The Crime Writers’ Association

Bookshop of the Month – October 2021: Guid Reads

Every month, as part of the new CWA Booksellers Champion initiative , we want to celebrate a bookshop because we believe bookshops don’t just sell our books – they bring our streets alive. This month, Booksellers Champion and award-winning author...


ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction

ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction This Dagger is for any non-fiction work on a crime-related theme by an author of any nationality as long as the book was first published in the UK in English during the judging period. The Dagger encompasses, tho...


British Library crime course

The British Library is hosting a crime course in June and July, with writer and broadcaster Barry Forshaw. Death in Foreign Climes: European Crime Fiction Tuesdays 28 June, 5 July and 12 July 2016 6-8pm http://www.bl.uk/events/death-in-foreign-clime...


Crime Con Glasgow

Crime Con is a one-day true crime extravaganza featuring criminologists, forensic scientists, homicide detectives, victims’ advocates, content creators, and more. Explore the minds of serial killers and psychopaths, hear unheard stories, learn abou...


Bloody Scotland. Deadlier: Sophie Hannah in conversation with Cath Staincliffe

Women crime writers, from Agatha Christie and Daphne du Maurier, to Val McDermid and Margaret Atwood, have always been a bloodthirsty bunch. They’ve also produced some of the very best work in the genre. A new compilation, Deadlier, contains 100 of...


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...


Crime-writing festivals star in Radio4 Short Cuts

In the month that thousands of fiction fans head to Yorkshire for the Harrogate Crime Festival, this new short story series, Short Cuts, from BBC Radio 4 celebrates the very particular atmosphere of such festivals. It’s often said that there is...


Dagger Shortlist Evening Reception

The Crime Writers’ Association will announce the shortlists for the 2017 Dagger awards at a drinks reception at Waterstones, Piccadilly (Lower Ground Floor) from 6.30pm on Wednesday July 26. Shortlists will be announced for the following Daggers: ...


Breakfast Byte – Facebook Ads: How Do You Promote To Generate Sales?

Breakfast Byte Facebook Ads workshop at the Groucho Club on Wednesday 30 January. Title: Facebook Ads: How Do You Promote To Generate Sales? Refreshments: A light breakfast is included in the ticket price. Speaker: This Byte the Book workshop will be...


Women Who Murder: An Evening with Mitzi Szereto (Vancouver, BC)

On 4 May, 2024, True crime author Mitzi Szereto will be at Indigo Langley to meet readers and sign copies of her new book release Women Who Murder: An International Collection of Deadly True Crime Tales. She’ll be joined by her special guest, contr...


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