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About the CWA The CWA promotes, supports and celebrates crime writing, and writers of all crime fiction and non-fiction from across the globe. Weâre proud to be a growing, thriving community with membership encompassing authors of all ages and at ...
CWA 2024 Conference, Brighton
CWA CONFERENCE 2024, BRIGHTON 19-21 APRIL This yearâs conference takes place in beautiful Brighton and brings together our CWA community for a weekend of learning-centred activity in one of the UKâs most visited tourist hotspots. The 2024 con...
Tips 2017/2 for Debut Dagger Entrants
More tips from readers of Debut Dagger entries. Remember, each tip is only the view of one individual and, as we all know, individuals disagree. All Debut Dagger entries are read and scored by at least two readers. Avoid using too many commas, or...
Social media guide
Social media guide Between Twitter and Facebook the CWA has close to 30,000 social media followers, and also runs a Facebook group with more than 2,000 members. We encourage all members to take advantage of this reach! Twitter The CWA accoun...
The Debuts: What are you going to call it?
Choosing the title of your novel is almost as big a decision as deciding to write it in the first place. Do you go for something quirky and run the risk of people not understanding it â or choose a more obvious title which then doesnât sound inte...
The CWA Presents: Walking Through a Crime Scene Part 2
Part 2 â 'Murder Under the Microscope' with Dr Jim Fraser Learn with the Crime Experts 20 May 7.30pm Tickets: http://bit.ly/MurderUnderMicroscope The minds behind February's Blending Fact and Fiction have put together a thrilling three-p...
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...
Bookshop of the Month – April 2022: Reading Matters
Love Reading UK focuses on Crime for June
The very popular online book club, Love Reading UK, is focusing on all things crime writing for June. Throughout National Crime Reading Month they are showcasing crime-related titles, including many from our CWA member authors. This week they presen...
Martin Edwards Author Visit
Award winning author Martin Edwards visits Wigan Library. A member of the âMurder Squadâ collective of crime writers, Martin will be sharing his knowledge of the crime novel and his experiences of writing. Martin is the author of the mu...
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