Byte The Book – Valued Voices: How Much is Your Writing Worth?
What's it all about?: Join us for the first of our events at the beautiful Home House (the site of the original Courtauld Institute). Our panel will be discussing the findings of ALCS’ Author Earnings Survey and asking such questions as, how much ...
Crime and the City Talk
Duncan Campbell – Crime and the City - City of London Police Museum, Guildhall Library December 8th, 6pm, Drinks reception 7pm From Thief-taker General to the Krays, from the world’s first crime reporter to the trial of the News of the World pho...
CWA Daggers Announced
Chris Whitaker, Clare Mackintosh, Michael Robotham, Vaseem Khan and Peter May win 2021 CWA Daggers. The winners of the 2021 CWA Daggers, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, have been announced. The prestigious Crime Write...
Margery Allingham Short Mystery Prize Winner to Be Announced 17 June
The world-famed Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) has announced the shortlist for its Margery Allingham Short Mystery competition, with the winner to be announced online on 17 June at midday. The competition celebrates the classic mystery story, ...
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Debut Dagger Tips: Kristina Stanley
Prepare to be deeply jealous when you find out the circumstances in which Kristina Stanley penned her Debut Dagger shortlisted novel, Blaze. However, despite a deeply glamourous writing story, the Canadian newcomer faced the same struggle as a...
Awards & competitions
Awards & Competitions The CWA hosts a number of awards and competitions. Many of these are for books nominated by publishers and selected by independent judging panels, others are awards made by the CWA or other bodies, such as libraries. Yet ot...
North Norfolk U3A – True Crime: One Day Conference
The North Norfolk U3A One Day Conference includes the following presentation: Norfolk Murder - From Stanfield Hall to the last person to hang in the county – Neil Storey The Secret Poisoner - A history of poison murder in the 19th Century - Linda ...
How are Independent Publishers Shaking Up the Book Industry?
Byte the Book's last event of the year, sponsored by the Publishers Association, looks at the rise of independent publishers. Discussion: Independent publishers have been transforming the publishing industry in recent times, by winning prizes and se...
Shetland Noir 2023
Shetland Arts is delighted to announce the return of Shetland Noir from 15-18th June 2023. The festival will run from the evening of Thursday to Sunday evening, at Shetland’s arts venue in Lerwick, Mareel, and will include a variety of fun ...
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