John Creasey First Novel Dagger
ILP John Creasey First Novel Dagger The ILP John Creasey First Novel Dagger (formerly the ILP John Creasey New Blood Dagger) is for the best crime novel by a first-time author of any nationality with their first novel of any kind published in the UK...
Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition
The Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition2025 shortlist2025 longlist Title Author The Human Imperative Michael Bird Desmond Astonishes Stacy Brown Best Served Cold Ajay Chowdhury The Treasure Hunter Jane Corr...
How to Win the Emerging Author Dagger by Richard Jerram
I could do better than that. We’ve all had the same thought, trudging through turgid prose or sighing at the ridiculous coincidences required to resolve a shaky plot. Casting books aside in frustration. For thirty years, work and family meant I ...
Historical Dagger
Historical Dagger This award is for the best historical crime novel, first published in the UK in English during the judging period, set in any period up to 50 years prior to the year in which the award will be made. For novels that involve passages...
Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition
The Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition2025 longlist Title Author The Human Imperative Michael Bird Desmond Astonishes Stacy Browne Best Served Cold Ajay Chowdury The Treasure Hunter Jane Corry Only Fo...
Historical Dagger
Historical Dagger This award is for the best historical crime novel, first published in the UK in English during the judging period, set in any period up to 50 years prior to the year in which the award will be made. For novels that involve passages...
Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition
The Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition2025 shortlist2025 longlist Title Author The Human Imperative Michael Bird Desmond Astonishes Stacy Brown Best Served Cold Ajay Chowdury The Treasure Hunter Jane Corry...
Whodunnit Dagger
Whodunnit Dagger The Whodunnit Dagger celebrates books where the sex, swearing, and bloodletting take place offstage--books that focus on the intellectual challenge at the heart of a good mystery, and which revolve around often quirky characters. Bo...
Private: Authors’ Emergency Fund for Coronavirus Hardship
The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS), the Royal Literary Fund, English PEN with the T S Eliot Foundation, and Amazon UK have joined forces with the Society of Authors to support authors affected financially by Coronavirus. Collectiv...
Whodunnit Dagger
Whodunnit Dagger The Whodunnit Dagger celebrates books where the sex, swearing, and bloodletting take place offstage--books that focus on the intellectual challenge at the heart of a good mystery, and which revolve around often quirky characters. Bo...
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