Private: 2024 Dagger Nominations Open
Have you published an award-worthy book in 2023? The deadline for nominating and submitting books for the annual Daggers is November 15. Has your publisher nominated your book? If not, now is a good time to nudge them. Traditionally published a...
St. Hilda’s Crime Fiction Weekend 2024
A Dance to the Music of Crime: the artful path to murder A crime fiction weekend like no other – from its beginnings, St Hilda’s Crime Fiction Weekend has drawn readers from all over the world to Oxford to hear their favourite authors explore ...
Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition
The Margery Allingham Short Mystery CompetitionThe competition is open to all - both published and unpublished authors from all over the world. The competition is for short stories of up to 3,500 words, written in English. All that we ask is that the...
Blending Fact & Fiction – panel discussion on historical crime fiction
CWA LONDON IS THRILLED TO HOST: BLENDING FACT & FICTION with Dr Emma Darwin, Alex Reeve, Luke Deckard, James Benmore and Bonnie MacBird. (NB this online event is hosted by the CWA London Chapter but open to all CWA members and members of the pub...
CWA Presents: Walking Through a Crime Scene
Part 1 – 'Securing the Scene' with Graham Bartlett and Kate Bendelow Learn with the Crime Experts 22 April 7.30pm Tickets: http://bit.ly/SecureTheScene The CWA minds behind February's Blending Fact and Fiction have put together a thrilling three-...
The CWA Presents: Walking Through a Crime Scene Part 2
Part 2 – 'Murder Under the Microscope' with Dr Jim Fraser Learn with the Crime Experts 20 May 7.30pm Tickets: http://bit.ly/MurderUnderMicroscope The minds behind February's Blending Fact and Fiction have put together a thrilling three-p...
CWA Presents: Walking Through a Crime Scene Part 3
Part 3 – 'Pathology Opened Up' with Dr Marie Cassidy Learn with the Crime Experts 24 June 7.30pm Tickets: http://bit.ly/pathologyopenedup The minds behind February's Blending Fact and Fiction have put together a thrilling three-part series...
Private: CWA Announces new Debut Dagger Sponsor
The Crime Writers’ Association has announced a new sponsor for its annual international writing competition for unpublished writers.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: CWA Announce New Chair
Maxim Jakubowski, a long-standing and influential figure in the publishing world, is announced as the new Chair of the world-famous Crime Writers’ Association (CWA). Maxim’s career has encompassed every aspect of publishing as an editor, translat...
Private: CWA Dagger Shortlists Announced
The 2022 shortlists for the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger awards, which honour the very best in the crime-writing genre, have been announced. Created in 1955, the world-famous CWA Daggers are the oldest awards in the genre ...
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