Emerging Author Dagger Rules
Rules and Submission Guidelines Emerging Author Dagger The Emerging Author Dagger (formerly the Debut Dagger), an international competition for the opening of an adult/YA crime novel and synopsis, is aimed at debut writers. The CWA defines a de...
London Book Fair and Byte the Book
London Book Fair runs at Olympia this year from Tuesday 14 to Thursday 16 March. As a book-lover, it's always a fabulous event to visit, whether or not you have business there. http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/ Byte the Book also have a few seminars...
New Writing North and Northumbria University present Crime Story 2018
Saturday 19 May 2018, 10am-6pm, Newcastle upon Tyne Crime Story is a unique biennial event that brings together crime experts with crime writers and readers for a fascinating and inspiring one-day writing festival. Crime Story 2018 will be headline...
Crime Publishers & Writers at Event in Chorley, Lancashire
Publishers Sapere Books and Gritstone Publishing Co-operative as well as crime writers Simon Michael, D J Harrison and Ruth Sutton will be highlighting the different ways of getting published. Writers, whether beginners or more experienced, are wel...
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Debut Dagger Tips: Kristina Stanley
Prepare to be deeply jealous when you find out the circumstances in which Kristina Stanley penned her Debut Dagger shortlisted novel, Blaze. However, despite a deeply glamourous writing story, the Canadian newcomer faced the same struggle as a...
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...
CWA Announce Longlists for Prestigious Crime Writing Daggers – SHORTLISTS TO BE ANNOUNCED 25 JULY
STOP PRESS: CWA Dagger Shortlists to be announced at a 6.30pm reception at Daunt’s bookshop, Cheapside, London EC2V 6AX on 25 July. Book your place: admin@thecwa.co.uk. Free entry. The Crime Writers Association announced the much anticipated lo...
The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival
This popular festival returns to the Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate on the 20th-23rd July 2017, to mark the 15th annual celebration of the genre. 2017’s Programming Chair Elly Griffiths, the current holder of the CWA Dagger in the Library, has put toge...
Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival
The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival is Europe’s largest event dedicated to the celebration of crime fiction. Taking place annually over four days each July (20-23, 2017), the Festival programmes over 90 best-selling UK and internation...
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