Private: The CWA Presents Crime Writers’ Clinics
The Crime Writers Association is proud to present Crime Writers' Clinics, a programme of online conversations with industry experts specially designed with CWA members in mind. These events are free for CWA members, and £10 per event fo...
Private: CWA announces new Treasurer
Belatedly (but no less importantly) we are delighted to announce Andrew Subramaniam as the CWA Honorary Treasurer. Andrew Subramaniam is a partner in HW Fisher & Company’s media group. As well as advising numerous authors and journalists, he ha...
Private: Daggers announced in glittering gala dinner evening
M.W. Craven has won the CWA Gold Dagger for his novel The Puppet Show. The Daggers, which were announced (24 October) at a glittering awards ceremony at the Leonardo Royal Hotel, London, are regarded by the publishing world as the foremost British aw...
Emerging Author Dagger
Emerging Author Dagger The Emerging Author Dagger (formerly the Debut Dagger), sponsored by Fiction Feedback Editorial Consultancy, is an international competition, open to any unpublished writer in the world writing in English, for a crime novel op...
Emerging Author Dagger
Emerging Author Dagger The Emerging Author Dagger (formerly the Debut Dagger), sponsored by Fiction Feedback Editorial Consultancy, is an international competition, open to any unpublished writer in the world writing in English, for a crime novel op...
Private: CWA Daggers 2020 Shortlists Announced
The 2020 shortlists for the prestigious CWA Dagger awards, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, have been announced. The world-famous Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Daggers are the oldest awards in the genre and have been syn...
Kate Ellis headlines at Crediton Literary Festival with a crime focus
A one-day Literary Festival on Saturday 5 June presented online via Zoom. Sixteen authors are speaking on a range of genres throughout the day, with a 10pm crime panel, Victoria Dowd at 1.30pm and Kate Ellis headlining in the afternoon. Tickets are f...
Debut Dagger
Emerging Author Dagger (Debut Dagger) Announcements Congratulations to our 2024 Shortlist Authors! See below for details. Winner: Dagger Awards Dinner, evening of Thursday 4 July, Leonardo City Hotel, London. All announcements will also appe...
Kevin Anderson & Associates Sponsors Gold Dagger
The crime writing genre’s oldest and most famous award has had an injection of new blood thanks to a new sponsor. The ghostwriters and editing firm Kevin Anderson & Associates are the new sponsors of the coveted Crime Writers’ Association’s...
Gaelic Language Event: Shelagh Chaimbeul Book Release
A summer's day in June 2004. Four teenagers are walking on the Fife Coastal path near St. Andrews, when one of them, Amy, finds an unusual bracelet. 20 years later, a new true crime series begins, 'Fuasgladh Cheist', which investigatesn suspicious...
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