Sam Blake – Murder ONE
Sam Blake is the founder of the Murder ONE International Crime Writing Festival – Ireland’s first designated crime festival, taking place in Dublin, a UNESCO City of Literature, in November 2018. For a first festival the line-up of crime writers...
Ann Cleeves to receive CWA Diamond Dagger
Ann Cleeves to receive CWA Diamond Dagger The Crime Writers’ Association is delighted to announce that Ann Cleeves is to receive the CWA Diamond Dagger, the highest honour in British crime writing. The Dagger award recognises authors whose crime wr...
In Conversation with Diane Jeffrey
Join USA Today bestselling author Diane Jeffrey in conversation with author Tina Orr Munro at Waterstones, Barnstaple, as they celebrate the release of Diane’s latest psychological thriller, The Other Couple. Wine and nibbles will be served. This...
Oracle with Julie Anderson
Come along to this author talk about a new thriller set in ancient Delphi which explores issues relevant today. About this Event Oracle by our guest, author Julie Anderson, is about justice - from the brutal, archaic form of blood vengean...
WHSmith Cardiff: Thorne Moore and Judith Barrow
Another Saturday in May, another pair of Crime Cymru authors ready to meet and greet and sign their books at WHSmiths in Cardiff. Today it’s Domestic Noir day, with Thorne Moore, author of psychological mysteries including A Time For Silence and J...
CWA Opens Membership to Self-Published Authors
For the first time in its 68-year history, the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association will allow self-published authors to join its ranks. The move comes after the CWA consulted its members, who voted with an 84% majority in favour to accept self-p...
Bookseller of the Month: October 2022 – Richard Reynolds
As part of the new CWA Bookshops Champion initiative, we want to celebrate bookshops and booksellers, because we believe they don’t just sell our books – they bring our streets alive. This month there’s a special CWA Bookseller of the Month ...
CWA Launch High Profile National Crime Reading Month
Ian Rankin, Anthony Horowitz, Elly Griffiths and Vaseem Khan announced as new ambassadors for NCRM The Crime Writers’ Association launches National Crime Reading Month (NCRM) this June – a major initiative designed to celebrate the genre and g...
Bookshop of the Month – March 2022: Warwick Books
In Conversation with Vaseem Khan Warwick Books, located a stone’s throw from ancient Warwick Castle, was established in 2004 by Keith and Frances Smith. Today, the shop is run by Mog and Pauline Giacomelli-Harris, a book-loving couple, who moved...
Crime Writers Emerging from Lockdown with Louise Burfitt-Dons
How an escape story inspired The Secret War Some years ago when I was living in Australia I met someone whose family had escaped the Cultural Revolution. The planning required utmost secrecy for the father to organise their ‘trip to Hong Kong to...
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