Murder at the Seaview Hotel Book Launch
Thursday November 11 2021 at 2pm Join author Glenda Young in a Q&A by Zoom with Gemma Alexander of Scarborough's South Cliff Gardens. Join Sunderland's best-selling author Glenda Young online as she launches her debut cosy crime Murder at the S...
Michael Connelly to receive CWA Diamond Dagger 2018
The Crime Writers’ Association is delighted to announce that Michael Connelly is to receive the 2018 CWA Diamond Dagger, the highest honour in British crime writing. The Dagger award recognises authors whose crime writing careers have been marked b...
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...
Crime writers for a charity event on July 5, at Waterstones, Glasgow.
Join Scottish crime writers for a charity event on July 5, at Waterstones, Glasgow. This public event is from 6.30 to 8pm on July 5th at Waterstones Argyle Street: 0141 248 4814 It's free, but you need to call to book your ticket. (Just for numbe...
Book Signing with Alice Castle
11-12th May, Dulwich Open House Festival, 11am to 5pm. Alice Castle will be selling and signing copies of Death in Dulwich, The Girl in the Gallery, Calamity in Camberwell, Homicide in Herne Hill and Revenge on the Rye. Books are £8 each. ...
Alice Castle in Conversation with Local Authors
Alice Castle will be in conversation with local authors at Rye Books on 16th May, she will also be selling and signing books. Before turning to a life of crime, Alice Castle was a UK newspaper journalist for The Daily Express, The Times and ...
Book Signing with Alice Castle
18-19th May, Dulwich Open House Festival 11am -5pm Alice Castle will be selling and signing copies of Death in Dulwich, The Girl in the Gallery, Calamity in Camberwell, Homicide in Herne Hill and Revenge on the Rye. Books are £8 each. Bef...
An Evening with Cath Staincliffe
Meet The Author. An evening with Cath Staincliffe for National Crime Reading Month. Cath will be talking about her novels and her writing process, plus reading from her latest book, followed by a Q&A. Cath Staincliffe is an award winning...
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C J Sansom Awarded Diamond Dagger
CJ Sansom has been announced as the recipient of the highest honour in British crime writing, the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Diamond Dagger. One of Britain’s bestselling historical novelists, Christopher John Sansom was born in 1952 in E...
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