The Crime Writers’ Association

Gaelic Language Event: Shelagh Chaimbeul Book Release

A summer's day in June 2004. Four teenagers are walking on the Fife Coastal path near St. Andrews, when one of them, Amy, finds an unusual bracelet. 20 years later, a new true crime series begins, 'Fuasgladh Cheist', which investigatesn suspicious...


Liz Mistry in Wyke, West Yorkshire and the Crime Fiction Fairy Book Drop at Leeds Trinity Uni

Liz Mistry Come and see crime writer Liz Mistry at a Crime, Coffee and Cake reading group session at Wyke Library, near Bradford from 5.30-7.30pm on 31 May. Liz will be reading from her third book, Untainted Blood. Liz is also helping to organise C...


Kirkcudbright Book Week

Designed to showcase the developing literary scene in Kirkcudbright and the wider Dumfries and Galloway area, join us for the second Kirkcudbright Book Week. Book Week features appearances by professional authors as well as affording community wri...


Clapham Book Festival

Join Elly Griffiths, Sarah Bax-Horton, Julie Anderson and other award-winning writers for a day of books and talks! On 12 October, the Clapham Book Festival takes place at the Omnibus Theatre on Clapham Common. Book your tickets here....


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2022 CWA Dagger Awards Announced

Ray Celestin, MW Craven, Janice Hallett and Mark Billingham awarded 2022 CWA Daggers. The winners of the 2022 CWA Daggers, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, have been announced. [For photos of the event, see: https://thecw...


Val McDermid Book Launch

Join Val McDermid for the launch of her highly anticipated new thriller, Past Lying. This event is sponsored by the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and will take place on 11 October at 7.00 PM in the Assembly Rooms on George Street, Edinburgh...


Bookshop of the Month – November 2021: The Book Makers

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, William Shaw talks about an unusual venture...


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...


Bookshop of the Month – September 2022: The Oundle Bookshop

Joanna Patterson-Gordon of The Oundle Bookshop Talks to William Shaw You’ll find The Oundle Bookshop behind an impressive line of Georgian pillars on Market Place, which is where it’s been for a remarkable 99 years. It’s a traditional bo...


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