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 📚💙

Wonderful book! Also low-key sff in a blink and you might miss it way. Highly recommended

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.

Frankly the best crime novel of last year. Powerful. Beautifully written. Stays with you long after the last page is turned

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

I loved this story and the entire series it’s part of

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 ...

So, this happened last night — a huge surprise and a wonderful evening! Congratulations to my fellow Dagger winners and many, many thanks to @thecwa.bsky.social and @alcs.co.uk.

Check out the @thecwa.bsky.social website for the full list of Dagger winners, but make sure you have this absolutely stunning Gold winner on your TBR asap - I was a judge for this award and we were blown away by Abigail Dean's writing. I'm still thinking about it months after reading. #BookSky 📚💙

Abigail Dean and SA Cosby were among the winners at the 2026 Crime Writers’ Association (@thecwa.bsky.social) Dagger Awards, announced at the CWA gala dinner at De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms, London on Thursday 2nd July. 👇

LAST NIGHT😍 Last night the BRILLIANT Antti Tuomainen won the International Dagger award for his book #TheWinterJob!🏆️ We are so incredibly grateful! Thank you so much to the wonderful @thecwa.bsky.social for this honor!❤️ #CWADaggers #InternationalDagger @wsoykirjat

Huge congratulations to @blacktopkid.bsky.social for receiving the @thecwa.bsky.social Ian Fleming Dagger for the brilliant King of Ashes! You can catch Shawn in Stirling on Saturday 19th September: bloodyscotland.com/event/denise...

Congratulations to @timsullivanauthor.bsky.social for his @thecwa.bsky.social Dagger in the Library! Tim will be making a return visit to Stirling on the 'Dangers on a Train' Panel on Friday 18th September: bloodyscotland.com/event/danger...

Congratulations to @sarahpinborough.bsky.social for her @thecwa.bsky.social Twisted Dagger for We Live Here now - you can see her in Stirling on our 'The Stuff of Nightmares' panel on Friday 18th September: bloodyscotland.com/event/the-st...

A well-deserved win for Antti Tuomainen in @thecwa.bsky.social The Dagger for Crime Fiction in Translation for The Winter Job. He's appearing on our Helsinki Noir panel on Saturday 19th September: bloodyscotland.com/event/helsin...

We had a blast at last night's @thecwa.bsky.social Awards! Congratulations to all the winners, especially @susannahstapleton.bsky.social who won the ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction for her brilliant book 'That Dark Spring'.

Congratulations to all the winners along with all of the people working behind the scenes to support the #CWADaggers

Congratulations @blacktopkid.bsky.social! #KingofAshes was awarded the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2026 yesterday for Best Thriller Novel of the Year! 🗡️ “Guilt, sacrifice and family secrets collide in this immersive blend of American Dream drama and Shakespearean tragedy. Cosby’s vivid prose.”

Congratulations to S.A. Cosby. I loved this book, could not put it down.

📚 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Bruce Rule (@brucerule.bsky.social) with The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Debutante Detective! buff.ly/iDBJWcW #BookLaunch #BookRelease #CrimeReads #BruceRule #TheDebutanteDetective

🏆 The #CWADaggers will begin soon! Stay tuned to this feed for live updates from this evening’s ceremony.

I loved this book so much! So well deserved @sarahpinborough.bsky.social 🥂

Congratulations to @sarahpinborough.bsky.social 🎉

Congratulations, Nina Allan!

We are chuffed to bits to be awarded Best Crime & Mystery Publisher 2026 by @thecwa.bsky.social For a small independent publisher, it means the world. Thank you! ☺️

Crime and Mystery fans! Follow along now to see all the #CWADaggers winners! (waves Kia ora from Aotearoa New Zealand to @thecwa.bsky.social) ^DR

Details of all the winners and Daggers lists will be on our website soon at thecwa.co.uk. You can listen to the official podcasts at buff.ly/OuTUwYp, and watch a summary on our YouTube channel: buff.ly/2DDh2Dk 🗡#CWADaggers We’ll see you all back here next year for the 2027 🗡#CWADaggers 😉

CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners! 🏆🍾 And our thanks to all the independent judges and panel chairs for the hard work they put into the Daggers throughout the year. Without them, none of this could happen. 🗡#CWADaggers

And the KAA Gold Dagger 2026 WINNER is… ABIGAIL DEAN, for ‘The Death of Us’ (Hemlock Press) 🗡#CWADaggers

Finally, we reach tonight’s ultimate award: the coveted KAA GOLD DAGGER, given to the best crime or thriller novel of the year. This Dagger is sponsored by Kevin Anderson & Associates @KAWriting. 🗡#CWADaggers

And the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2026 WINNER is… SA COSBY, for ‘Kind of Ashes’ (Headline) 🗡#CWADaggers

Time for the IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER. Fleming said a good thriller had one essential criterion: ‘One simply has to turn the pages’. This award is for thrillers set in any period, e.g. noir thriller, spy fiction, and action-adventure stories. 🗡#CWADaggers

And the ILP John Creasey First Novel Dagger 2026 WINNER is… LAURA McCLUSKEY, for ‘The Wolf Tree’ (Hemlock Press) 🗡#CWADaggers

Next is the ILP JOHN CREASEY FIRST NOVEL DAGGER, named for the CWA’s founder and creator of the Daggers (and whose estate is managed by ILP). This is awarded to the best crime novel by a debut author. 🗡#CWADaggers

And the Twisted Dagger 2026 WINNER is… SARAH PINBOROUGH, for ‘We Live Here Now’ (Orion) 🗡#CWADaggers

And the Twisted Dagger 2026 WINNER is… SARAH PINBOROUGH, for ‘We Live Here Now’ (Orion) 🗡#CWADaggers

Now it’s the turn of the CWA TWISTED DAGGER, for the best psychological thriller, suspense thriller, or domestic noir novel. This award celebrates dark and twisted stories, often with a sting in the tail. 🗡#CWADaggers

And the Whodunnit Dagger 2026 WINNER is… MEL PENNANT, for ‘A Murder for Miss Hortense’ (Baskerville) 🗡#CWADaggers

Now it’s time for the CWA WHODUNNIT DAGGER, for the best cosy crime, classic, or Golden Age-inspired mystery. This Dagger celebrates books which focus on the puzzle at the heart of the mystery. 🗡#CWADaggers

And the Historical Dagger 2026 WINNER is… NINA ALLEN, for ‘A Granite Silence’ (Riverrun) 🗡#CWADaggers

We return to books with the HISTORICAL DAGGER, SPONSORED IN HONOUR OF DR MARILYN LIVINGSTONE. This is for the best historical crime novel, set up to 50 years prior to present day (For mixed timelines, at least 3/4 must be set in the past). 🗡#CWADaggers

This year, the Diamond Dagger goes to fan-favourite MARK BILLINGHAM, author of the long-running Tom Thorne novels as well as his new Declan Miller series, and a previous winner of the Dagger in the Library. Congratulations, Mark! 🗡#CWADaggers

We’re taking a break from books to award the 2026 💎 DIAMOND DAGGER – the CWA’s highest honour, recognising authors with crime writing careers of sustained excellence, and who've made a significant contribution to the genre. 🗡#CWADaggers

And the ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2026 WINNER is… SUSANNAH STAPLETON, for ‘That Dark Spring’ (Picador) 🗡#CWADaggers