CWA appoints its first Booksellers’ Champion
The Crime Writers’ Association has appointed leading Scottish author Aline Templeton as its first Booksellers’ Champion. In her new role, Aline will promote closer links between crime writers and booksellers of all kinds. Her appointment follows ...
Benefits for corporate and associate members
Corporate and Associate Membership Many of the promotional opportunities open to our full author members are also available to corporate and associate members, including publishing relevant articles in the reader-facing CRA newsletter and blog, news...
Crime Writers in Residence – at home with Sarah Linley
The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. The Beach is my debut novel. It is a psychological suspense set in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and the Yorkshire Dales. I like to travel and the places I have visited provide ...
Reading Party with Greg Buchanan: Sixteen Horses
Reading Party with Greg Buchanan: Sixteen Horses Every now and again a book comes along with such buzz about it. Sixteen Horses is one of those and we’re proud to invite you to a Reading Party about this stunning debut. Near the dying English seas...
Crime Author Panel – Mostly Books, Abingdon
Come along to Mostly Books for a spine-tingling night out with best-selling crime writers Cara Hunter,J.P. Delaney, Olivia Kiernan and William Shaw. This event is an absolute must for Crime Fiction fans. Cara Hunter’s upcoming book: No Wa...
Bookshop of the Month – February 2022: Winstone Books
Winstone Books in Sherborne, Dorset, is our February Bookseller of the Month. Bookseller Elly Griffiths paid them a visit. By serendipitous coincidence, February 2022 marks the tenth anniversary of Wayne Winstone opening his first bookshop. Winsto...
Crime at Catstrand
As part of National Crime Reading Month, crime novelist John Dean is to give a talk at Catstrand Arts Centre in New Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, followed by a screening of classic crime film Brighton Rock. John, whose books regularly feature in ...
Crime Writers in Residence – at home with Dougie Brimson
The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. My name is Dougie Brimson and I’m a former serviceman who fell into writing largely by accident. As a full time author and screenwriter, I’ve produced all kinds of books a...
Bookshop of the Month – March 2022: Warwick Books
In Conversation with Vaseem Khan Warwick Books, located a stone’s throw from ancient Warwick Castle, was established in 2004 by Keith and Frances Smith. Today, the shop is run by Mog and Pauline Giacomelli-Harris, a book-loving couple, who moved...
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