CWA Unveils 2019 Dagger Shortlists
The author behind one of the biggest shows on TV, a world renowned forensic anthropologist and the son of ‘the godfather of tartan noir’ have been shortlisted for the prestigious CWA Dagger awards. The ten Daggers awarded annually by the CWA are ...
Bookshop of the Month – November 2021: The Book Makers
Every month, as part of the new CWA Booksellers Champion initiative, we want to celebrate a bookshop because we believe bookshops don’t just sell our books – they bring our streets alive. This month, William Shaw talks about an unusual venture...
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Ian Fleming said there was one essential criterion for a good thriller, ‘one simply has to turn the pages’. Eligible books in this category are thrillers set in any period and include, but are not limited to, spy fiction...
Wales’ first international crime festival – Crime Cymru
Wales’s very first international crime fiction festival, Gŵyl CRIME CYMRU Festival, kicks off in Aberystwyth in 2022 with its own brand of international murder and mystery. Until then, Crime Cymru, the Welsh crime writing collective behind the fe...
Countdown to Daggers Live!
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 genr...
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...
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...
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 ...
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