The Crime Writers' Association
@thecwa.bsky.social
The CWA promotes, supports and celebrates crime writing and writers of crime fiction and non-fiction 🔪🩸👮🏽♀️📚 linktr.ee/crimewritersassociation
Did you know you can submit your own work to the Daggers? It doesn’t have to be submitted by your publisher! All members can submit (trad & indie). Not a member? You may only submit trad published work. Subs are open & we’d love to see your work! buff.ly/EqNG4jO
Me and the great crime reviewer Ayo Onatondae at The Dagger Awards London England
The CWA Featured Author for August 2026 is Louise Mangos @louisemangos! Congratulations, Louise! @harpercollins #TheCWA #TheCrimeWritersAssociation #FeaturedAuthor
The CWA Read of the Month for August is 'Race of Deception' by Maurice Draine @Mauricedraine20, published by Black Odyssey Media @iamblackodyssey. Congratulations, Maurice! #TheCWA #TheCrimeWritersAssociation #NewRelease #NewBook #Readofthemonth
Look what's coming in August from CWA authors! #BookLaunch #BookRelease #NewBooks #Mystery #Thriller #TheCWA #TheCrimeWritersAssociation
📚 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Emily Organ with The Clockmaker's Murder! #BookLaunch #BookRelease #CrimeReads #EmilyOrgan #TheClockmakersMurder
📚 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to TL Mogford with The Saffron Thief! buff.ly/qvmT2j8 #BookLaunch #BookRelease #CrimeReads #TLMogford #TheSaffronThief
Look what came out while I was away last week. Guilty Secrets, the latest Crime Writers' Association mystery anthology, edited by Martin Edwards and including a story from me. #mystery #CrimeFiction #MysteryFiction #ShortFiction @thecwa.bsky.social amzn.eu/d/0hEPsl9W uk.bookshop.org/p/books/guil...
St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend 4-6th September in Oxford and online Tickets are available for the whole weekend, or Friday Night only. All details, including the full programme and booking options, can be found here: buff.ly/oljgaff
Missed our Reading and Writing Crime in Difficult Times webinar? Catch it on demand via buff.ly/Nym4XBe 🕵🏾 With thanks to Emma Christie, Victoria Dowd, Penny Batchelor, Heather Critchlow, Professor Jim Fraser and Linda Mather for a brilliant discussion 💬 #WritingCommunity
Did you miss this year's Daggers? Catch up with Crime Time FM, @crimetimeuk the CWA's official podcast partner, on Podfollow, Apple, and Spotify! #CWADaggers #Daggers #CrimetimeFM
Did you catch our National Crime Reading Month panel at #CapitalCrime2026? We talked all things crime fiction with authors Erin Young, Luca Veste, Katy Massey and Heather J Fitt, and here are a few photos (credit: Seb Higgins Photography) #WritingCommunity #TheCWA #CrimeWriters #WritersCommunity
My first appearance in a Crime Writers' Association anthology @thecwa.bsky.social! Guilty Secrets is a beautiful hardback featuring my interactive story 'Crimes You Optimistically Attempt'. Unlike the Can You Solve the Murder? books, in this story you take on the role of a budding criminal… 😮
It's publication day for @thecwa.bsky.social new anthology of short stories 'Guilty Secrets'. Excited to see The Follies in print alongside so many other wonderful crime tales edited by @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social
📚 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Ajay Chowdhury with Eden Falls! buff.ly/Eo7rUIX #BookLaunch #BookRelease #CrimeReads #AjayChowdhury #EdenFalls
📚 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Louise Mangos (@louisemangos.bsky.social) with Confessions of a Crime Writer! #BookLaunch #BookRelease #CrimeReads #LouiseMangos #ConfessionsOfACrimeWriter
📚 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Yvonne Walus with Welcome to Perfectville! buff.ly/OEW1yH0 #BookLaunch #BookRelease #CrimeReads #YvonneWalus #WelcomeToPerfectville
Will you join the more than 25 authors who have secured a publishing deal as a result of appearing at Pitch Perfect? Applications for this year close on Friday (17th July) at 5pm: bloodyscotland.com/take-part/#p...
My short story The Follies is published by Flame Tree next Tuesday 21/7 in the @thecwa.bsky.social anthology 'Guilty Secrets'. Am hugely privileged to be in print alongside many top crime writers from around the world, not least our editor @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social
📚 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Paul Elgood (@sherlockpuzzle.bsky.social) with The Puzzling Cases of Sherlock Holmes Volume 2! #BookLaunch #BookRelease #CrimeReads #PaulElgood #ThePuzzlingCasesOfSherlockHolmes
Don't miss it! On Tuesday, 14 July at 8.00am BST, author Martine Bailey talks about 'The Follies' on the Myth and Fiction podcast! #FlameTreePress #MartineBailey buff.ly/uBtQ3bt
📚 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Cathy Ace (@cathyace.bsky.social) with The Corpse with the Steely Gaze! #BookLaunch #BookRelease #CrimeReads #CathyAce #TheCorpseWithTheSteelyGaze
📚 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to M. R. G Davies (@mrgdavies.bsky.social) with From Murder With Love! buff.ly/RUjPr5b #BookLaunch #BookRelease #CrimeReads #MRGDavies #FromMurderWithLove
This is an outstanding, powerful, and important novel, I was delighted to be part of the team judging the CWA Gold Dagger and choose this for our winner. Congratulations to Abigail Dean, and to all the winners tonight. #BookSky 📚💙
The Crime Writers' Association@thecwa.bsky.social · last mo.And the KAA Gold Dagger 2026 WINNER is… ABIGAIL DEAN, for ‘The Death of Us’ (Hemlock Press) 🗡#CWADaggers
Wonderful book! Also low-key sff in a blink and you might miss it way. Highly recommended
The Crime Writers' Association@thecwa.bsky.social · last mo.And the Historical Dagger 2026 WINNER is… NINA ALLEN, for ‘A Granite Silence’ (Riverrun) 🗡#CWADaggers
Marisa and I were, if not literally speechless, at least stumblingly inarticulate to have won the Short Story Dagger last night. The Apple Falls Not Far is available as a free ebook and audiobook.
The Crime Writers' Association@thecwa.bsky.social · last mo.And the Short Story Dagger 2026 WINNER is… AMBROSE PARRY, for ‘The Apple Falls Not Far’ (Canongate) 🗡#CWADaggers
Frankly the best crime novel of last year. Powerful. Beautifully written. Stays with you long after the last page is turned
The Crime Writers' Association@thecwa.bsky.social · last mo.And the KAA Gold Dagger 2026 WINNER is… ABIGAIL DEAN, for ‘The Death of Us’ (Hemlock Press) 🗡#CWADaggers
As a judge for the Golden Daggers can I plead with publishers to get their books to us quickly. I do a lot of my reading in July and August, often a book a day - proofs are fine for me. I would be so very grateful
The Crime Writers' Association@thecwa.bsky.social · 5mo agoIt's that time of year again... the 2027 Daggers are open for entries! ⚔️ Check out the link below to find out more 📚 thecwa.co.uk/awards-and-competitions/the-daggers #TheDaggers
Permit a retired person a moment's boasting. So very pleased that my lovely former author @susannahstapleton.bsky.social won the non-fiction dagger last night & I was there to see her do so! #ThatDarkSpring is a perfect summer read too. So off you go ...
The Crime Writers' Association@thecwa.bsky.social · last mo.And the ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2026 WINNER is… SUSANNAH STAPLETON, for ‘That Dark Spring’ (Picador) 🗡#CWADaggers
