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Daggers Announced Online in Daggers Live!

CWA Dagger Awards 2020 Winners Announced Michael Robotham, Lou Berney, Trevor Wood, Casey Cep, and Abir Mukherjee win 2020 CWA Dagger awards. The winners of the 2020 CWA Daggers, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, were announced ...


Discounts for Members

Discounts for Members Your membership of the CWA brings many benefits, including discounts on selected festival tickets, memberships with sister organisations, editing services, and more. Discounts available to CWA members include:The CWA Daggers E...


Dagger for the Best Crime & Mystery Publisher

Dagger for the Best Crime & Mystery Publisher This prestigious Dagger (often referred to as simply the ā€œPublisherā€™s Daggerā€) is awarded annually to the Best Crime and Mystery Publisher of the Year. Publishers and specific imprints are n...


Alibis in the Archive Online

Online: Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 October Alibis in the Archive is back! Organised by award-winning crime writer Martin Edwards, former chair of the Crime Writersā€™ Association and recipient of the 2019 CWA Diamond Dagger, this online event hosted ...


Private: How To Increase Book Sales: 16 Ways

by Brian Feinblum of Media Connect   If you want to know how to go about getting a lot of book sales, all that you need to do is write a really good book, thatā€™s better than others in your genre, on a topic thatā€™s not over done or obscure,...


Murder One, Irelandā€™s International Crime Writing Festival

Brought to you online for the past two years, Murder One, Irelandā€™s International Crime Writing Festival is back with a bang from 4-9 October with a host of in person and online events at a new venue, Dun Laoghaireā€™s stunning dlr LexIcon Library ...


Shetland Noir 2023

ShetlandĀ Arts is delighted to announce the return ofĀ ShetlandĀ NoirĀ from 15-18th June 2023. The festival will run from the evening of Thursday to Sunday evening, atĀ Shetlandā€™s arts venue in Lerwick, Mareel, and will include a variety of fun ...


CWA Dagger Awards Longlists Announced

The 2021 longlists for the prestigious CWA Dagger awards, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, have been announced. The world-famous Crime Writersā€™ Association (CWA) Daggers are the oldest awards in the genre, and have been synony...


Best Practice: Best-Selling Conversations with Ruth Ware


CWA Dagger Awards Terms and Conditions of Entry

CWA Daggers Terms and Conditions of Entry Three categories of people can nominate a title for the CWA Daggers. Approved publishers; Traditionally published authors whose book or title is published (not merely distributed) in the UK; ...


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