The Crime Writers’ Association

Book Launch & Author Signing with Daisy White

Book Launch & Author Signing at WH Smith’s, 20, County Mall, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 1FF D.E. White will be celebrating the launch of the paperback version of Remember Me, her first psychological thriller for HQ Digital (HarperCollins). Pop ...


Book Launch, Author Signing & Q&A with Daisy White

Book Launch, Author Signing & Q&A at Waterstones, 8, The Carfax, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1DW D.E. White will be celebrating the launch of the paperback version of Remember Me, her first psychological thriller for HQ Digital (HarperCollins...


Slaughter in Southwold Crime Writers Festival

Join Southwold Libraries for a criminally good weekend of author talks, a murder mystery dinner and a crime quiz. Featuring CWA authors William Shaw, Lesley Thomson, Louise Candlish, Rory Clements, Cara Hunter, Dagger in the Library winner Kate Ellis...


Perfect Crime One-Day Festival, Liverpool

Liverpool's First Ever Crime Fiction Day Perfect Crime UK is LIVE and IN PERSON this November, and have we got a lineup for you! Ann Cleeves, creator of Vera and Shetland, will be appearing in two sessions at this all-day event for crime fans in L...


Alis Hawkins’ Indie Bookshop Tour: Crickhowell

Bookish, Crickhowell : Alis Hawkins is celebrating National Crime Reading Month and the publication of In Two Minds, the second in her Teifi Valley Coroner historical crime series by visiting all of Wales’s independent bookshops.   Alis ...


CWA Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition 2018 Now Open

The Crime Writers’ Association are once again running the prestigious Margery Allingham Short Story Competition in 2018. The international competition is for an unpublished story in under 3,500 words that fits into the famous Golden Age crime write...


Escaping to Find Inspiration with Sam Blake

We’re not quite escaping lockdown yet here in Ireland where I live, we can’t travel outside of the country until 19th July and our hotels and restaurants have only opened to outdoor dining this week (2nd June), but I can’t WAIT to travel again....


Clapham Book Festival

Clapham Book Festival is Back! The Clapham Book Festival is back this autumn with a special celebratory day on Saturday 16 October 2021. Crime writer and CWA member Julie Anderson is a co-founder of the festival and will be leading a literary walk a...


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Crime Authors at the Yeovil Literary Festival

The Yeovil Literary Festival is running from Thurs 28 Oct to Wed 3 Nov, and as part of the festival Yeovil Library are hosting 5 amazing crime authors, including CWA member Elly Griffiths. Tickets are £5 or £4 if you hold a Somerset Libraries card...


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