Crime Writers in Residence – at home with Maggie Hamand
The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. I am a former journalist, a novelist and creative writing lecturer at the University of Hull. I studied biochemistry as a first degree and have a Masters in theology so science...
Crime Panel with Leigh Russell & L.C. Tyler
Crime Panel with international bestselling crime authors Leigh Russell & L.C. Tyler joined by crime writers John Nightingale and Mick Finlay. Leigh Russell Hailed as a ‘rare talent’ by the Daily Mail and ‘unmissable’ by Lee Ch...
Detective Novels and the First World War
8 March: History Seminar at University of Westminster In this talk Professor Jane Mattisson Ekstam of Østfold University College, Norway, discusses the relationship between detective novels and representation of the First World War. That war provid...
Clapham Book Festival and Crimeland, London
Just what makes writers locate their stories where they do? Clapham Book Festival tackles murder and mayhem head-on and brings together two writers, Vaseem Khan and Mark Lawson, to explore their literary landscapes. As they assess in particular the i...
St. Hilda’s Crime Fiction Weekend 2024
A Dance to the Music of Crime: the artful path to murder A crime fiction weekend like no other – from its beginnings, St Hilda’s Crime Fiction Weekend has drawn readers from all over the world to Oxford to hear their favourite authors explore ...
Future crime: Detection and prevention
The talk will discuss whether artificial intelligence will ever be able to predict a crime before it happens, how future technology might help prevent and fight crime and how we will ensure that any new technology of techniques will not impinge on pe...
The Board
The Board The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) is a company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales (no. 3495776). It’s a non-campaigning, non-sectarian body. Our primary objective is to promote the prestige and appreciation ...
New Frontiers in Forensics, Crime and Security: Forensic Outreach Conference
Royal Institution, Oct 18 Open to everyone, this event by Forensic Outreach is one the CWA is pleased to promote to crime writers and readers alike. Meet pioneering forensic scientists and detectives – the real-life versions of the characters yo...
Gold Dagger
Gold Dagger This award is for the best crime novel by an author of any nationality, originally written in English and first published in the UK during the judging period. The broadest definition of the crime novel applies. Eligible books include thr...
An Evening of Crime Fiction at Waterstones, Liverpool
Join us for an evening of crime fiction with local authors Caz Finlay and Caroline Corcoran as they discuss their new releases, Part of the Family and Five Days Missing, in conversation with CWA member Caroline England. Caroline England is the au...
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