Love Reading UK interviews Crime expert Barry Forshaw
As part of Love Reading UK and the CWA's collaboration for National Crime Reading Month, Liz Robinson interviews the CWA's very own Barry Forshaw. Barry, who hosts the CWA Dagger Awards evening - don't miss it this year on 1 July! - also writes on cr...
Music of the Night
Music of the Night is the current anthology of original short stories contributed by Crime Writers' Association members and edited by Martin Edwards, with music as the connecting theme. The aim, as always, was to produce a book which is representativ...
Contact
Contact The CWA has a variety of contact points depending on the enquiry, so it’s very helpful if you can direct your message to the appropriate address. Please also remember that many of our officers are authors who volunteer their time, and allo...
Debut Dagger 2021
Winner
Hannah Redding
Deception
Behind the Scenes of Crime in 1987 – the CWA on BBC Radio 4!
In 1987 longstanding CWA member Joan Lock, who had already written and presented several plays and programmes for Radio 4, made a documentary about the CWA featuring many crime-writing luminaries of the time; Simon Brett, PD James, Ruth Rendell, Coli...
Press & media enquiries
Press & media enquiries We love to hear from the media and will endeavour to find the information you require, get quotes or put you in direct touch with authors or relevant CWA officers. First base is Cause PR, our PR agency. Contact Ann Cha...
Scottish Chapter Lunch, June 17
Scottish Chapter lunch, Friday, 17th June. We will be meeting in Browns, 1, George Square, Glasgow at 12.30. Last time there was brilliant fun so hope lots of you come out to play again… Let Alex know asap for numbers....
AGM 2024
AGM 2024 The CWA would like to invite all paying members to our AGM which will take place on Saturday, 18 May, 2024, at 10:00am via Zoom. Here is the meeting link: Time: May 18, 2024 10:00 AM London https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89445619441?p...
Gold Dagger 2021
Shortlisted
Thomas Mullen
Midnight Atlanta
Little, Brown Book Group
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