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Join the CWA Who can join? We offer full membership for those in the UK and overseas who have had published a full length work of crime fiction or non-fiction, and provisional membership for those who have a contract from a recognised publishing ho...
Notes on Word Count for CWA Writing Competitions
Different competitions have different rules – and different levels of rigour in the way they apply them. For the Debut Dagger we are super-strict. We ask for entries not to exceed 3,000 words (1,500 words for the synopsis) by even a word. The ti...
Pauline Rowson at Andover Library
Pauline Rowson's crime novels have an International readership and have been translated into several languages. They have received critical acclaim in the UK and the USA where they have been given starred reviews. The DI Andy Horton series has been o...
In Conversation with Diane Jeffrey
Join USA Today bestselling author Diane Jeffrey in conversation with author Tina Orr Munro at Waterstones, Barnstaple, as they celebrate the release of Diane’s latest psychological thriller, The Other Couple. Wine and nibbles will be served. This...
Left Coast Crime
Left Coast Crime 24 is in Seattle, Washington this year. From Wednesday, 10 April to Sunday, 14 April, meet authors, agents, law enforcement professionals, readers, and more. Learn more here....
Friends, Romans, Murderers with Jane Finnis
“Friends, Romans, Murderers…” Jane Finnis, who writes the Aurelia Marcella mysteries, talks about life (and death) in Roman Britain, and explores the pleasures and pitfalls of writing historical mysteries. Admission free: all welcome. Jane’...
Friends, Romans, Murderers with Jane Finnis
“Friends, Romans, Murderers…” Jane Finnis, who writes the Aurelia Marcella mysteries, talks about life (and death) in Roman Britain, and explores the pleasures and pitfalls of writing historical mysteries. Admission free: all welcome. Jane’...
CWA Daggers Announced
Chris Whitaker, Clare Mackintosh, Michael Robotham, Vaseem Khan and Peter May win 2021 CWA Daggers. The winners of the 2021 CWA Daggers, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, have been announced. The prestigious Crime Write...
Crime Writers in Residence – at home with Jim Eldridge
The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. I have been a writer for almost 50 years, the first 30 as a scriptwriter, then writing children's books, and - since 2016 - writing historical crime fiction for adults. My curr...
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