“Killing People for Fun and Profit” a guest lecture by Val McDermid
The Literary Leicester Festival welcomes bestselling author Val McDermid cto Leicester discuss her writing, her inspirations and the fatal attraction of crime fiction. CWA Diamond Dagger recipient, Val McDermid, has sold over 15 million books to d...
CWA Announce Longlists for Prestigious Crime Writing Daggers
The Crime Writers’ Association announced the much anticipated longlists for the annual CWA Dagger awards for the best of the year’s crime writing at a reception during international convention CrimeFest in Bristol on the evening of Friday 10 May....
Slaughter in Southwold Crime Writers Festival Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th June
2017 marks the fifth annual ‘Slaughter in Southwold’ festival featuring talks by a number of top crime writers as well as other crime themed activities. This year’s packed programme features Elly Griffiths, M.J. Arlidge, Isabelle Grey, Harry B...
The Big Read with Mari Hannah
Big Read Celebrates Ian Rankin in Landmark Year The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival is on tour this summer with its ninth Big Read, hosting free reading group events across Yorkshire. The 2017 Big Read is Ian Rankin’s breakthrough R...
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Promote yourself Members can take advantage of our wide range of platforms to promote books, news and events, including our main CWA website, the Crime Readers’ Association (CRA) website and our regular monthly newsletters. Here are some of the wa...
Martin Edwards Assumes CWA Chair
The Crime Writers’ Association is pleased to announce that crime novelist Martin Edwards has been elected as its new Chair and takes over his duties in January. Martin Edwards is the author of eighteen novels; the most recent is The Dungeon House. ...
Murder Behind the Scenes at Brighouse
The worlds of TV, books and real crime collide with a charity showing of Episode 7 from CBS reality TV's Written in Blood at Prego restaurant in Brighouse with crime writers RC Bridgestock. The episode featured a horrific crime in West Yorkshire whi...
Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin Named New SOA Chair
Congratulations to Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, who has been elected new Chair of the Society of Authors. The novelist and founder of writing.ie takes over from Joanne Harris to begin two-year term as Chair of the SoA’s board of directors Vanessa Fo...
CWA Launch High Profile National Crime Reading Month
Ian Rankin, Anthony Horowitz, Elly Griffiths and Vaseem Khan announced as new ambassadors for NCRM The Crime Writers’ Association launches National Crime Reading Month (NCRM) this June – a major initiative designed to celebrate the genre and g...
Johnston’s cosy crime debut wins Barker Book Award
Congratulations to CWA member Antony Johnston, whose 2023 novel The Dog Sitter Detective has won the Barker Book Award for fiction. Antony’s previous work includes the film Atomic Blonde and the Brigitte Sharp spy thrillers, which are ...
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