The Crime Writers’ Association

WRITERS’ BLOCK by Sarah Rayne

We’ve all been there. It doesn’t matter if we’re in the best-selling lists, or just starting out with a hopeful eye on the CWA Debut Dagger as a stepping-stone to great things (which, of course, it can often be) – we’ve all sat dismally in...


Book Signing with Alice Castle

11-12th May, Dulwich Open House Festival, 11am to 5pm. Alice Castle will be selling and signing copies of Death in Dulwich, The Girl in the Gallery, Calamity in Camberwell, Homicide in Herne Hill and Revenge on the Rye. Books are £8 each.   ...


Book Signing with Alice Castle

18-19th May, Dulwich Open House Festival 11am -5pm Alice Castle will be selling and signing copies of Death in Dulwich, The Girl in the Gallery, Calamity in Camberwell, Homicide in Herne Hill and Revenge on the Rye. Books are £8 each.   Bef...


Murder and Mayhem at Narberth Book Fair

At Narberth Book Fair, two hours are being devoted to murder and mayhem as a conspiracy of Welsh crime writers discuss their subject.   At 10am, Jan Newton, Cheryl Rees-Price and Thorne Moore will be ‘On the Trail’ of detective fiction. &...


Death in the Dales Book Festival

Readers and writers won't want to miss this festival of crime fiction! From a conversation with Martin Edwards and Kate Ellis on craft, to an evening of 'Film Noir at the Bar' with Matthew Booth, to the Black Sheep panel on villains in all of their m...


ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-fiction 2021

Shortlisted


Nick Hayes

The Book of Trespass

Bloomsbury Circus, Bloomsbury Publishing


Dagger in the Library

Dagger in the Library  The Dagger in the Library 2025 will be open shortly for libraries and borrowers to put forward names for libraries to vote on in the New Year. The Dagger in the Library is a prize for a body of work by an established write...


ILP John Creasey First Novel Dagger

ILP John Creasey First Novel Dagger The ILP John Creasey First Novel Dagger (formerly the ILP John Creasey New Blood Dagger) is for the best crime novel by a first-time author of any nationality with their first novel of any kind published in the UK...


Dagger in the Library

Dagger in the Library  The Dagger in the Library is a prize for a body of work by an established writer of crime fiction or non-fiction who has long been popular with borrowers from libraries. It also rewards authors who have supported libraries an...


CRIME FICTION: EXTREME PLEASURES

Crime fiction is now the most popular genre of novel, with whole sections given over to it in bookshops. Crime dramas on TV, often based on book series, are a staple of the TV schedules. What makes it so popular? And how do writers bring off a sense ...


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