The Crime Writers’ Association

Provisional membership

Join the CWA - Provisional membership Thank you for your interest in joining the CWA. Membership is subject to meeting the membership criteria and completing the application form does not guarantee membership. Please fill in your details below and a...


Lindsey Davis talks online about latest Flavia Albia novel A Comedy of Terrors

A Cardiff Library Open Space event on Thursday 9 November. How does a writer bring to life ancient Rome with all its grime and grandeur, scheming and backstabbing? Hear from award-winning novelist Lindsey Davis as she joins us online to chat about n...


Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition – Rules

Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition - The rules Please read all terms carefully before submitting your entry. Please pay attention to the Margery Allingham’s definition of a mystery and the chronology it outlines. Submission of an entry...


Dagger for the Best Crime & Mystery Publisher

Dagger for the Best Crime & Mystery Publisher This prestigious Dagger (often referred to as simply the “Publisher’s Dagger”) is awarded annually to the Best Crime and Mystery Publisher of the Year. Publishers and specific imprints are n...


CWA 2024 Conference, Brighton

CWA CONFERENCE 2024, BRIGHTON 19-21 APRIL This year’s conference takes place in beautiful Brighton and brings together our CWA community for a weekend of learning-centred activity in one of the UK’s most visited tourist hotspots. The 2024 con...


Crime Cymru online festival is back!

Gŵyl CRIME CYMRU Festival 2022 will be online, free to viewers, and include well-known national and international crime writers as well as featuring Welsh authors to cater to a range of tastes. At the festival, we will be showcasing stars of the ...


Self-published membership – Application form

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CWA Unveils 2019 Dagger Shortlists

The author behind one of the biggest shows on TV, a world renowned forensic anthropologist and the son of ‘the godfather of tartan noir’ have been shortlisted for the prestigious CWA Dagger awards. The ten Daggers awarded annually by the CWA are ...


Murder at the Seaview Hotel online book launch

Book Launch (online) as part of Sunderland Libraries Literature Festival Murder at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young Join Sunderland's best-selling author Glenda Young online as she launches her debut cosy crime Murder at the Seaview Hotel, publishe...


Forensics workshop online: postponed till 9 October

Forensics workshop: postponed from 4 Sep to 9 October Want to know more about what happens at a real crime scene? Then join Graham Bartlett (former senior police officer) Kate Bendelow (working SOCO and author of The Real CSI: A handbook for crime...


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