First Monday Crime Writing Special in London Feb 6
First Monday is a monthly crime fiction/thriller social night held in Central London. A mix between a social evening and a literary festival panel, First Mondays offer the crime fiction community – readers, writers and industry professionals – a ...
Libraries
Supporting libraries The places where many of us first discovered a love of books, and the places that for many form the centre of their reading experience, libraries are a national treasure. The CWA does not assume a political role – we leave tha...
Chiltern Kills
Join Nadine Matheson, Anna Mazzola, Greg Mosse, and a host of exciting authors and personalities for the Chiltern Kills crime writing festival on Saturday 5 October. All tickets benefit the Centrepoint Homeless Youth charity. Learn more and book your...
Brian Price Books Signing
Join author Brian Price as he signs his new book, Fatal Image, on 27 November at 8.00pm, at the Black Cat Micropub in Somerset. This event is free....
Glenda Young Author Event
Join bestselling author Glenda Young at Newcastle Noir! Book your tickets here....
Diamond Dagger winner 2015 to be announced
“I value that brooch more than anything else I own apart from for my wedding ring.” – Sarah Paretsky, Diamond Dagger winner 2002 The Diamond Dagger is our award for lifetime achievement. It has been awarded every year...
Librarians Asked to Nominate Authors for CWA Dagger in the Library 2019
Libraries are now voting for the winner of the Dagger in the Library 2019, after Martin Edwards carried off the award in 2018. The CWA’s Dagger in the Library is a prize for a body of work by a crime writer that users of libraries particularly admi...
Fearful and Wonderful: Alfred Swaine Taylor and 19th century forensic science
“Fearful and Wonderful: Alfred Swaine Taylor and 19th century forensic science.” In this talk, discover the cases, both well-known and obscure, of leading 19th century forensic scientist Alfred Swaine Taylor (1806-1880). Along the way, f...
Historical Dagger 2021
Shortlisted
Ovidia Yu
The Mimosa Tree Mystery
Little, Brown Book Group
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