Emerging Author Dagger Checklist
Have you followed the rules? This is the easy bit, so don’t risk disqualification by exceeding the word limit (don’t do this, not by even a few words) or forget to take your name off the manuscript. Word count for the entry form is that o...
Emerging Author Dagger Submission Info
The deadline is Monday 28 February, 6pm GMT. Read the full rules here; remember eligibility has changed this year. You can purchase your entry voucher before you enter so as to make the process less stressful. If you chose to pre-pay y...
Promote Yourself
Promote Yourself Members can take advantage of our wide range of platforms to promote books, news and events, including our main CWA website and our regular monthly newsletters. Here are some of the ways you can make best use of your benefits to pro...
Cheshire Crime Festival
Enjoy a full two days of crime writing fun at Cheshire's first crime writing festival! For more information, see their website....
Oracle with Julie Anderson
Come along to this author talk about a new thriller set in ancient Delphi which explores issues relevant today. About this Event Oracle by our guest, author Julie Anderson, is about justice - from the brutal, archaic form of blood vengean...
Maureen Paton at the Cheshire Crime Festival
On 7 February, from 11:45am-12:30pm, join authors Maureen Paton and Catherine Wimpeney for a discussion of Cosy Crime at the Cheshire Crime Writers' Festival! Learn more and book your tickets here....
Wine & Crime
Crime writers Brian Price (the DC Mel Cotton series) and BJ Mears (the Banyard and Mingle mysteries) will be hosting a wine and crime evening in aid of Weston-super-Mare food bank. The event will take place on 9 December between 7pm and 9pm at the...
Politics and Prose with Julie Anderson
In an age in which we are all citizen journalists and political commentators on social media and the political blog has found a place in the mainstream media in a way undreamed of thirty years ago, what place does political fiction have? The power s...
Private: CWA York Conference – gala dinner now FULL!
Although a month before registration deadline, our annual members get together - this year in York - has proved hugely popular. As a result, places for our Saturday night gala dinner are now full. However, there are still a few places available for t...
Private: CWA Conference York 2023
An Overview by Matthew Booth The old adage says that time flies when you’re having fun and, like many old sayings, it is true. And that probably explains why this year’s conference, held primarily in the Park Inn by Radisson in York, seemed to f...

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