Friday 19 October 2012

CWA Dagger Awards and the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards

The results of the CWA Dagger Awards and the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards are out!
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.
 
The CWA Gold Dagger – sponsored by Constable & Robinson
The Rage by Gene Kerrigan (Harvill Secker)
The other nominees were –
The Flight by MR Hall
Bereft by Chris Womersley 
Vengeance in Mind by NJ Cooper

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The John Creasey New Blood Dagger – sponsored by Goldsboro Books
A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash (Bantam)
The other nominees were -
Heart-Shaped Bruise by Tanya Byrne
What Dies in Summer by Tom Wright
Good People by Ewart Hutton

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The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger – sponsored by Ian Fleming Publications
A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming (HarperCollins) 
The other nominees were –
Dare Me by Megan Abbott
The Fear Index by Robert Harris
Reamde by Neal Stephenson



The Specsaver’s Bestseller Dagger 2012:
      Kathy Reichs
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The Film Dagger
      Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Studio Canal)

The TV Dagger
      Sherlock: Series 2 (Hartswood Films/BBC1)

The International TV Dagger
 The Bridge (Danmarks Radio, Sveriges Television/BBC4)

The Best Actress Dagger
      Claire Danes for Homeland (Teakwood Lane Productions, Showtime Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group, Fox 21/Channel 4)

The Best Actor Dagger
      Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
The Best Supporting Actress Dagger
Kelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire (HBO/Sky Atlantic)

The Best Supporting Actor Dagger
      Martin Freeman for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)

Best Detective Duo: 
      Lewis - DI Robbie Lewis & DS James Hathaway

The press notice is below –

The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2012
Winners revealed

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

London, Thursday 18th October, 2012—Cactus TV and ITV3, in partnership with the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA), are pleased to announce the winners of the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2012, a showcase of the UK’s most wanted crime fiction and drama, hosted by Bradley Walsh. 

A host of famous faces from TV, Film and Publishing which included Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Rupert Penry-Jones and Steven Berkoff gathered on the black carpet for a gala awards ceremony celebrating the very best offences of the year at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. The awards ceremony, now in its fourth year, formed a crescendo to ITV 3’s six week season of crime and drama programming including a specially commissioned documentary series called Crime Connectionsfeaturing crime writers, actors, producers and directors.

Winners on the night were:
<    Specsaver’s Bestseller Dagger 2012: Kathy Reichs
<    CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year sponsored by Constable and Robinson: Gene Kerrigan, The Rage
      CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller, sponsored by Ian Fleming Publications: Charles Cumming, A Foreign Country
      CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger, sponsored by Goldsboro Books: Wiley Cash, A Land More Kind than Home

Gene Kerrigan’s The Rage won the CWA Gold Dagger. His suspense driven storm of violence set in the backstreets of Dublin proved unbeatable, an immense accolade given the literary oomph of his co-nominees: MR Hall’s The FlightChris Womersley’s Bereft and Vengeance in Mind by NJ Cooper, previously Chair of the Crime Writers’ Association.
Gene Kerrigan commented: "I'm aware of the writers who have previously received the Gold Dagger and I'm honoured to have my name on the same page."

The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller was taken home by Charles Cumming for A Foreign Country. Despite being regarded as one of the best of the new generation of British spy writers, A Foreign Country was by no means assured of success, pitted as it was against some monumental thrillers: Megan Abbott’s Dare Me, which revealed the bitter power rivalries of a cheerleading squad, Robert Harris’s much lauded The Fear Index andNeal Stephenson’s Reamde which portrays the world of hacking.
Charles Cumming said "For spy writers, the Steel Dagger is our Booker prize, so I'm thrilled to have won such a prestigious award. Some great writers have picked up the Steel Dagger, including Henry Porter, Dan Fesperman and Tom Rob Smith. I'm honoured to have joined their ranks."

The CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger was awarded to Wiley Cash, named the best new crime author of the year for A Land More Kind than Home.Cash toughed it out against serious competition from Tanya Byrne’s Heart-Shaped BruiseTom Wright’s What Dies in Summer and Ewart Hutton’s Good People to win the title for his tale of the smarting underbelly of religious fanaticism of his Deep South youth.
Wiley Cash said "As an American writer, it's a shock and a real honor to win an award in a genre with such a proud British tradition."
The Bestseller Dagger was awarded to Kathy Reichs. All five shortlisted authors were also inaugurated into the Crime Thriller Hall of Fame alongside such all-time greats as Colin Dexter, Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle.
Kathy Reichs said “Given the extraordinary company in which I find myself nominated for this award, I can't express how shocked and delighted I am.  This is truly an unexpected honor.”

Amanda Ross, creator and executive producer of the Awards, said: “This has been a fantastic year for the genre, and it was great to see so many star authors and actors at the event.”
The cream of acting talent is also recognised at the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards with categories for Best UK and International Crime Series, Best Actor, Best Actress in a Crime series and Best Film. The British public also voted for their favourite detective duo by phone vote. Winners are as follows:

Best Detective Duo: 
      Lewis - DI Robbie Lewis & DS James Hathaway

The Film Dagger
      Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Studio Canal)

The TV Dagger
      Sherlock: Series 2 (Hartswood Films/BBC1)

The International TV Dagger
      The Bridge (Danmarks Radio, Sveriges Television/BBC4)

The Best Actress Dagger
      Claire Danes for Homeland (Teakwood Lane Productions, Showtime Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group, Fox 21/Channel 4)

The Best Actor Dagger
      Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)

The Best Supporting Actress Dagger
      Kelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire (HBO/Sky Atlantic)

The Best Supporting Actor Dagger
      Martin Freeman for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)

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The Winners of the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2012 are as follows:

The CWA Gold Dagger – sponsored by Constable & Robinson
      The Rage by Gene Kerrigan (Harvill Secker)

The John Creasey New Blood Dagger – sponsored by Goldsboro Books
      A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash (Bantam)

The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger – sponsored by Ian Fleming Publications
      A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming (HarperCollins)

The Specsaver’s Bestseller Dagger 2012:
       Kathy Reichs

The Film Dagger
      Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Studio Canal)

The TV Dagger
      Sherlock: Series 2 (Hartswood Films/BBC1)

The International TV Dagger
      The Bridge (Danmarks Radio, Sveriges Television/BBC4)

The Best Actress Dagger
      Claire Danes for Homeland (Teakwood Lane Productions, Showtime Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group, Fox 21/Channel 4)

The Best Actor Dagger
      Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)

The Best Supporting Actress Dagger
      Kelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire (HBO/Sky Atlantic)

The Best Supporting Actor Dagger
      Martin Freeman for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)

NOTES TO EDITORS:

Media enquiries:
Please contact Eleanor Riches at Midas Public Relations on 02073617860 or Eleanor.riches@midaspr.co.uk  
Pictures of the awards can be supplied upon request.

Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards
The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2012 took place on Thursday, 18th October at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel and will be televised on ITV3 on the 23rd October. The 2012 Awards are the fifth annual produced by Cactus TV for ITV3, and the fourth annual sponsored by Specsavers and in conjunction with the Crime Writers' Association.

The vote for the Specsavers Bestseller Dagger is promoted by Agile Marketing and is not endorsed, controlled or associated with ITV or ITV3.
                                                                                                                                                                               
Specsavers
Specsavers was founded by Doug and Dame Mary Perkins in 1984 and is now the largest privately owned opticians in the world. The couple still run the company, along with their three children. Their eldest son John is joint managing director. Specsavers has almost 1,600 stores throughout the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Spain and Australia. Specsavers was voted Britain’s most trusted brand of opticians for the eleventh year running by Reader’s Digest in 2012. More information can be found at: www.specsavers.co.uk.

Cactus TV
Cactus TV is an independent production company run by husband and wife team Simon and Amanda Ross. The company have produced over 3000 hours of television. Cactus formatted the Book Awards and brought them to television for the first time in 2004. They devised and ran the Richard & Judy Book Club which grew into 8 successful series of The Specsavers TV Book Club, the longest running ad-funded deal in the TV industry. Cactus’ other productions include Saturday Kitchen for BBC1, Hairy Bikers Food Tour of Britain for BBC2, The Roux Scholarship and The Roux Legacy, Rachel Allen, Galaxy British Book Awards and 8 years of the Richard & Judy show live from Cactus studios.

ITV3
ITV3 is the UK’s second most popular digital channel and its focus on character driven narrative and drama helps the channel attract an upmarket audience. ITV3 is available on Freeview (channel 10), Freesat (115), Sky Digital (119) and Virgin Media (116).

Crime Writers’ Association
The Crime Writers’ Association has a membership of over 500 writers of fiction and non-fiction. Its main aims are to promote the crime genre and to support professional writers. The CWA has been
providing social and professional support for its members for more than half a century, as well as administering the prestigious Dagger Awards. The Daggers name and Crossed Daggers logo are
registered Trade Marks of the Crime Writers’ Association, and are used under licence. For further information on the CWA: www.thecwa.co.uk or contact info@thecwa.co.uk.

Agile Marketing
Agile Marketing is a publishing-specialist promotions & project management agency. They project manage the Crime Thriller Awards in the book trade, liaising with publishers and retailers to ensure the campaign to raise the profile of Crime Fiction is maximised in store and amongst readers. They also manage the supporting website: www.crimethrillerawards.com
  


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