Staffordshire Serial Thrillers
Sarah Rayne will be part of Stafford Library’s ‘Crime Night’ on Wednesday 1st May – a panel/discussion group of writers helping to celebrate the ‘Staffordshire Day’ celebrations for the county. Sarah has written over 25 books to date, in...
Crime Writers in Residence – at home with Maggie Hamand
The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. I am a former journalist, a novelist and creative writing lecturer at the University of Hull. I studied biochemistry as a first degree and have a Masters in theology so science...
‘Plague’ – A Talk via Zoom by Westminster thriller author Julie Anderson
The Zoom link will be sent to you a day before the event About this Event Julie's acclaimed Westminster set crime thriller 'Plague', treads the murky banks of the River Tyburn and the plague pits. She discusses how the layers of history an...
UK Crime Book Club with Julie Anderson
Join Julie Anderson talking with Samantha Brownley about 'Oracle' the new Cassandra Fortune novel at the virtual UK Crime Book Club. Set near the ancient Temple of Apollo at Delphi on Mount Parnassus, Greece, the novel explores the idea of justice, ...
Dagger in the Library
Dagger in the Library The Dagger in the Library is a prize for a body of work by an established writer of crime fiction or non-fiction who has long been popular with borrowers from libraries. It also rewards authors who have supported libraries an...
Crime at the Castle – 24th February 2018
A fabulous all-day event at Glamis Castle near Dundee, with a full programme of author speakers, writing sessions held over four time slots. You choose who you want to listen to and when. As the castle won’t yet have opened for the season, many of...
Dagger in the Library 2017 Winner Announced
The winner of the CWA 2017 Dagger in the Library has been revealed: Mari Hannah. Mari said: ‘Membership of the Crime Writers’ Association links me to those who write and read crime fiction, essential for any author working in the genre. To re...
Take Three Crime Writers: Julie Wassmer, William Shaw and Lisa Cutts
Wassmer, an Eastenders writer for 20 years, now has a huge following with her crime series. In MurderFest, Pearl Nolan investigates the murder of a famous author at an Arts Festival. Val Mc Dermid says of Shaw’s atmospheric Kent mysteries ‘if yo...
CWA Daggers – Shortlists Announced
The Crime Writers’ Association announced the shortlists for this year’s Dagger awards for crime writing at an at an evening drinks reception held at Waterstones Piccadilly on Wednesday 26 July. The CWA Daggers, which are the probably the awards c...
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