The Crime Writers’ Association

CWA New Anthology released

“The short story is alive and well in England, judging by this Crime Writers’ Association anthology assembled by Martin Edwards” – Publishers Weekly, 2nd June 2014 The latest CWA fiction anthology, Guilty Parties, published by...


New Blood Dagger Discussion with Maxim

On October 12th at 7pm Maxim Jakubowski will be chairing a panel at Waterstones Piccadilly, featuring four of the five shortlisted authors for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger: Tim Baker, Bill Beverly, Jax Miller and Nicholas Searle, discussin...


New Frontiers in Forensics, Crime and Security: Forensic Outreach Conference

Royal Institution, Oct 18 Open to everyone, this event by Forensic Outreach is one the CWA is pleased to promote to crime writers and readers alike. Meet pioneering forensic scientists and detectives – the real-life versions of the characters yo...


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...


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...


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...


Escaping from Lockdown with JC Briggs

Much I have I travelled in the realms of gold … So wrote John Keats in his sonnet On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer, which book took him to ‘goodly states and kingdoms.’ Reading took him to far-flung places where he would never go, and im...


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...


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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