9th October 2013
You may have seen that we are canvassing the Crime Readers’ Association for their opinion for our Best Ever Poll (Best Ever Novel, Best Ever Author and Best Ever Series) but have you booked your...
7th October 2013
Sex and Crime Two lovers who can’t keep their hands off each other’s bodies; an inconvenient and unattractive husband who it is necessary to get out of the way. I know – you’re thinkng: James M...
3rd October 2013
Writer: Zoë Sharp Workspace: This is my corner of the study. The trees outside the window are where the red squirrels do their best to distract me from work by stealing food from the bird feeders and...
2nd October 2013
We have three copies of Food of Ghosts by Marianne Wheelaghan to giveaway to CRA readers. a Rafflecopter giveaway Food of Ghosts is published by Pilrig Press...
26th September 2013
A quotation from George Orwell is probably the best place to start when we are thinking about editing:’If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.’ Remember that writing for a...
22nd September 2013
Margaret Yorke was a former Chair of the CWA who was a recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger. After writing a number of romantic novels, she turned to crime fiction, with five books featuring Pa...
18th September 2013
The CWA Margery Allingham Short Story Competition is now open. We encourage both published and unpublished writers to enter their short stories, up to 3500 words. The winner will receive £1,000 as wel...
15th September 2013
Click by Alison Joseph ‘You’d know if he was dead, though, wouldn’t you? Your own husband…..’ She stared into the black water. Around her the trees dripped with recent ra...
10th September 2013
Five internationally acclaimed best-selling crime authors will be appearing at this year’s CSI Portsmouth on Saturday 2 November alongside police and forensic experts as part of Portsmouth BookFest. T...
7th September 2013
Over the last three weeks we have asked you, the Crime Reader, to vote for the Best Ever Crime Series and Crime Writer. Today is the day to determine which is your Best Ever Crime Novel. You may choos...
2nd September 2013
When I started to write the first Joe Geraghty novel, I was always going to write about my home city of Hull. I’d read Ian Rankin’s Rebus series and the way Edinburgh is used as a character left...
31st August 2013
Over three Saturdays we will be asking you, the Crime Reader, to vote for the CWA Poll – to be announced on our 60th anniversary at a special event in London. Question Two: What is the Best Ever Crime...
29th August 2013
The Crime Writers’ Association announced the shortlists for the remaining three CWA 2013 Gold Daggers. The eventual winners will be revealed on 24th October, at the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 20...
24th August 2013
Over the next three Saturdays we will be asking you, the Crime Reader, to vote for the CWA Poll – to be announced on our 60th anniversary at a special event in London. Question One: Who is the B...
22nd August 2013
The importance of varying your pace when you are writing cannot be stressed too much. To some extent this will happen naturally through your plot, but you should also use your language to control the...
19th August 2013
Three months ago the Crime Writers’ Association asked its members to answer three simple questions as part of the celebrations surrounding the Association’s 60th Anniversary. (It was found...
16th August 2013
We’re a quietish bunch in the UK, us Mystery Writers. There’s me and a few others, some of whom cross into historical crime. But we are largely ignored by the media, rarely reviewed (except on Amazon)...
11th August 2013
We are delighted to announce our August giveway – a complimentary weekend pass to CrimeFest 2014. CrimeFest was recently listed by the Guardian as one of the best crime writing festivals in the...
2nd August 2013
Writer: Felix Francis Area: North Oxfordshire Day job: Ex-physics teacher but now full time writer, and dog-minder Refusal (Dick Francis Novel) is by Felix Francis. Here, we take a look at both w...
27th July 2013
Book sales and maternity wards bloomed with the publication of Fifty Shades of Grey. As a bit of fun, I had a look at the CWA’s Diamond Dagger award winners over the years, and wondered how some of t...