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...
The submission deadline for the CWA DEBUT DAGGER is the 31st January 2015.
The submission deadline for the CWA DEBUT DAGGER is the 31st January 2015. For 15 years the CWA has been encouraging new writing with its Debut Dagger competition for unpublished writers. The submissions are judged by a panel of top crime editors and...
Brian Price Books Signing
Join author Brian Price as he signs his new book, Fatal Image, on 27 November at 8.00pm, at the Black Cat Micropub in Somerset. This event is free....
Glenda Young Author Event
Join bestselling author Glenda Young at Newcastle Noir! Book your tickets here....
Join the CWA
Join the CWA Who can join? We offer full membership for those in the UK and overseas who have had published a full length work of crime fiction or non-fiction, and provisional membership for those who have a contract from a recognised publishing ho...
Publishers, agents, editors and bloggers
Publishers, agents, editors and bloggers We raise the profile of crime-writing, and the publishers and agents behind the books, with our Dagger awards, the most prestigious for crime fiction and non-fiction in the UK. For the majority of the Daggers...
CWA Strengthens Connections between Crime Writers and Literary Festivals with Appointment of Festival Liaison Officers
The Crime Writers’ Association has announced that it has created the role of Festival Liaison Officer. Isabelle Grey and William Shaw will share the role, which is intended to strengthen connections between fellow crime writers and literary and art...
CWA appoints Maxim Jakubowski as Publishers’ Liaison Officer
Press Release from the Crime Writers’ Association February 2019 The Crime Writers’ Association has appointed Maxim Jakubowski as its first ever Publishers’ Liaison Officer. Jakubowski, who currently also serves as a CWA Vice Chair, takes up the...
Criminal Critiques
What are Criminal Critiques? Criminal Critiques is the CWA’s critique service for aspiring crime fiction writers, to help you polish your writing and prepare your manuscript for submission to agents and publishers, or for competitions such as the ...
Diamond Crime @ Narbeth Museum
Diamond Crime at Chapter One Saturday 15th October 2022 Authors from the new indie Welsh crime publisher, Diamond Crime, will be visiting Chapter One the Bookshop, Narberth Museum. 11am to 12pm Creating Characters a workshop with Jacqueline Ha...
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