Private: Dagger Awards to Carry Cash Prizes and Open to Authors to Self-Nominate from 2023
The CWA Daggers – synonymous with quality crime writing for over half a century – is set to again award cash prizes beginning in 2023, for titles published and nominated in 2022. Detail of the amounts will be announced next year. The CWA is delig...
Anthea Fraser: Planning Murder
Bestselling novelist talks about her life in writing – on the day her 50th novel, Sins of the Fathers, is published. Thursday 26 April Tring Library 7.15pm ...
Debut Dagger
Emerging Author Dagger (Debut Dagger) Announcements Congratulations to our 2024 Shortlist Authors! See below for details. Winner: Dagger Awards Dinner, evening of Thursday 4 July, Leonardo City Hotel, London. All announcements will also appe...
Stephen Booth: Dead in the Dark
Follow the latest instalment in the award winning travails of detectives Cooper and Fry as they try to prove a murder without a body. Wednesday 2 May Bushey Library 7.15pm...
Elly Griffiths: The Dark Angel
The bestselling crime writer talks about her latest novel featuring forensic Archaeologist Ruth Galloway. Wednesday 23 May Berkhamsted Library 7.15pm...
Glenis Wilson – Dead Heat (A Harry Radcliffe Mystery)
Join Glenis on Saturday 11th May at Bingham Library to discuss his latest Horse Racing Mystery in the Harry Radcliffe Series: No.4, entitled – ‘DEAD HEAT’ published by Severn House Publishers. Jump jockey Harry Radcliffe is forced to turn rel...
Get in touch
Get in touch Administration CWA Inbox Secretary: secretary@thecwa.co.uk Vicki Goldie (usual hours Mon - Fri, mornings) Contact the secretary with questions about the CWA, Chapters and the CRA. Vicki will forward your query to the correc...
Glenis Wilson – Dead Heat (A Harry Radcliffe Mystery)
Join Glenis on May 25th at Radcliffe-on-Trent Library to discuss his latest Horse Racing Mystery in the Harry Radcliffe Series: No.4, entitled – ‘DEAD HEAT’ published by Severn House Publishers. Jump jockey Harry Radcliffe is forced to turn r...
Newcastle Noir – Step Back in Time
Talking about the mix of crime and history with Nicola Ford, Lesley Thomson, Oscar de Muriel and Fiona Veitch Smith. There is no mystery about where the North’s crime fiction fans will soon be heading – Newcastle Noir is back. The hugel...
Talk with Paul Finch
Join us for a talk with Author and scriptwriter Paul Finch. Having started out with a career in the Police, Paul left this profession to pursue a career in writing; penning scripts for popular TV show ‘The Bill’ before becoming an author. A write...
Join the CWA
Become part of a thriving community of successful crime writers with invaluable support, expertise and marketing opportunities for all our members.
