CWA Dagger Winners to be Announced at Awards on Oct 25
For readers of crime – now officially the UK’s most popular genre of fiction – the CWA Daggers are the book awards to really sharpen your appetite. Ten Daggers are given away at a glittering black-tie dinner and the cream of the publishing indu...
Gold Dagger 2021
Winner
Chris Whitaker
We Begin at the End
Zaffre, Bonnier
CWA Dagger Awards Dinner 2018 Amazing Success
The CWA Dagger Awards 2018 was a sumptuous event full of glamour, with the glitterati of the crime publishing world in attendance: publishers, agents and especially authors. It was tense and nerve-wracking as the shortlists were read out, and terrifi...
Date Changed to 11 Feb: Talk with Biographer of Real-Life Model for Sherlock Holmes
Please note the date for this event has now changed to Saturday 11th February 2017. CWA member Bryan Kesselman will be talking about his biography of Victorian private detective Ignatius Pollaky on Saturday 11th February at 5pm at Marylebone Librar...
CWA Unveils 2019 Dagger Shortlists
The author behind one of the biggest shows on TV, a world renowned forensic anthropologist and the son of ‘the godfather of tartan noir’ have been shortlisted for the prestigious CWA Dagger awards. The ten Daggers awarded annually by the CWA are ...
Countdown to the Daggers
The countdown is on for the world-famous Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Daggers, which honour the very best in crime writing. Tickets are now available for the Dagger Awards gala dinner, which takes place from 6.30pm at the Leonardo Royal Hotel L...
The secrets of successful crime writing at Hythe Library
The secrets of successful crime writing at Hythe Library, Hampshire Monday 10th February 2020 2.00pm If you enjoy reading gripping fast-paced crime novels full of twists and turns, compelling, multi-layered with great characters then Pauline Rowson'...
London Book Fair Author HQ Seminar Programme
Featuring authors, literary agents, and publishers, all gathered at the biggest publishing event in the UK, the programme is an invaluable opportunity for aspiring writers to learn how to get their work published. Keynote speakers include: internat...
CWA Debut Dagger Open for Submissions
Entries are being invited from uncontracted writers for the coveted CWA Debut Dagger Award. Authors shortlisted for the Debut Dagger come to the direct attention of interested literary agents and publishers. M W Craven who won the 2019 Gold Da...
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