
After 20 years, would-be crime novelists find it more rewarding than ever to enter the CWA Debut Dagger Competition
Amended 8.12.17 The CWA Debut Dagger for the opening of a crime novel, established in 1998, is renowned within the crime writing world as a way for unpublished authors to get known, with former winners and shortlisted entrants going on to win publish...
Newcastle Noir: Spirits in the Material World
Newcastle Noir is back! A panel discussion about what happens when the crime genre meets ghosts… Featuring authors SJI Holliday, William Ryan and Anna Mazzola, chaired by author Ian Skewis. Ian Skewis Ian Skewis is the author of bestsell...
Handwriting Expert & Novelist Sheila Lowe on Clark Rockefeller
Sheila Lowe - Book Carnival virtual signing and presentation August 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PACIFIC TIME When he kidnapped his little girl off the street in Boston, the name “Clark Rockefeller” became known nationwide. Shortly thereafter, he ...
Debut Dagger
Emerging Author Dagger (Debut Dagger) Announcements Congratulations to our 2024 Shortlist Authors! See below for details. Winner: Dagger Awards Dinner, evening of Thursday 4 July, Leonardo City Hotel, London. All announcements will also appe...
Sheila Lowe on Wrong Place, Write Crime Podcast
September 9: Wrong Place, Write Crime podcast with Frank Scalise: https://www.frankzafiro.com/wrong-place-write-crime/ Sheila Lowe will be Frank’s guest, talking about her tortuous path to publication—from handwriting expert to mystery w...
National Crime Reading Month
#PickUpAPageTurner NCRM has been relaunched – visit CrimeReading.com today! ...
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#PickUpAPageTurner NCRM has been relaunched – visit CrimeReading.com today! ...
Escaping to Find Inspiration with Sam Blake
We’re not quite escaping lockdown yet here in Ireland where I live, we can’t travel outside of the country until 19th July and our hotels and restaurants have only opened to outdoor dining this week (2nd June), but I can’t WAIT to travel again....


Dagger in the Library 2022
Winner
Mark Billingham

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