Dea Parkin

Editor-in-chief at Fiction Feedback. Competitions Coordinator at the CWA. Published poet, unpublished novelist. Voracious reader. Oh, and mad tennis fan.

[Dea Parkin @DeaWriter]

@BarbaraNadel Fabulous about the TV show, Barbara. When I saw the trailers I wondered if it was your Inspector Ikmen series. Absolutely thrilled for you and can't wait to watch it - you were so lovely to me when we met years ago at Morecambe & Vice, and I do enjoy your books! Congratulations.

[Dea Parkin @DeaWriter]

Wow, the Jeffrey Flint books are reissued! Fab ebook box set at £1.99 for all five. If you're into archaeology and crime, and quite like a bit of 90s nostalgia too, they're the perfect read.

[Jason Monaghan @Jasonthriller]

Flint digs again! @lume_books have re-released my #Archaeology #mystery series box set, including new author's notes on the historical setting of each book. @The_CWA https://t.co/hJ5tbh6lT1

[Dea Parkin @DeaWriter]

@AntonyJohnston @SarahSuch What an absolutely brilliant idea. Great news, Antony. That sounds so much fun - and good for you and Sarah getting the deal.

[Dea Parkin @DeaWriter]

@MiddlethorpeHal @seanlusk1 @PenguinUKBooks Can't wait to read this! I loved @seanlusk1's Second Sight very much, and I studied Lady Mary a little for my history degree, long ago. Can't wait to get reacquainted with her under Sean's entertaining curatorship!

[Dea Parkin @DeaWriter]

@SandraDanby Certainly have! And some of her other stuff too, she's a brilliant author.

[Dea Parkin @DeaWriter]

Fab author speaking in Manchester for those looking for an erudite yet entertaining evening at the Portico.

[Pegasus Publishers @pegasuspublish]

If you are in the Manchester area in early February, Matthew Booth is bringing his novel, The House of Skulls, to the Portico Library!

[Dea Parkin @DeaWriter]

Absolutely fabulous book; I loved it. The cover is gorgeous, but it isn't the best bit!

[Sean.Lusk @seanlusk1]

Still 99p on Kindle (UK). No1 (in certain categories!) Here's the link. https://t.co/dt4I2hgh6V Thank you and good evening from snowy Scotland. #thesecondsightofzacharycloudesley @TransworldBooks @DoubledayUK @sarabethsbooks @DavidHHeadley

[Sean.Lusk @seanlusk1]

Still 99p on Kindle (UK). No1 (in certain categories!) Here's the link. https://t.co/dt4I2hgh6V Thank you and good evening from snowy Scotland. #thesecondsightofzacharycloudesley @TransworldBooks @DoubledayUK @sarabethsbooks @DavidHHeadley

[Dea Parkin @DeaWriter]

@oliagent Happy New Year, Oli! I had mine out aged 17. Had a lot of schoolwork to catch up with, but on the plus side I went into hospital gutted about a boyfriend deciding he was too old for me, yet came out glad to be free! Curious about which book...

[Dea Parkin @DeaWriter]

@AndrewJRTaylor, a fab author and human being reviewed by @SandraDanby whose novels I also admire and who is also a lovely person. Gives me a warm glow.

[Andrew Taylor @AndrewJRTaylor]

Well this is lovely.

[Dea Parkin @DeaWriter]

@SirBenfro He looks a lovely old friend. So sorry, James. Much sympathy.

[Dea Parkin @DeaWriter]

Thrilled to be quoted by the prestigious W&AYB from an article they commissioned from me for the 2024 edition. So busy editing and working @The_CWA I only just spotted it!

[Writers & Artists @Writers_Artists]

In this exclusive extract, editor @DeaWriter highlights some of the pitfalls to be alert to as you edit your writing.

The Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2024 publishes tomorrow!

Read: https://t.co/d02LYW8SWX

[Dea Parkin @DeaWriter]

@seanlusk1 @HaywardsHBooks @DoubledayUK @izzieghaffari Lucky readers with that joy to come - Sean's is probably the most enjoyable book I've read in 2023. Great human being too!

[Dea Parkin @DeaWriter]

Good news from Sarah-Clare! A super writer and a lovely person, so well worth checking out.

[Sarah-Clare Conlon @wordsnfixtures]

Delighted to discover that my poetry pamphlet cache-cache is featured in the ⁦@PoetryBookSoc⁩ Winter 2022 Selections... https://t.co/31gYpKWyB1

[Dea Parkin @DeaWriter]

@AndrewJRTaylor @Shotsblog @BarryForshaw3 An irresistible offer, Andrew, thank you! I'd gone two whole days without buying a book. And I'm currently listening to The American Boy on Audible.

[Dea Parkin @DeaWriter]

Sarah-Clare Conlon is always worth listening to. And a live event at Lancaster Castle courtroom! Fabulous.

[Sarah-Clare Conlon @wordsnfixtures]

Next Wednesday, come and hear me talk lighthouses and shipwrecks, in a castle, with free refreshments. This lovely illustration of Plover Scar was created for my piece in the #LancashireStories anthology by Rachel Crawshaw. Tickets here, fer nowt an all... https://t.co/W6DoW16zjL

[Dea Parkin @DeaWriter]

Really hope Alan Garner wins the @TheBookerPrizes. The books of his that I read as a child then a teenager had a huge impact on me. I know all the other writers are amazing, but personally, in my gut... please let it be Alan.

[Dea Parkin @DeaWriter]

@RachelSargeant3 @sarahrward1 And Lancashire. Hurray!

[Dea Parkin @DeaWriter]

For crime-fiction history aficionados, the magnum opus you've been waiting for. And a third off! (Still as heavy though.)

[Martin Edwards @medwardsbooks]

The Life of Crime is still 33% off on Amazon UK, but not for much longer: https://t.co/rAyLZe7Jzs. And maybe a book that earns plaudits from both the Daily Mail and the Morning Star, not to mention the 'i' and the Spectator, can truly claim to be wide-ranging in its appeal 😀