Private: CWA Dagger Winners to be Announced at Awards on Oct 25
For readers of crime – now officially the UK’s most popular genre of fiction – the CWA Daggers are the book awards to really sharpen your appetite. Ten Daggers are given away at a glittering black-tie dinner and the cream of the publishing indu...
First Monday Crime: June Panel
First Monday crime have organised another outstanding FREE event on the evening of June 3rd which is just perfect for London crime fiction fans. The evening starts at 6.30pm with Tim Weaver, Peter Hanington, Angela Clarke and Doug Johnstone on a pan...
Private: Bookshop of the Month – July 2021: The Steyning Bookshop
Every month, as part of the new CWA Booksellers Champion initiative with bestselling author Elly Griffiths, we want to celebrate a bookshop because we believe bookshops don’t just sell our books – they bring our streets alive. Kicking this off is...
The Royal Institution Presents: A Passion for Poison
Join chemist-turned-writer Kathryn Harkup as she explores how Agatha Christie’s extensive knowledge of drugs and medicine mixed with real life cases, created her brilliantly plotted crime novels. Her poisons were picked with care to give clues, red...
April 2016: Norwich
April 2016: NorwichVenue: Maids Head Hotel Organiser: Dea Parkin, assisted by Kathryn SkoylesReport by Chrissie Poulson Norwich, according to Charles Dickens’s view, was a good place to see a hanging. Executions were big business in the ninetee...
The Witching Hour
With Syd Moore, Cathi Unsworth and Roz Watkins £8 (conc £7 / students £6) Book online https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/spektrix/event-detail/?WebEventId=witching-noir18 or call 01603 877177 Here in the medieval splendour of Drago...
Our Chapters
The CWA has members around the world. Our regional chapters help members to connect with other writers in the same geographical area. There are also international specialty chapters for nonfiction, self-published, and neurodiverse authors. Members ar...
Private: CWA Dagger Longlists announced
CWA Goldsboro Gold Daggers Ian Fleming Steel Dagger John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger The shortlists for these awards will be announced mid August....
Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition – Rules
Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition - The Rules Please read all terms carefully before submitting your entry. Please pay attention to the Margery Allingham’s definition of a mystery and the chronology it outlines. Submission of an entry...
April 2017: Edinburgh
April 2017: EdinburghVenue: Apex Waterloo Hotel Organiser: Aly MonroeFriday report by Kate Ellis On Friday 21 April the Clan CWA gathered at the Apex Hotel in Edinburgh’s spectacular city centre for our 2017 Annual Conference. After an extre...
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