Crime Writers in Residence – at home with AJ Waines
The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. My name is AJ Waines. I used to be a psychotherapist and have an irrepressible curiosity over the secrets people keep, their hidden motives for radical actions and the ‘masks...
CWA Dagger Awards Longlists Announced
The 2021 longlists for the prestigious CWA Dagger awards, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, have been announced. The world-famous Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Daggers are the oldest awards in the genre, and have been synony...
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...
ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction
ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction This Dagger is for any non-fiction work on a crime-related theme by an author of any nationality as long as the book was first published in the UK in English during the judging period. The Dagger encompasses, tho...
2022 CWA Dagger Awards Announced
Ray Celestin, MW Craven, Janice Hallett and Mark Billingham awarded 2022 CWA Daggers. The winners of the 2022 CWA Daggers, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, have been announced. [For photos of the event, see: https://thecw...
CWA Featured Bookseller – Books on the Hill
Books On The Hill 1 Holywell Hill St Albans AL1 1ER www.books-on-the-hill.co.uk William Shaw speaks to owner Antonia Mason St Alban’s bookshop Books On The Hill is a shop that looks as if it’s been in its location on Holywell Hill a lon...
Kemptown Bookshop
Cathy Hayward of Kemptown Bookshop talks to Elly Griffiths Cathy Hayward is only the third owner of Kemptown Bookshop, Brighton’s oldest independent bookstore. She was a long-time fan of the shop, which has been on St George’s Road since 1976,...
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...
Twisted Dagger
Twisted Dagger The Twisted Dagger celebrates psychological thrillers, dark and twisty tales that often feature unreliable narrators, disturbed emotions, a healthy dose of moral ambiguity, and a sting in the tail. Books in this category include psych...
Review CWA Dagger-Shortlisted Titles
Did you know that the CWA have set up a website where people can leave reviews of the shortlisted books for the CWA Daggers 2017? http://daggerreads.co.uk/readers/ No prizes I’m afraid, but as it’s moderated, it’s especially nice to see your na...
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