Dea Parkin

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Dea Parkin

@DeaWriter

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 Published poet, unpublished novelist.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

UK - Chorley, Lancashire Joined Şubat 2010

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Dea Parkin@DeaWriter·8 Tem

@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.

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Barbara Nadel@BarbaraNadel·7 Tem

However The Turkish Detective is received tonight, I am proud and grateful. To my family and friends who have enabled and encouraged me, my fellow writers, my agents, publishers, the actors and film crew and all lovers of my books. Thank you.

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Dea Parkin@DeaWriter·15 Mar

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 geni.us/flint-murder-b…

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Dea Parkin@DeaWriter·15 Mar

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

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Antony Johnston (@antonyjohnston elsewhere, too)@AntonyJohnston·15 Mar

BIG NEWS! “Can You Solve the Murder?” is the question I’ll be asking readers in a new series of interactive crime novels, in which you play the part of a detective, announced today. Thanks as always to my amazing agent @SarahSuch! thebookseller.com/rights/transwo…

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Dea Parkin@DeaWriter·8 Mar

@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!

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Middlethorpe Hall NT@MiddlethorpeHal·7 Mar

As we celebrate #WorldBookDay, we are excited to announce that award-winning author @seanlusk1 recently visited Middlethorpe Hall ahead of the release of his upcoming book ‘A Woman of Opinion,’ which is based on the life of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. @PenguinUKBooks

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Dea Parkin@DeaWriter·6 Mar

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

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Sandra Danby@SandraDanby·18 Şub

@DeaWriter I totally agree. I'd add my fellow-Yorkshire writer Susan Hill to the list too, have you read her Simon Serrailler series?

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Sandra Danby@SandraDanby·17 Şub

Ruth Rendell was born on this day in 1930. Creator of 24 Inspector Wexford novels, she also wrote as Barbara Vine #crimefiction #authors

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Dea Parkin@DeaWriter·26 Oca

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!

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Dea Parkin@DeaWriter·16 Oca

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. tinyurl.com/mr26c473 Thank you and good evening from snowy Scotland. #thesecondsightofzacharycloudesley @TransworldBooks @DoubledayUK @sarabethsbooks @DavidHHeadley

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Sean.Lusk@seanlusk1·15 Oca

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Dea Parkin@DeaWriter·8 Oca

@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...

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Oliver Munson@oliagent·7 Oca

Just read a prize winning work of literary fiction which is on every level one of the worst books I’ve ever read. And I’ve just had my appendix removed. Happy New Year!

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Dea Parkin@DeaWriter·12 Ara

@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.

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Dea Parkin@DeaWriter·4 Ara

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

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Dea Parkin@DeaWriter·14 Ağu

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: tinyurl.com/yc6dje93

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Dea Parkin@DeaWriter·18 May

@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!

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Sean.Lusk@seanlusk1·18 May

Thank you Nicole for the warm welcome ⁦@HaywardsHBooks⁩ There is now quite a pile of signed Zacharys waiting for new readers! ⁦@DoubledayUK⁩ ⁦@izzieghaffari⁩

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Dea Parkin@DeaWriter·13 Oca

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... poetrybooks.co.uk/collections/pb…

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Dea Parkin@DeaWriter·8 Oca

@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.

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Andrew Taylor@AndrewJRTaylor·8 Oca

It’s a steal - for ONE day only, six of my books at .99p on Kindle amazon.co.uk/s?k=B015DLTMXG…

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Dea Parkin@DeaWriter·28 Kas

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... eventbrite.co.uk/e/lancashire-s…

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Dea Parkin@DeaWriter·17 Eki

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.

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Dea Parkin@DeaWriter·15 Ağu

@RachelSargeant3 @sarahrward1 And Lancashire. Hurray!

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Dr Rachel Sargeant / Rae Starling Author@RachelSargeant3·15 Ağu

@sarahrward1 It's having a little go in Gloucestershire too.

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Dea Parkin@DeaWriter·10 Ağu

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: tinyurl.com/2hpzd2bc. 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 😀

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