The Crime Readers' Association

Crime Readers' Association

The CRA is a body set up by the Crime Writers' Association to give readers news and information about authors renowned and undiscovered, along with tips for new writers working in the genre.

Vaseem Khan - CWA Chair

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Louise is a full-time writer and artist living in the Swiss Alps. Her debut psychological thriller, Strangers on a Bridge, was a finalist in the Exeter Novel Prize and long-listed for the Bath Novel A...

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Image by christoph_mschrd via PixabayMargery Allingham Short Story Competition

14th November 2023

A lot of readers are writers, too. Whether you’re a bestselling author or an aspiring wordsmith, if you have a short mystery in the works, the Margery Allingham Short Story Competition wants to... Read more

Behind the Scenes of Crime in 1987 – the CWA on BBC Radio 4!

14th July 2023

In 1987 longstanding CWA member Joan Lock, who had already written and presented several plays and programmes for Radio 4, made a documentary about the CWA featuring many crime-writing luminaries of t... Read more

2023 Dagger Awards Winners Announced

6th July 2023

2023 CWA Dagger Awards Announced The winners of the 2023 CWA Daggers, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, have been announced. The prestigious Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagge... Read more

National Crime Reading Month off to a blazing start!

8th June 2023

National Crime Reading Month kicked off with simultaneous launches in London, Belfast and Edinburgh – appropriately in one of Waterstones flagship stores in Piccadilly; No Alibis, an independent... Read more

Vaseem Khan elected new Chair of the CWA

31st May 2023

Vaseem Khan has been elected as the new Chair of the CWA at the association’s AGM earlier this month, taking over from Maxim Jakubowski, who ably steered the CWA Chair for three years. Vaseem is... Read more

CWA Daggers Shortlist 2023 announced

30th May 2023

The 2023 shortlists for the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger awards, which honour the very best in the crime-writing genre, have been announced at Crime Fest in Bristol. 2023 marks... Read more

International Literary Properties (ILP) to sponsor the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2023

12th May 2023

International Literary Properties (ILP), the global company that invests in, acquires, and manages the intellectual property rights to books, plays and other literary works, has announced their sponso... Read more

Daggers Longlists announced!

24th April 2023

The 2023 Daggers longlist has been announced at the CWA annual conference in York where members toasted the listed authors and publishers. The shortlist will be announced at a reception at CrimeFest i... Read more

Barking up the Right Tree – a new cosy mystery series from the author of Geraldine Steel

27th February 2023

By Leigh Russell Life is full of surprises. Partial to round numbers, I always hankered after writing twenty books in my Geraldine Steel series. To begin with, twenty books seemed like an impossibly a... Read more

In conversation with Sara Paretsky

15th February 2023

The CWA North America chapter recently hosted an evening in conversation with Sara Paretsky (author of the VI Warshawksi books.) It was recorded and is now hosted on our YouTube channel. Free to watch... Read more

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Interested in writing?

Crime reading and writing has never been so popular. We support new writers and our experienced Crime Writers are here to offer the benefit of their experience.
We also have competitions,
the Debut Dagger and
our Criminal Critiques
and Editing service.

Just don’t forget us when
you hit the big time.

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