Crime Cymru online festival is back!
Gŵyl CRIME CYMRU Festival 2022 will be online, free to viewers, and include well-known national and international crime writers as well as featuring Welsh authors to cater to a range of tastes. At the festival, we will be showcasing stars of the ...
Celebrate National Crime Reading Month on 8 May with Rachel Abbott and Sharon Bolton
Celebrate National Crime Reading Month with Bolton Central Library and Museum as Bestselling, Award winning crime writers Rachel Abbott and Sharon Bolton will be talking about their exciting new books. Rachel's new book "Come a Little Closer" has be...
Anatomy of a Crime Thriller
Hard on the heels of its most successful Literary Festival ever, in June 2023 the tiny island of Alderney is hosting a unique one-day festival exploring the ‘Anatomy of a Crime Thriller’. Organised by The Alderney Literary Trust and sponsored ...
Countdown to Daggers
Book lovers and crime fiction fans have a unique opportunity to watch the famed Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Daggers awards, live. Tickets are free, but limited. To book a place, visit: http://bit.ly/cwadaggers2021 The oldest awards in the g...
June is National Crime Reading Month
Libraries, booksellers, publishers and festivals are taking part in National Crime Reading Month this month, while crime writers are contributing videos and blogs to the dedicated site with more posted almost every day of June. National Crime Read...
The Mistletoe Murder & Other Stories with PD James & Nicola Upson
The Really Popular Book Club presents a free online event, featuring the short stories of PD James with Nicola Upson. Cambridge University Libraries will be drawing 2021 to a close with a collection of festive short stories by P.D. James. As the ack...
“Proof Behind the Plot” – a forensic workshop for crime writers
In celebration of National Crime Reading Month, Think Forensic are hosting an interactive workshop led by their forensic and crime investigation experts, in Huddersfield. The workshop has been designed specifically to give all writers, whether new...
Launch of MW Craven’s Fifth Washington Poe novel
Gold Dagger-winner M W Craven is launching The Botanist, the fifth Washington Poe novel, at the Old Fire Station, Carlisle on 1 June 2022. Starts at 7pm, bar opens at 6.30. Pop-up bookshop. Free entry, not-free bar. ‘Rattling along at breakn...
The CWA sends its sincere condolences to the staff of Charlie Hebdo
The CWA sends its sincere condolences to the staff of Charlie Hebdo. Your loss is our loss. Your fight is our fight. “Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.” Salman Rushdie ...
Sam Blake – Murder ONE
Sam Blake is the founder of the Murder ONE International Crime Writing Festival – Ireland’s first designated crime festival, taking place in Dublin, a UNESCO City of Literature, in November 2018. For a first festival the line-up of crime writers...
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