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Maxim Jakubowski - CWA Chair (Photograph credit to Fenris Oswin)
Many Deadly Returns by the Murder SquadIt’s 21 years since Murder Squad, a group of award-winning crime and mystery writers, was formed and...
Peter MayPeter May (born 20 December 1951) is a Scottish television screenwriter, novelist, and crime writer. He is the recipient of writing awards in Europe and America. The Blackhouse won the U.S. Barry Awa...
A Theft, A Dog and a Man called Harold by Peter Bartram25th November 2021
One of the pleasures of crime writing is when research turns you into a ‘snapper up of unconsidered trifles’. (The Winter’s Tale, Act 4 Scene 3, if you were torturing yourself to remember where the qu... Read more
Dagger Awards to Carry Cash Prizes and Open to Authors to Self-Nominate1st November 2021
The CWA Daggers – synonymous with quality crime writing for over half a century – is set to again award cash prizes beginning in 2023, for titles published and nominated in 2022. Detail of the amounts... Read more
Bookseller of the Month: The Book Makers, Brighton1st November 2021
Every month, as part of the new CWA Booksellers Champion initiative, we want to celebrate a bookshop because we believe bookshops don’t just sell our books – they bring our streets alive. This month,... Read more
How I Came To Write ‘Appointment in Tehran’, by James Stejskal25th October 2021
West Berlin, 1980. We knew it was going to happen sometime soon. When exactly was a mystery. It was one of those closely guarded secrets that would only be revealed when it was successful or went spec... Read more
‘The Marriage Trap – what to do with the love interest in period detective fiction’ by Fiona Veitch Smith20th October 2021
“Excuse me, miss. I think you’ve dropped something.” He held the camera under one arm like the bellows of a bag pipe, while with the other he thrust something in her direction. A book. The one she had... Read more
CWA October Bookseller of the Month: Guid Books, Alva1st October 2021
Every month, as part of the new CWA Booksellers Champion initiative with bestselling author Elly Griffiths, we want to celebrate a bookshop because we believe bookshops don’t just sell our books – the... Read more
The Diamond Dagger Interview: Andrew Taylor speaks to Martina Cole14th September 2021
The Diamond Dagger is awarded those authors whose crime-writing careers have been marked by sustained excellence, and who have made a significant contribution to crime fiction writing. In our annual i... Read more
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The CRA Newsletter: September 2021
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