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 ...
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 ...
Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition – Rules
Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition - The rules Please read all terms carefully before submitting your entry. Please pay attention to the Margery Allingham’s definition of a mystery and the chronology it outlines. Submission of an entry...
Crime at Catstrand
As part of National Crime Reading Month, crime novelist John Dean is to give a talk at Catstrand Arts Centre in New Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, followed by a screening of classic crime film Brighton Rock. John, whose books regularly feature in ...
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Join the CWA Who can join? We offer full membership for those in the UK and overseas who have had published a full length work of crime fiction or non-fiction, and provisional membership for those who have a contract from a recognised publishing ho...
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...
The Life of Crime, with Martin Edwards
Martin Edwards won the highest honour in UK crime writing, the CWA Diamond Dagger, for his outstanding contribution to the genre. He is President of the Detection Club, a former Chair of the CWA, consultant to the British Library’s Crime Classics a...
Become a crime scene investigator for the day or night …
For all real -life crime fans and forensic science enthusiasts comes 4 exclusive events which reveal the wonders of forensic science in crime scene detection. Join eminent forensic scientists Tracy Alexander and Jo Millington as they guide you throu...
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-...
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