The Crime Writers’ Association

The CWA Presents: Criminal Minds #1

Criminal Landscapes: Geographic Profiling & Crime Mapping - Dr Spencer Chainey Dr Spencer Chainey, UCL lecturer and co-author of GIS (Geographical Information System) and Crime Mapping, will discuss how vital understanding the physical landsca...


The CWA Presents: Criminal Minds #3

Disrupting Criminal Patterns: Crime Science and Cybercrime – Vaseem Khan Vaseem works at the UCL Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science, and will provide insight and understanding into the activities of cyber criminals and what’s b...


CrimeCon: Festival of True Crime Comes Live to London

CrimeCon, the world’s biggest true crime festival, will once again be live and in central London this autumn: across the weekend of 25-26 September. True crime fans, starved of in-person events, will be able to meet authors, publishers, documentary...


Harry Navinski Book Launch


Crime Comes to Taunton

On Saturday, 27 April 2024, join authors, publishers, readers, and booksellers for a day of talks, panels, quizzes, and more at Brendon Books CIC in Taunton. Tickets are £12 for the day, or £3 per event. Learn more and book your tickets here....


MAKE CRIME PAY

Saturday 4th March 10.00am – 7.30pm. MAKE CRIME PAY. A fantastic range of authors including Tom Mead and Cath Staincliffe in a day of online workshops, talks and interviews. Details and tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/make-crime-pay-tickets-4817782...


Dagger Awards Gala Dinner

TUESDAY 11 OCTOBER 2016 GRANGE CITY HOTEL, LONDON EC3N 6.30pm for 7pm Speaker: James Runcie, author of The Grantchester Mysteries, as seen on TV CWA Diamond Dagger Awarded to 2016 recipient: Peter James The winners of the other nine Daggers includ...


Diamond Sponsorship Package

Diamond Sponsorship Package - Diamond DaggerSponsoring the Diamond Dagger provides the following benefits: 1. The sponsor’s name and logo appears on all official Daggers literature and communications, as well as relevant website promotions and so...


New Frontiers in Forensics, Crime and Security: Forensic Outreach Conference

Royal Institution, Oct 18 Open to everyone, this event by Forensic Outreach is one the CWA is pleased to promote to crime writers and readers alike. Meet pioneering forensic scientists and detectives – the real-life versions of the characters yo...


Skulduggery in Stowmarket Crime Festival

Join us this April for the 5th Skulduggery in Stowmarket Crime Festival. The festival features seven authors over the two days including William Shaw and Lesley Kara. Friday tickets are £7 each or £12 for two, including a glass of wine on a...


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