Newcastle Noir Virtual Festival
Knowing how many crime fiction readers and authors might be missing their visit to the Toon this year for NN2020, the organisers felt it only right to keep the NN flame burning during lockdown. They have asked the Northern Crime Syndicate authors to ...
Afternoon Tea with… Vaseem Khan
Grab a cuppa and a join us for a 45-minute online video session with Vaseem Khan who will share his creative routine, a mini tour of his creative work space, insights into what he’s currently working on, and how he is adapting to working online. V...
Noirwich Crime Writing Festival
The Noirwich Crime Writing Festival is the region’s largest annual celebration of crime writing and one of the fastest-growing literary festivals in the UK. Many incredible crime writers have attended the festival in recent years, including Val McD...
2024 Crime Writers’ Clinics
After the success of last year's Crime Writers' Clinics, the CWA is proud to announce the 2024 schedule of Clinics! These online events will take place from 8 October to 7 November, and are programmed and hosted by William Shaw. Tickets are £...
Dagger in the Library
Dagger in the Library The Dagger in the Library is a prize for a body of work by an established writer of crime fiction or non-fiction who has long been popular with borrowers from libraries. It also rewards authors who have supported libraries an...
AGM 2023
AGM 2023 Our AGM will take place on Saturday 20 May at 10am via Zoom. In recent years these meetings have lasted well under an hour. Here is the meeting link: Time: May 20, 2023 10:00 AM London https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87610906851?pwd=d...
An Afternoon with Peter Lovesey
Join Bracknell Forest Library for an Afternoon With Peter Lovesey , online, Thursday 25 March at 3.30pm. Peter, who joined the CWA in 1969, won the Gold Dagger for The False Inspector Dew in 1982 and in 2000 was honoured with the Cartier Diamond Dagg...
Bookshop of the Month – December 2021: Griffin Books
Griffin Books in Penarth is one of those shops writers love to be invited to. It’s run by the amazing Mel Griffin who bought the shop nine years ago and turned it into a real community hub – with brilliantly run book events. What inspired you ...
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...
Kate Ellis headlines at Crediton Literary Festival with a crime focus
A one-day Literary Festival on Saturday 5 June presented online via Zoom. Sixteen authors are speaking on a range of genres throughout the day, with a 10pm crime panel, Victoria Dowd at 1.30pm and Kate Ellis headlining in the afternoon. Tickets are f...
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