Edinburgh Drama Explores the Holmes–Watson Dynamic
A new play by David Stuart Davies, a recognised authority on Sherlock Holmes, is set to wow audiences at the Assembly Roxy in Edinburgh on 25–27 February and 1-3 March 3 at 6.45pm. Sherlock Holmes: The Final Reckoning is far from being yet another...
CrimeFest
CrimeFest has revealed its full line up for the four-day celebration of the UK’s most popular genre, hosted at the Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel, from Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 May, 2023. Alongside 2023 featured guests - stalwarts of the genre, Mar...
Birmingham Author Meetup
Authors! Join us for an authors' meetup at the Bacchus Bar in Birmingham. This event is free, but you'll need to book, and you can do so here....
Edinburgh Drama Explores Holmes-Watson Dynamic
A new play by David Stuart Davies, a recognised authority on Sherlock Holmes, is set to wow audiences at the Assembly Roxy in Edinburgh on 1-3 March at 6.45pm. Sherlock Holmes: The Final Reckoning is far from being yet another standard Holmes myster...
Murder in the Library!
Author Talk with Leye Adenle, Alison Bruce & James Carol Celebrate National Libraries Week with the launch of our new bi-monthly Crime Panel, where best-selling authors will visit Chiswick and Osterley Libraries. With the CWA Daggers due to be a...
Martin Edwards Assumes CWA Chair
The Crime Writers’ Association is pleased to announce that crime novelist Martin Edwards has been elected as its new Chair and takes over his duties in January. Martin Edwards is the author of eighteen novels; the most recent is The Dungeon House. ...
Countdown to the Daggers on 22 October
Free tickets are available from Thursday 15 Oct for the virtual awards ceremony of the 2020 Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Daggers, which honour the very best in crime writing. The oldest awards in the genre, the CWA Daggers have been synonymous ...
Crime Writers in Residence: at home with Holly Watt
The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. My name is Holly Watt, and I write novels about a journalist called Casey Benedict who investigates stories that take her all over the world. The first one - To The Lions, whi...
Two Vice Chairs for the CWA
In a move away from tradition, the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) has appointed not one but two Vice Chairs for the year 2017-2018. This follows Martin Edwards’ assumption of the role of Chair after serving as Vice Chair since 2015. The two new...
CWA Dagger featured on BBC Look North
The CWA Daggers were recently featured on BBC Look North, focused on CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger winner Trevor Wood and his work at The People’s Kitchen in Newcastle, inspiration for his debut novel The Man on the Street. ...
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