Celebration of crime writing is announced

The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) has announced a National Crime Fiction Week in 2010.
A nationwide celebration of crime writing, National Crime Fiction Week will run from Monday June 14, 2010 for one week.
Members of the CWA will take part in readings, discussions, readers’ group events and workshops all over the country, so look out for Murders in the Libraries, Bodies in your local Bookshops and Strawberries and Crime at village fetes.

A key part of the week will be the announcement of the winner of the Young Crime Writers' Competition, which will run from January 18 - 19 Feb, 2010. Organised by the CWA in partnership with library authorities nationwide, the entries will be judged by members of the CWA.

CWA Chair Margaret Murphy said: “Building on the success of our partnership with Oxfam Bookfest in 2009, The Crime Writers' Association is looking forward to promoting crime fiction through a variety of events.
“The Crime genre is very broad, ranging from spine-tingling suspense, through historical, to edge-of-seat thrillers. Add to that non-fiction - increasingly popular with readers fascinated by forensic aspects of crime - and events organisers can create a programme of events that will tempt the most fastidious palate."