The Crime Writers’ Association

CWA London Chapter Meeting

The next meeting of the CWA London Chapter will be Wed April 6th from 6.30 pm at The Cittie of Yorke, High Holborn (north side), in the Cellar Bar. The nearest underground station is Chancery Lane, some nearby streets have free parking after 6.30 pm...


Reciprocal RNA London chapter meeting

The meeting of the Reciprocal RNA London chapter will take place on Sat April 16th, at the Sir John Balcombe pub, Balcombe Street (where the siege was!), 12.30 - c.3.30, bar lunch, then Janet Gover on making IT simple(r!), £.4.00 + 50p raffle (bring...


Chapter Meeting – London

Apologies for late notice: the first meeting in 2017 of the CWA London Chapter will be on Wednesday February 22nd in the atmospheric Cellar Bar of The Cittie of Yorke, 6.30 - 8.30, High Holborn, a venue fit for 'treasons, stratagems, and spoils'. Nea...


Crime #1 at Havering Literary Festival

Charlie Flowers was born in Eastern Europe sometime in the late Sixties and arrived with his family in Britain in 1975. After training as a journalist in London he had a varied career as reporter, roadie, truck driver and record label boss. In the la...


Mick Herron and Sarah Hilary – London Rules and Come and Find Me

Wells Festival of Literature: Literary Festival in Somerset This gripping new event brings three brilliant thriller writers together for a nail-biting session. Mick Herron’s Jackson Lamb spy novel series has gained many accolades with the first Slo...


London Women’s Gliterary Lunch

Thursday 12 May, The Kingsway Hall Hotel, Covent Garden with authors Louise Doughty and Clare North A 'perfect balance of schmooze, booze and books', to quote Lionel Shriver. For those of you who still haven't experienced a Gliterary Lunch, thes...


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....


Erin Kelly at Gliterary Lunch, London

If you want to treat your clients, friends or simply yourselves to a entertaining afternoon listening to two bestselling authors talk about what lies behind their latest books while you enjoy good food, wine and conversation, please come and join us ...


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 ...


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 ...


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