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...
Private: 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 For 15 years the CWA has been encouraging new writing with its Debut Dagger competition for unpublished writers.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...
How To Start Your Novel – a step-by-step guide by Cal Moriarty
If you are thinking of entering the Debut Dagger next year then bookmark this blog as, over the next few months, I’ll be providing you with all the key elements you need as you start writing your first novel. Right now you may be feeling a littl...
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...
How to develop character & story – tips from Cal Moriarty
Crime fiction has given the world so many great characters including Poirot, Miss Marple, Sherlock, Marlowe, Cracker, Jane Tennyson, Morse, Clarice Starling and magnificent bad guys including Tom Ripley, Hannibal Lecter and Amy Dunne. Even thinking a...
To plot or not to plot? – crime writing tips by Cal Moriarty
Plotter or pantser? To plot or not to plot, that is the existential question weighing on most writer’s minds when setting out on their debut novel journey. Before becoming a novelist I started as a screenwriter and never met a fellow screenwriter ...
Private: 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...
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