Time to Get Crime Writing for Prestigious CWA Competitions
Two crime writing competitions are open now. 1)The CWA Margery Allingham Short Story Competition Not to be missed for lovers of short-story writing โ and being shortlisted for this renowned competition brings attention and prestige to the writing C...
The CWA Daggers
The Daggers Shortlists Have Been Announced! On 10 May, the shortlists for the 2024 Daggers were announced to much fanfare at CrimeFest in Bristol. ย You can see the shortlists by clicking on the individual Daggers below. Congratulations to all of ou...
Women’s Voices from the Police
Police Museum Special Event: Thursday 9 March The role of women in policing the City of London is one of the most significant changes in the City of London Police Force over the past seven decades, seeing them rise โfrom giving advice to girls wh...
Crime #2 at Havering Literary Festival
Isabelle Grey has published four novels in a crime series set in Essex and featuring DI Grace Fisher โ Good Girls Donโt Die, Shot Through The Heart and The Special Girls. The fourth book, Wrong Way Home, a Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month, is...
Chiswick Book Festival
Murder and Mayhem in Leafy Chiswick Saturday September 14th The Art of the Thriller Former soldier and diplomat Alan Judd and former BBC journalist Peter Hetherington discuss with Julian Worricker the art of writing gripping fiction. Crime and Suspen...
Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition
The Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition The winner will be announced on Friday 10 May in early evening at the Daggers shortlist reception at CrimeFest The 2025 competition will open in autumn 2024. All announcements will also appear ...
No Better Place to Be in May than CrimeFest
CrimeFest. One of the UK's most loved crime-writing festivals. CrimeFest is a convention for people who like to read an occasional crime novel as well as for die-hard fanatics. Drawing top crime novelists, readers, editors, publishers and reviewers ...
Val McDermid Book Launch
Join Val McDermid for the launch of her highly anticipated new thriller,ย Past Lying. This event is sponsored by the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and will take place on 11 October at 7.00 PM in the Assembly Rooms on George Street, Edinburgh...
Debut Dagger
Emerging Author Dagger (Debut Dagger) Announcements Congratulations to our 2024 Longlist Authors! See below for details. Shortlist: CrimeFest, Bristol on Friday 10 May, early evening Winner: Dagger Awards Dinner, evening of Thursday 4 Jul...
The McIlvanney Prize Longlist Announced
LONGLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2016 โI went to Bloody Scotland and I was just knocked out…. Iโve been at literary events where a lot of people have knives sticking out their back that they ...
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