Crime Fiction: Past, Present, and Future with Simon Brett
Part of the Open Centre and Online CI Public Talks collection In conversation with OU's Bill Alder, detective fiction author Simon Brett will discuss crime fiction's past, present and future. Please join us on Wednesday 17 April from 13:00-14...
Private: CWA Dagger Shortlists Announced
The CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year * The First Rule of Survival by Paul Mendelson (Constable) * How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny (Sphere/Little Brown) * Keep Your Friends Close by Paula Daly (Bantam/Transworld) * This...
CWA Events video archive
CWA Events video archive From time to time the CWA hosts online events, including workshops, panels, and interviews. While many of these events are open to the public for a fee, CWA members may attend for no cost – and we also record most of t...
Coastal Crime With Kate Evans and Glenda Young
Kate Evans and Glenda Young have both chosen the Yorkshire Coast as settings for their crime novels. In conversation with Nick Quantrill, they discuss how the sea and our coastal towns make a perfect backdrop for a thrilling mystery. Kate Evans wr...
Fearful and Wonderful: Alfred Swaine Taylor and 19th century forensic science
“Fearful and Wonderful: Alfred Swaine Taylor and 19th century forensic science.” In this talk, discover the cases, both well-known and obscure, of leading 19th century forensic scientist Alfred Swaine Taylor (1806-1880). Along the way, f...
Private: CWA Margery Allingham Short Story Competition
Have you penned one of the murkiest, most deadly crime stories the nation has yet to be intrigued by? We’re looking for the best unpublished stories to send chills up the spines of our judges for this year’s Margery Allingham Short Story Competit...
Private: Robert Goddard to receive CWA Diamond Dagger 2019
The Crime Writers’ Association is delighted to announce that Robert Goddard is to receive the 2019 CWA Diamond Dagger, the highest honour in British crime writing. The Dagger award recognises authors whose crime writing careers have been marked by ...
Notes on Word Count for CWA Writing Competitions
Different competitions have different rules – and different levels of rigour in the way they apply them. For the Debut Dagger we are super-strict. We ask for entries not to exceed 3,000 words (1,500 words for the synopsis) by even a word. The ti...
Trying Again, by Sherry Rankin
I do not have a risk-taking personality. The whole idea of attempting to find an agent and get published always seemed so daunting to me that, for decades, I was afraid even to try. I always loved to write, however. So a few years ago, I took stock o...
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