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 ...
Diamond Crime Zoom Masterclass in Editing
Some writers claim to hate them. Others wonāt 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...
Discounts for Members
Discounts for Members Your membership of the CWA brings many benefits, including discounts on selected festival tickets, memberships with sister organisations, editing services, and more. Discounts available to CWA members include:The CWA Daggers E...
Agatha!
Agatha Graphic Novel Talk, Institut Francais, Weds 11 May 7pm Anne Martinetti talks with Guillaume Lebeau about her new graphic biography Agatha, portraying the Queen of Whodunit! Agatha uses Christieās enigmatic disappearance in December 1926 as ...
CWA Dagger Shortlists 2018
The Crime Writersā 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....
Gold Dagger
Gold Dagger This award is for the best crime novel by an author of any nationality, originally written in English and first published in the UK during the judging period. The broadest definition of the crime novel applies. Eligible books include thr...
The Board
The Board The Crime Writersā Association (CWA) is a company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales (no. 3495776). Itās a non-campaigning, non-sectarian body. Our primary objective is to promote the prestige and appreciation ...
CWA Announces new Debut Dagger Sponsor
The Crime Writersā Association has announced a new sponsor for its annual international writing competition for unpublished writers. The CWA Debut Dagger is to be sponsored by ProWritingAid, a platform that operates as a grammar checker, style edi...
Private: How To Increase Book Sales: 16 Ways
by Brian Feinblum of Media Connect If you want to know how to go about getting a lot of book sales, all that you need to do is write a really good book, thatās better than others in your genre, on a topic thatās not over done or obscure,...
Awards & competitions
Awards & competitions The CWA hosts a number of awards and competitions. Many of these are for books nominated by publishers and selected by independent judging panels, others are awards made by the CWA or other bodies, such as libraries. Yet ot...
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