Festive Giveaway: British Library Sherlock Holmes eReader coverCRA seven days of celebrations with a great prize for any fan of the best in crime writing. DAY TWO: Ten lucky winners will receive a British Library eReader & mini tablet cover. We’ve spott...
Festive Giveaway: CWA AnthologyWe are starting the CRA seven days of celebrations with a great prize for any fan of the best in crime writing. DAY ONE: One lucky winner will receive a copy of the Crime Writers’ Association la...
The CRAThe Crime Readers’ Association is delighted to have our brand new website courtesy of the most brilliant team at Considered Creative. We are still adding details of all of the almost 700 members...
Where to begin reading Margery Allingham?What an alluring question. How I envy readers this treat in store … Margery Allingham copyright: Margery Allingham Society To begin at the beginning is usually sound advice and, with Margery All...
CWA 60th Anniversary: November 5th, LondonYou 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...
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...
The Daily Grind (Another Day at the Word-Face)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...
CRA Giveaway: Food of GhostsWe 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...
CRA Writing Tips: EditingA 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...
Sunday Reading: ‘Threescore and Ten’ by Margaret YorkeMargaret 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...
CWA Margery Allingham Short Story CompetitionThe 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 We encourage both published and unpublished writers to enter their short stories, up to 3500 words.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...
Sunday Reading: CWA AnthologyClick 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...
Internationally acclaimed crime authors join police and crime experts at CSI Portsmouth 2013Five 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...
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...
Joe Geraghty and Hull – Nick QuantrillWhen 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...
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...
CWA Dagger ShortlistsThe 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...
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...
CRA Writing Tips: Variety in WritingThe 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...
Crime Poll: Your turnThree 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...
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