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
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
Who knew a harmless town fair could be so polarising – or so deadly? When auctioneer Felicia...
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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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.