Conferences
CWA ConferenceYork Conference 2023 - gala dinner is FULL! Although a month before registration deadline, our annual get together - this year in York - has proved hugely popular. As a result, places on our Saturday night gala dinner are now full. How...
MysteryFest
With Diana Bretherick, Simon Brett, Judith Cranswick, Jeff Dowson, Donna Fletcher-Crow, Christine Hammacott, Dot Marshall-Gent, Graham Minett, Jennifer Palmer, Linda Regan, Leigh Russell, Sally Spedding, Lesley Thomson, Laura Weston and Carol ...
The Great Detectives
Panel discussion Moderator: William Sutton Panellists: Quentin Bates, Diana Bretherick, Charlie Cochrane and Carol Westron. Who’s your favourite literary detective? Is it Sherlock Holmes? Brother Cadfael? How about Miss Marple? Or maybe s...
Dagger Awards Live – online and free
This year, due to coronavirus restrictions, we can’t hold a posh dinner in London where we enjoy a convivial atmosphere, networking with the publishing industry and watching as each Dagger is announced. However, we can still entertain, and – we ...
Christmas Books
Come along and hear Sue Moorcroft, Jules Wake, Susi Holliday and Chloe Mayer chat to Bibliomaniac about their Christmas titles. Ticket price includes a free drink and a goody bag. Books on sale on the evening and the authors will be signing books too...
Local Blood: A Panel Discussion with local authors Michelle Birkby, Emma Curtis and Jess Kidd
Three local authors from Richmond upon Thames team up to talk about their latest novels and the process of writing. Birkby, Curtis and Kidd have each mined the dark seams of mystery and suspense and written tales that strike chords of unease amongst ...
Murder Behind the Scenes at Brighouse
The worlds of TV, books and real crime collide with a charity showing of Episode 7 from CBS reality TV's Written in Blood at Prego restaurant in Brighouse with crime writers RC Bridgestock. The episode featured a horrific crime in West Yorkshire whi...
Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival
Chiltern Kills is a brand-new crime writing festival taking place in Gerrards Cross, south Bucks. There will be some big names in attendance, including Vaseem Khan, Sarah Pinborough, and Mark Billingham. This is a one-day event, so no need to book a ...
Private: What a Difference a Dagger Makes: Debut Dagger winner Bill Crotty tells of doors that have opened since the award
I had never won anything in my life. Absolutely nothing. Lucky dips were never lucky; not a single raffle ever ended with my ticket being called. School sports day was a wasteland. No kind of race did I ever win: sack, three-l...
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