The Crime Writers’ Association

CWA 2024 Conference, Brighton

CWA CONFERENCE 2024, BRIGHTON 19-21 APRIL This year’s conference takes place in beautiful Brighton and brings together our CWA community for a weekend of learning-centred activity in one of the UK’s most visited tourist hotspots. The 2024 con...


cRYmE Day

Saturday 14th September 2019 10.30am – 4.30pm Rye Methodist Church TN31 7HE Performers: Simon Brett, Martin Edwards, William Shaw & Lynne Truss Rye’s first Cryme Day is a fabulous opportunity to meet, listen to and eat with four brilliant ...


Cryme Day

Rye’s first Cryme Day is a fabulous opportunity to meet, listen to and eat with four brilliant crime writers. Chaired by Guy Fraser-Sampson, the day will also include a murder-themed four-course lunch at The Mermaid Inn. Find out what makes crime ...


Why Aren’t I a Number One Bestseller Yet? With Agent Caroline Hardman and Publisher/Author Phoebe Morgan


Murder at The Word – Readers’ Day

A rare chance to meet all of Murder Squad (Ann Cleeves, Martin Edwards, Kate Ellis, Margaret Murphy, Chris Simms and Cath Staincliffe) at one event as well as forensics specialist Helen Pepper. Panel discussions and author talks for all crime reade...


Deadline Approaches for Booking Tickets to CWA Dagger Awards Gala Dinner

Midnight on Sunday, October 8 is the deadline for booking tickets to the CWA gala dinner on Thursday 26 October when the CWA Daggers will be awarded. Tickets should be booked by contacting admin@thecwa.co.uk . Full details are to be found on www.the...


International Translation Day 2017

International Translation Day is the annual event for the literary translation community. It is an opportunity for translators, students, publishers, booksellers, librarians, bloggers and reviewers to gather and network and debate significant issues...


Morecambe & Vice Crime Writing Festival

Authors Peter Robinson, Frances Brody, Elly Griffiths, Sarah Hilary, Mari Hannah and many more participate in a fabulous selection of events at Morecambe’s iconic Winter Gardens over the last weekend of September. Beginning with a Murder Mystery at...


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 ...


Murder Will Out: Heffers Crime presents a day of Crime, Thriller and Mystery Fiction

On Saturday 8th June, fifteen hand-picked crime writers will descend upon Cambridge for a murderously good day of panel discussions, book signings - and answering those author questions you've been just dying to ask. This is Murder Will Out. Featurin...


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