The Crime Readers' Association

June is National Crime Reading Month

Venues nationwide , United Kingdom

Fancy hearing your favourite authors talk about their books? Or attending a literary festiuval? Even a good murder mystery? We have it all here on the National Crime Reading Month website: www.crimereadingmonth.co.uk Wherever you are in the British Isles, there […]

Edinburgh Book Festival

13-29 August https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/ Lots going on! Maybe it’s not all crime-related but we do have some excellent CWA crime writers there, including Alex Gray, author of the fascinating Keep the Midnight Out, and for the first time, Linda Davies. Well […]

Meet the Author at Selsey,Chichester

Selsey Centre Manor Road, Selsey

  CWA member Eileen Robertson will be taking part in Meet the Author, an event organised by Selsey Writers' Circle, West Sussex. Eileen is the author of the Miss McGuire series of books and others too, described as 'cosy with […]

Bloody Scotland

Stirling

Stirling, September 9-11 – the crime-writing festival for Scotland A fabulous festival no self-respecting crime reader in or near Scotland would dare to miss. Speakers include Ian Rankin, Mark Billingham, Peter Robinson, Stuart MacBride, MC Beaton, Chris Brookmyre and many […]

Bouchercon

Marriott Hotel 555 Canal Street, New Orleans, United States

The World Mystery Convention is a nonprofit, all-volunteer US organization which holds an annual convention in honour of Anthony Boucher, the distinguished mystery fiction critic, editor and author. It is the world's premier event bringing together all parts of the […]

Killer Women Crime Writing Festival

Shoreditch Town Hall 380 Old St, London, United Kingdom

Saturday 15 October Shoreditch Town Hall, London EC1 Ann Cleeves - Martina Cole - Val McDermid - Mark Billingham Taking place over a single day, the programme will feature a variety of readings and debates ranging from Victorian Crime to […]

The Killer Women Festival of Crime Writing & Drama

Brown's Courtrooms, Covent Garden, London , United Kingdom

CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS   Now in its fourth year, the capital’s only exclusively author-led festival will take place on Sunday 15 March 2020 - at Brown’s Courtrooms, Covent Garden, London. The 2020 festival will include appearances by, amongst others, […]

Come and Chat to CWA Oxford – via Zoom

The Crime Writers Association was founded in 1953 to support, promote and celebrate the crime writing genre. Would you like to chat to some of the CWA Oxford crime writers over a coffee or gin and tonic? All totally virtual, […]

Crime Writers at Oxford Indie Book Festival

Wesley Memorial Hall, Oxfore New Inn Hall Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

POSTPONED UNTIL 13 JUNE. Crime writers and CWA members Peter Tickler, Debrah Martin and Jake Lynch will be joining other indie and hybrid authors in a celebration of independent writing and publishing in Oxford on Saturday 13th June. There will […]