Shortlist
Announced for New CWA Dagger Best Crime & Mystery Publisher
The
shortlist has been announced for the inaugural CWA Dagger for the Best Crime
and Mystery Publisher of the Year. The award is the first new Dagger category
created in over a decade.
The
Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Daggers are regarded by the publishing world
as the foremost British awards in crime writing, established in 1955.
Shortlist
2019
Faber
& Faber
Harper
Fiction (HarperCollins)
HQ
(HarperCollins)
No
Exit Press (Oldcastle Books)
Orenda
Books
Pushkin Vertigo (Pushkin)
Raven
(Bloomsbury)
Maxim
Jakubowski, Honorary Vice-Chair of the CWA, said: “We’re delighted with the
high quality nominees for this new Dagger, a category we felt was overdue in
our award portfolio. Publishers play a vital role in driving the biggest
selling genre and shaping our cultural landscape. The publicists, editors,
designers and hard-working teams that support new and existing authors deserve
this recognition.”
The
shortlisted publishers and imprints were nominated by a representative group of
leading book reviewers, booksellers, festival organisers, bloggers, literary
agents and journalists.
The
nominee criteria was the display of excellence and diversity in publishing.
Factors taken into account include developing new authors and marketing and
promoting crime fiction.
The
winner will be announced at the prestigious Dagger Awards Dinner on October 24
at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London City (formerly known as Grange City) on
Cooper’s Row, London.
For
ticket details and to book a place, https://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/cwa-dagger-awards-gala-dinner-2019
or contact admin@thecwa.co.uk
Discounts are available for tables of 10 or 12.
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