Package

Elite Sponsorship Package Gold Dagger Ian Fleming Steel Dagger* John Creasey First Novel Dagger* Twisted Dagger Whodunnit Dagger   * indicates that the award currently has a sponsorSponsoring an Elite Dagger provides the f...


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...


Prestige Dagger Sponsorship

Prestige Sponsorship Package Historical Dagger Gold Dagger for Nonfiction* Dagger in the Library Crime Fiction in Translation* Short Story Dagger Emerging Author Dagger   *indicates that this award has a current sponsor...


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...


Hastings Literary Festival

We have a series of workshops for writers, performances, panel discussions, a book fair, films, lots of author talks, competitions (short story, poem and flash fiction) with great prizes, free events for children and of course the opportunity to meet...


Flappers, fops and murder: writing crime fiction in the jazz age

Newcastle author Fiona Veitch Smith, whose debut historical crime novel, The Jazz Files, has been shortlisted for this year’s Crime Writers Association Historical Dagger Award, will be reading from The Jazz Files and her latest book in the Poppy De...


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 ...


Murder Ancient and Modern with Judith Cutler and Edward Marston

Embark on a literary journey into the intriguing realms of crime fiction with authors Edward Marston and Judith Cutler. Join us for an extraordinary evening as these prolific crime writing partners, with a collective repertoire of over 70 novels, sha...


An Evening with Jonathan Whitelaw

On Wednesday, 15 May, at 6.30pm, join award-winning author Jonathan Whitelaw at Waterstones Carlisle for an evening of questions, book chat and everything else.  The event celebrates the launch of Jonathan's new book, The Concert Hall Killer, the la...


Crime Comes to Hastings

As part of the first (ever!) Hastings Literary Festival we’re looking into the world of crime fiction. Sophie Hannah, whose authorized re-imagined Agatha Christie tales sit neatly alongside her own crime novels, will be discussing the joys and chal...


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