The Crime Writers’ Association

Bookseller of the Month: November 2022 – Bert’s Books

As part of the new CWA Bookshops Champion initiative, we want to celebrate bookshops, because we believe bookshops don’t just sell our books – they bring our streets alive. This month, William Shaw introduces us to Bert's Books in Swindon. Ber...


Helplines and discounts

Helplines and discounts CWA members enjoy a number of perks to help their day-to-day work and career, from a tax advice helpline to discounts on membership with sister organisations.Helplines The CWA has a close working relationship with accountant...


Private: How I Wrote 20 Mystery eBooks In 20 Months by C T Mitchell

How I Wrote 20 Mystery eBooks In 20 Months How I Wrote 20 Mystery eBooks In 20 Months October 17, 2017 / Writing / By CT Mitchell Have you ever wanted to write mystery eBooks but procrastinated for so long you never got started? You...


CWA Dagger Shortlists 2018

The Crime Writers’ Association announced the shortlists for the prestigious annual Dagger awards for crime writing at an evening reception at Daunt Books, Cheapside, London, on Wednesday 25 May. The shortlists provide some interesting duplications....


The CWA Presents: Walking Through a Crime Scene Part 2

Part 2 – 'Murder Under the Microscope' with Dr Jim Fraser   Learn with the Crime Experts 20 May 7.30pm Tickets: http://bit.ly/MurderUnderMicroscope The minds behind February's Blending Fact and Fiction have put together a thrilling three-p...


William Ryan at Chiswick Book Festival

William Ryan, author of the acclaimed Inspector Korolev series set in Russia in the 1930s and of the forthcoming The Constant Soldier, is a featured author at the Chiswick Book Festival. Savage Continent: Fiction and the Fall of Nazi Germany Toge...


Bookshop of the Month – April 2022: Reading Matters


Come and Chat to CWA Oxford – via Zoom

The Crime Writers Association was founded in 1953 to support, promote and celebrate the crime writing genre. Would you like to chat to some of the CWA Oxford crime writers over a coffee or gin and tonic? All totally virtual, of course, but in every ...


Cake and Crime Evening with Cath Staincliffe

Wednesday 9th October- 6-7.30pm, Widnes Library Tickets Early bird £5 (book before 1st October) / Full price £7.50 (Cake included in ticket price) Book online via the library website or at any Halton Library Book lovers, thriller readers and an...


Become a crime scene investigator for the day or night …

For all real -life crime fans and forensic science enthusiasts comes 4 exclusive events which reveal the wonders of forensic science in crime scene detection. Join eminent forensic scientists Tracy Alexander and Jo Millington as they guide you throu...


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