Crime-writing festivals star in Radio4 Short Cuts
In the month that thousands of fiction fans head to Yorkshire for the Harrogate Crime Festival, this new short story series, Short Cuts, from BBC Radio 4 celebrates the very particular atmosphere of such festivals. It’s often said that there is...
Clare Mackintosh Wins Theakston Crime Novel of the Year
Announced at the Festival on Thursday 21 July, Clare Mackintosh wins the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year with her debut crime novel, I Let You Go, published by Sphere. CWA member Clare was awarded her prize – £3,000 and a handma...
Val McDermid Honoured for Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction
On Thursday 21 July, Val McDermid was announced the winner of the seventh Theakston Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award. Sara Paretsky, Lynda La Plante, Ruth Rendell, PD James, Colin Dexter and Reginald Hill are former recipi...
Debut Dagger Deadline Draws Near
The deadline to enter the most hotly contended competition for aspiring crime novelists is fast approaching. Aspiring crime novelists have until the end of February to enter the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Debut Dagger, which is sponsored b...
About the CWA
About the CWA The Crime Writers’ Association was founded in 1953 by John Creasey (pictured). Our overall aim is to support, promote and celebrate this most durable, adaptable and successful of genres. The CWA’s everyday aim is to support writers...
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...
Private: How I Wrote 20 Mystery eBooks In 20 Months by C T Mitchell
How I Wrote 20 Mystery eBooks In 20 Months How I Wrote 20 Mystery eBooks In 20 Months October 17, 2017 / Writing / By CT Mitchell Have you ever wanted to write mystery eBooks but procrastinated for so long you never got started? You...
CWA Announces new Debut Dagger Sponsor
The Crime Writers’ Association has announced a new sponsor for its annual international writing competition for unpublished writers. The CWA Debut Dagger is to be sponsored by ProWritingAid, a platform that operates as a grammar checker, style edi...
Private: Into the River: how a last-minute decision led to an award-winning bestseller, by Mark Brandi
In a river, on the outskirts of an isolated country town, two young brothers discover a wheelie bin, partly submerged beneath a fallen tree. Curious, the older brother goes closer to investigate. He steps carefully across the tree’s smooth trunk, ...
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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