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Maxim Jakubowski - CWA Chair (Photograph credit to Fenris Oswin)
RUNNING OUT OF ROAD by Cath StaincliffeA missing schoolgirl, a middle-aged recluse, an exploited teenager. Lives thrown into chaos and set...
Peter LoveseyPeter Lovesey has published 41 novels and five collections of short stories since he joined the CWA in 1969. His work has been adapted for radio, TV and film and is translated into over 20 languages....
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
CWA September Bookseller of the Month: Cogito Books, Hexham31st August 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
True Crime? How we bottle up and serve real-world acts of depravity, by Ed Whitfield12th August 2021
The British fascination with murder has a long and illustrious literary history. From Thomas De Quincey’s 1827 essay, On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts to Kate Summerscale’s The Wicked Boy,... Read more
When close confinement was a choice, by Kate Ellis9th August 2021
My twenty-fifth Wesley Peterson mystery, The Stone Chamber, begins with the execution-style murder of Robert and Greta Gerdner at their home in the Devon countryside. DI Wesley Peterson suspects that... Read more
August Bookshop of the Month: No Alibis1st August 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. August... Read more
CWA Opens Membership to Self-Published Authors29th July 2021
For the first time in its 68-year history, the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association will allow self-published authors to join its ranks. The move comes after the CWA consulted its members, who voted... Read more
‘Crime in Trying Times’ by J.G. Harlond28th July 2021
Do you actually know anyone who is entirely good? Or entirely bad, with no redeeming qualities? I ask because as a crime writer I create both goodies and the baddies: those who do their very best in t... Read more
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