London Chapter Meeting
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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...
ALCS to Sponsor CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction
The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society is to sponsor the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction in 2018. This year sees the 40th anniversary of the award; previous winners having included Antonia Fraser, Jonathan Goodman an...
June is National Crime Reading Month
Events related to reading crime fiction and non-fiction are taking place up and down the country in June. CWA members are talking about their novels and their lives in crime, hosting seminars, signing books and taking part in literary festivals. To ...
CWA Diamond Dagger goes to Simon Brett
The Crime Writers’ Association is delighted to announce that the 2014 Diamond Dagger will be awarded to Simon Brett. The Diamond Dagger is voted for by members of the CWA and celebrates an author with an outstanding body of work in crime fiction. P...
AGM 2024
AGM 2024 The CWA would like to invite all paying members to our AGM which will take place on Saturday, 18 May, 2024, at 10:00am via Zoom. Here is the meeting link: Time: May 18, 2024 10:00 AM London https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89445619441?p...
Admin and accounts executive
Admin and Accounts executive We engage an inbox secretary for general matters and for external correspondence, Vicki Goldie, who can be reached at secretary@thecwa.co.uk We also engage the paid services of a management company (Moore Engage) to a...
In memoriam
In memoriam The CWA celebrates the memory of each of these members, sadly no longer with us.2024 Carolyn Caughey David Stuart Davies CJ Sansom Pat O'Keeffe Phil Rickman 2023 Eric Brown Christopher Fowler DJ Harrison Marilyn Livings...
Who Wunnit? CWA Dagger winners announced
Some two hundred agents, publishers and authors were present at the glamourous awards dinner at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, to find out the winners of the 2014 CWA Daggers. Alison Joseph, Chair of the CWA said: “Our Daggers Awards dinner is a...
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