Emerging author membership
Join the CWA - Emerging author membership Thank you for your interest in joining the CWA. Membership is subject to meeting the membership criteria and completing the application form does not guarantee membership. Please fill in your details below a...
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...
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...
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...
Dagger in the Library
Dagger in the Library The Dagger in the Library 2024 is closed. Thank you for voting! 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...
The Board
The Board The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) is a company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales (no. 3495776). It’s a non-campaigning, non-sectarian body. Our primary objective is to promote the prestige and appreciation ...
Bookshop of the Month – September 2022: The Oundle Bookshop
Joanna Patterson-Gordon of The Oundle Bookshop Talks to William Shaw You’ll find The Oundle Bookshop behind an impressive line of Georgian pillars on Market Place, which is where it’s been for a remarkable 99 years. It’s a traditional bo...
Bookshop of the Month – September 2021: Cogito Books
This month, author and co-Booksellers Champion, Vaseem Khan, writes about Cogito Books in Hexham, run by Claire Grint. Cogito Books is based in the rural market town of Hexham, in the beautiful county of Northumberland, home to castles and a nearb...
Why Aren’t I a Number One Bestseller Yet? With Agent Caroline Hardman and Publisher/Author Phoebe Morgan
Corporate membership
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