The Crime Writersā€™ Association

Daggers Live! – tickets still available

The CWA announces the winners of the 2021 Daggers at 7.30pm on 1 July in an online event where we go to winners live in their living rooms: bit.ly/cwadaggers2021 Our guest speaker will be Abir Mukherjee and our M/C for the evening will be the witty ...


Handwriting Expert & Novelist Sheila Lowe on Clark Rockefeller

Sheila Lowe - Book Carnival virtual signing and presentation August 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PACIFIC TIME When he kidnapped his little girl off the street in Boston, the name ā€œClark Rockefellerā€ became known nationwide. Shortly thereafter, he ...


Crime Writers in Residence – at home with GJ Minett

Hi! My name is GJ Minett and my fourth novel, which will be published on July 9 by Bonnier Zaffre, is called The Syndicate. The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. For several years I taught in an 11-18 comprehen...


Alibis in the Archive 2023

Alibis in the Archive is, as everyone who has attended over the years knows, one of the most enjoyable occasions in the crime fiction loverā€™s calendar. Youā€™ll have the chance to hear leading authors talk about fascinating topics in a wonderful...


St Hilda’s College Crime Fiction Weekend

The Crime Fiction Weekend at St Hildaā€™s College, Oxford, celebrates its 30th year in 2023 with an all-star line-up of bestselling authors. Centred on this yearā€™s theme, ā€˜Celebrations: innocent parties, guilty pleasuresā€™, our guest speakers wi...


Love Reading UK focuses on Crime for June

The very popular online book club, Love Reading UK, is focusing on all things crime writing for June. Throughout National Crime Reading Month they are showcasing crime-related titles, including many from our CWA member authors. This week they presen...


Crime Picks of the Month!

To finish off a fantastic month of all things crime, Love Readingā€™s Picks of the Month for June are all crime books. They include Deadline by Holly Watt, winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger in 2019, House of Lamentations by double CWA Histor...


An Evening with Sir Alec Jeffreys

An Evening with Sir Alec Jeffreys Join the Royal Society of Biology for an evening with Sir Alec Jeffreys on Monday 16th May 2016 at the Science Museumā€™s IMAX Theatre, London. The inventor of forensic DNA fingerprinting tells his story at this s...


Book Launch

Join @Jennie_Ensor for the online book launch of her thrilling book Silenced by @Jennie_Ensor and of The Dark Side of Christmas, an anthology of twisted winter tales by @hobeckbooks authors. Crime fiction and thriller fans, bloggers and authors, plea...


The Mistletoe Murder & Other Stories with PD James & Nicola Upson

The Really Popular Book Club presents a free online event, featuring the short stories of PD James with Nicola Upson. Cambridge University Libraries will be drawing 2021 to a close with a collection of festive short stories by P.D. James. As the ack...


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