NCRM Noir at the Bar

CWA Noir at the Bar - Saturday 31st May 2025 6-30 p.m

We’re honoured to be chosen as this year’s location for the launch of June’s National Crime Reading Month, run by the Crime Writers’ Association in partnership with national charity The Reading Agency. NCRM is a festival that takes place throughout June across the UK and Ireland, culminating in the prestigious CWA Daggers ceremony at the end of the month.

Noir at the Bar will be a fun, relaxed event that we're delighted to be hosting - each author will be briefly talking about their latest book before chatting with attendees and signing copies.

The Prize for the CWA and The Margery Allingham Prize for best short mystery fiction will be another highlight of the evening, with the winning entry being announced. The CWA and the Margery Allingham Society's short fiction contest for short stories that satisfy Golden Age crime writer Margery Allingham's definition of a mystery has run every year since 2014.

It’s going to be a great evening - with an author line-up comprising BONNIE MacBIRD, LINDA MATHER, VICTORIA DOWD, RORY CLEMENTS, FIONA VEITCH-SMITH and JAMIE WEST.

Tickets are free but booking is essential. Please email info@bodiesinthebookshop.co.uk to book