Make Crime Pay – thriller and crime fiction day
Join us for a packed day of online workshops, talks, interviews with an exciting range of Crime Writing authors. Online via Google Meet As crime and thriller fiction enjoy unparalleled popularity, join us for a packed day of online workshops, t...
Norfolk Noir
With Harry Brett, Graeme Cameron, Elly Griffiths and Elodie Harper £8 (conc £7 / students £6) Book online https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/spektrix/event-detail/?WebEventId=norfolk-noir18 or call 01603 877177 Noirwich Crime Writing Festi...
Crime Writers in Residence – at home with Jim Eldridge
The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. I have been a writer for almost 50 years, the first 30 as a scriptwriter, then writing children's books, and - since 2016 - writing historical crime fiction for adults. My curr...
Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form
Equality and diversity monitoring The CWA is committed to ensuring that it is an inclusive organisation, open to all and reflective of the communities we serve, and that its events and communications are representative of, and welcoming to, al...
The McIlvanney Prize Longlist Announced
LONGLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2016 ‘I went to Bloody Scotland and I was just knocked out…. I’ve been at literary events where a lot of people have knives sticking out their back that they ...
New CWA Anthology Published 22 February
The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) has released a new collection of crime stories written by its members. Music of the Night, edited by Martin Edwards, invited CWA authors to submit short stories on the theme of music. An array of award-winnin...
Diamond Crime Zoom Masterclass in Editing
Some writers claim to hate them. Others won’t make a move without one firmly secured to their writing arm. Who are we talking about? BOOK COPY DEVELOPMENTAL LINE EDITORS Whether you love them or loathe them, editors they are a vital part of t...
CWA Daggers Announced
Chris Whitaker, Clare Mackintosh, Michael Robotham, Vaseem Khan and Peter May win 2021 CWA Daggers. The winners of the 2021 CWA Daggers, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, have been announced. The prestigious Crime Write...
CWA Daggers – Shortlists Announced
The Crime Writers’ Association announced the shortlists for this year’s Dagger awards for crime writing at an at an evening drinks reception held at Waterstones Piccadilly on Wednesday 26 July. The CWA Daggers, which are the probably the awards c...
CWA Debut Dagger Competition Now Open
The Crime Writers’ Association have opened their popular Debut Dagger competition for 2018. The competition is for the opening of a crime novel and any writer who has never had a traditional publishing contract for a full-length novel can enter, ev...
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