The Meek Shall Inherit the Storyline – Talk
Best-selling crime novelist John Dean will give a talk looking at how conflict in the modern age drives crime fiction. John, whose books regularly feature in the best-selling charts on Amazon, is the creator of the DCI John Blizzard and DCI Jack Harr...
CWA Daggers 2017 Awarded to The Dry, Spook Street and Tall Oaks
The 2017 winners of the prestigious CWA Daggers were announced at a gala dinner sponsored by publishers Pan Macmillan at the Grange City Hotel, Cooper’s Row, London on Thursday 26 October. The CWA Daggers, the crème de la crème of crime-writing a...
2024 Dagger Nominations Open
Have you published an award-worthy book in 2023? The deadline for nominating and submitting books for the annual Daggers is November 15. Has your publisher nominated your book? If not, now is a good time to nudge them. Traditionally published a...
Screening of classic crime film Thief in Liverpool with talk
Dr Steven Powell will be giving an introductory talk before a special screening of Michael Mann's Thief (1981) at Picturehouse at FACT cinema in Liverpool on Saturday March 10th at 12 noon. It's a classic neo-noir film and is based on the very rare b...
How to Commit the Perfect Murder – Barbara Nadel
How to Commit the Perfect Murder - Barbara Nadel Is it possible to commit the perfect crime? In this age of technological advancement including DNA profiling, is it even reasonable to think that someone might be able to kill and get away with it? W...
Mad or Bad Workshop with Barbara Nadel
Mad or Bad Workshop with Barbara Nadel Come along to this workshop to find out what it means to be mad or bad and whether wickedness exists? How does the law and psychiatry decide whether someone who has committed a crime was sane or mentally unwel...
CWA Member logos
CWA Member logos As a CWA member, you may display the membership logos here where appropriate (according to your membership status). Add them to your website and social media, use them when promoting appearances, and so on. So long as you remain a m...
Ricki Thomas Book Talk and Signing
Ricki will be doing a talk and book signing at Hastings True Crime Museum on Sunday 27th May 2018 from 1pm, as part of the National Crime Reading Month. For more information please contact the museum (info@truecrimemuseum.co.uk, 01424 420115). http...
In Conversation with Abir Mukherjee & Amer Anwar
In Conversation with Abir Mukherjee & Amer Anwar Pen to Print partnered with the Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation in 2020 to bring a variety of professional talks from Editors, Literary Agents and Writers. Abir and Amer know each other ‘from ...
Emerging Authors
Emerging Authors Join the Crime Writers' Association as an Emerging Author - A new type of membership for tomorrow's writers. This category encourages new crime writers in their quest to become published authors by welcoming them into the com...
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