Noirwich Crime Writing Festival
The Noirwich Crime Writing Festival is the region’s largest annual celebration of crime writing and one of the fastest-growing literary festivals in the UK. Many incredible crime writers have attended the festival in recent years, including Val McD...
Politics and Prose with Julie Anderson
In an age in which we are all citizen journalists and political commentators on social media and the political blog has found a place in the mainstream media in a way undreamed of thirty years ago, what place does political fiction have? The power s...
Member benefits
Member benefits CWA members enjoy a wide range of benefits and support, including promotion of their work and events to a large, engaged audience of readers; meeting and networking with other writers; inclusion in newsletters and social media posts;...
Christmas Books
Come along and hear Sue Moorcroft, Jules Wake, Susi Holliday and Chloe Mayer chat to Bibliomaniac about their Christmas titles. Ticket price includes a free drink and a goody bag. Books on sale on the evening and the authors will be signing books too...
Official Launch: Moot by Rob McInroy
Join award-winning author Rob McInroy for the official launch of Moot, the third instalment in the Bob Kelty series. The event is free, and will take place at Strathearn Arts, PH7 4AX. Book your place here....
Debut Dagger longlist to be announced at Crime Writers’ Week
The ProWriting Aid Debut Dagger longlist is going to be announced online by chair of judges Leigh Russell at ProWritingAid's Crime Writer's Week, Weds 26 April 7pm. The Zoom link is on the Debut Dagger website: https://thecwa.co.uk/awards-and.../the...
Meet Author Charlie Garratt, Creator of Inspector James Given
Telford & Wrekin Libraries is holding a free event on Zoom with Charlie Garratt - author of the Inspector James Given novels. It takes place on Wednesday 17 March at 7pm. An opportunity to find out more about what inspired Charlie to become an a...
Getting the Science Right with Brian Price
Join us for the first of the 2024 CWA Crime Writers' Clinics! This event is free for CWA members and £15 for non-members. Thinking of joining? You can apply here. Oct 8th 7.00pm (BST) Getting the Science Right: Brian Price https://www.eventbri...
Society of Authors @Home – online events
The Society of Authors continue to offer a full programme of bookish events online - many of them for free! From 23 March until 1 April, the events include in conversation with translator Maureen Freely, crime writer and CWA member Dorothy Koomson, c...
Evesham Library: Reading Crime Fiction
Jacquie Rogers and Linda Mather have teamed up to present an evening of reading and writing crime at Evesham library, part of Worcestershire libraries county-wide celebration of crime reading in June. We'll be talking about how crime fiction is a por...
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