Bookshop of the Month – December 2021: Griffin Books
Griffin Books in Penarth is one of those shops writers love to be invited to. It’s run by the amazing Mel Griffin who bought the shop nine years ago and turned it into a real community hub – with brilliantly run book events. What inspired you ...
Emerging Authors
Emerging Authors Join the Crime Writers' Association as an Emerging Author - A new type of membership for tomorrow's writers. This category encourages new crime writers in their quest to become published authors by welcoming them into the com...
National Crime Reading Month off to a blazing start!
National Crime Reading Month kicked off with simultaneous launches in London, Belfast and Edinburgh - appropriately in one of Waterstones flagship stores in Piccadilly; No Alibis, an independent bookshop, and in Edinburgh Central Library. In Londo...
Inform The CWA about a Safeguarding Matter
Inform The CWA about a safeguarding matter The CWA is committed Safeguarding and to upholding the requirements of the Equality Act 2010. We have a Safeguarding Policy and an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy which details this commitment. ...
Escaping from Greece with Jason Monaghan
In an ideal world that should be ‘Escaping to Greece’, as like so many other Brits I’m just longing for some sunshine and warm sea. The closest I’ve come so far this pandemic is organising ‘Greek Nite’ for my family bubble, with kebabs, d...
WRITERS’ BLOCK by Sarah Rayne
We’ve all been there. It doesn’t matter if we’re in the best-selling lists, or just starting out with a hopeful eye on the CWA Debut Dagger as a stepping-stone to great things (which, of course, it can often be) – we’ve all sat dismally in...
Downloads
Downloads Whether you're a bookstore, library, author or reader, here you'll find a selection of posters and other handy resources to download, display, and use to promote crime writing. Promotional postersCWA Daggers resources...
London Women’s Gliterary Lunch
Thursday 12 May, The Kingsway Hall Hotel, Covent Garden with authors Louise Doughty and Clare North A 'perfect balance of schmooze, booze and books', to quote Lionel Shriver. For those of you who still haven't experienced a Gliterary Lunch, thes...
It’s All In the Point of View by Jared Cade
If you ask most people what point of view is, they will probably answer along the lines: ‘It’s whether you write in the first person (I thought he looked ill) or third person (She thought he looked ill). It’s a little more complicated than that...
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