The Crime Writers’ Association

Glenis Wilson – Dead Heat (A Harry Radcliffe Mystery)

Join Glenis on May 17th at North Shore Hotel to discuss his latest Horse Racing Mystery in the Harry Radcliffe Series: No.4, entitled - 'DEAD HEAT' published by Severn House Publishers. North Shore Hotel is a very special place for Glenis as he wr...


Glenis Wilson – Dead Heat (A Harry Radcliffe Mystery)

Join Glenis on from 2nd - 3rd November at Lowdhams, to discuss his latest Horse Racing Mystery in the Harry Radcliffe Series: No.4, entitled - 'DEAD HEAT' published by Severn House Publishers. Jump jockey Harry Radcliffe is forced to turn reluctant...


Glenis Wilson – Dead Heat (A Harry Radcliffe Mystery)

Join Glenis on Saturday 11th May at Bingham Library to discuss his latest Horse Racing Mystery in the Harry Radcliffe Series: No.4, entitled – ‘DEAD HEAT’ published by Severn House Publishers. Jump jockey Harry Radcliffe is forced to turn rel...


Glenis Wilson – Dead Heat (A Harry Radcliffe Mystery)

Join Glenis on May 25th at Radcliffe-on-Trent Library to discuss his latest Horse Racing Mystery in the Harry Radcliffe Series: No.4, entitled – ‘DEAD HEAT’ published by Severn House Publishers. Jump jockey Harry Radcliffe is forced to turn r...


Bookseller of the Month – Jan 2023, Newham Bookshop

Vaseem Khan visits Newham Bookshop and speaks to owner Vivian Archer - and gets a little starstruck. 743-745 Barking Road London E13 9ER https://www.newhambooks.co.uk/ There aren’t many bookshops in the UK run by a bona fide screen star. ...


Crime Writers Emerging from Lockdown with Louise Burfitt-Dons

How an escape story inspired The Secret War Some years ago when I was living in Australia I met someone whose family had escaped the Cultural Revolution. The planning required utmost secrecy for the father to organise their ‘trip to Hong Kong to...


Notes on Word Count for CWA Writing Competitions

Different competitions have different rules – and different levels of rigour in the way they apply them. For the Debut Dagger we are super-strict. We ask for entries not to exceed 3,000 words (1,500 words for the synopsis) by even a word. The ti...


Northern Ireland is Set for NCRM 2024

PRESS RELEASE The Crime Writers Association, National Crime Reading Month NI Crime Writers team up with Libraries NI and local bookstores to celebrate National Crime Reading Month with a host of events across the province throughout June. Fo...


CWA Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition – Winner Announced

The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) has announced the winner of its Margery Allingham Short Mystery Prize. Camilla Macpherson beat strong competition with her short story, ‘Heartbridge Homicides’. Camilla lives in The Hague in the Nether...


Join the CWA

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...



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