Please donate to the emergency effort if you can 💔🙏https://chrissieparker.substack.com/p/the-devastation-of-the-zakynthos

I’m cutting back on my social media, sticking with where my readers and regular author friends are. This means whilst they’ll stay live, I won’t use my Threads or BlueSky for the foreseeable. Have a great rest of the year! 💙

I had the most beautiful afternoon / evening yesterday catching up with @chrissieparker.bsky.social and discovering the beautiful Great Western Canal. 🥰 📚💙

Book marketing… the two words we all dread, read more on my substack! chrissieparker.substack.com/p/book-marke...

It’s been two months since A Night of Thunder was released and I wanted to say thanks to everyone who bought or downloaded a copy. The messages, photos and reviews have been incredible too and the support means a lot. Thank you so much! 😊💙 🇬🇷

A little tip for debut authors. If an author posts about their book or promotes another author’s book, please don’t promote your own book, multiple times in the comments of that post, adding multiple links. It’s incredibly rude!

It's raining outside and there's a big thunderstorm approaching, so I'm listening to music and writing my next newsletter. There will be an announcement about the next book in June's newsletter, so don't forget to sign up if you haven't already. 📧Sign up here: mailchi.mp/813e3242e177...

📧 You’ve Got Mail! My latest newsletter has been sent today. Double check it hasn’t gone into your spam/junk folder. Happy reading! 📧 You can also read the latest version and sign up here mailchi.mp/a67e7f222687...

Woke up this morning to see there has been half a million page reads of my books! Thank you so much everyone! 💙

Happy Saturday everyone. Thank you so much for sharing the love of the book, and the amazing reviews and comments. It’s great to see so many people reading it. 💙🇬🇷

Happy Friday! Tonight I'm talking to Kirsty Dewar on No Barriers Radio and Valley FM, about A Night of Thunder, writing and future releases! You can listen live at: No Barriers Radio, 6pm UK time www.nobarriersradio.com or Valley FM 7pm UK time valleyfm.es#listen

Happy Wednesday everyone! It’s been a week since A Night of Thunder was released. Thanks for the support, sharing posts and photos of the book, sending messages, leaving reviews and buying the book. It means a lot, so thank you! 💙🇬🇷📚

🎉 Happy Publication Day for A Night of Thunder! 🎉 The book has released on Amazon today in eBook, paperback and Kindle Unlimited formats. Grab your copy now! Amazon UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F7JWL5Q9 Amazon[dot]com: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F7JWL5Q9

The proof copy of my next book just arrived and it looks amazing! 💙

Fly on a fern

You know it’s spring when the ducklings appear 🐥

Good morning from the canal ducks 🦆

Today I stand with all authors in the @societyofauthors.bsky.social day of action. Authors work has been used without permission, and it’s time for meta to pay for that usage. Make it fair. Support us now. Please post and share! 🩵

BOOK COVER REVEAL! It's time to reveal the book cover for A Night of Thunder, book two of the Zakynthian Family Series! A huge thanks goes out to Susies Art in Greece for the illustration and to CCBookdesign for the final cover design. The publication date will be announced soon!

In fact if you love books and live anywhere join us. We started in Devon but are worldwide now. Just started to build our community here. All are welcome

If you love books and live in Devon (or the south west) give the brilliant @devonbookclub.bsky.social a follow! 📚

Happy Saturday! How many of you saw the partial eclipse this morning? I didn't think I'd caught it on camera but I did, and there's also a tiny version in the "lens flare" on two of the images too!

"The swirling waters of the Nile flowed right past the hotel grounds, which were vast and beautiful. The opposite bank of the river was empty, save for a few palm trees, a cluster of bulrushes and a smattering of other vegetation that clung to the water’s edge." 📱- www.amazon.co.uk/Wind-Across-...

Introducing Books, History and Cups of Tea! m.youtube.com/channel/UCi3... Subscribe now!

It's Thursday and time to throwback to one of my visits to Zakynthos in Greece. Can you guess where I am? 📱- www.amazon.co.uk/Among-Olive-...

Stranded in Greece during WW2, British Airman, Richard Hobbs, is forced to find his way home helped by the Greek Resistance. 📱- www.chrissieparker.com/a-night-of-t...

Explore the amazing island of Zakynthos, the incredible location for my book Among the Olive Groves and short story An Ionian Dream Wedding 🇬🇷 📱- www.amazon.co.uk/Among-Olive-... 📱- www.amazon.co.uk/Ionian-Dream...

"Before I could utter another word, I was propelled skywards on to the animal. Having no choice but to cling on tightly, I pitched and tossed like a drunken sailor on deck, as the camel rose to its feet." 📱- www.amazon.co.uk/left-heart-P...

The sun is out and with blue skies. Hope you have good weather wherever you are. Are you doing anything nice this weekend?

A visit to Wadi Musa and Petra, as well as lots of reading, was the research I did for my short story I Left My Heart in Petra. 📱- www.amazon.co.uk/left-heart-P...

It's Thursday so it's time for a throwback to one of my trips to Egypt. Can you guess where I am? 📱- www.amazon.co.uk/Wind-Across-...

In Bristol, Lissy Cook anxiously awaits news of her fiancé who’s missing in action, not knowing when, or if, he'll return. 📱- www.chrissieparker.com/a-night-of-t...

Discover the incredible rose red city of Petra, in Jordan, the setting for my short story I Left My Heart in Petra. 📱- www.amazon.co.uk/left-heart-P...

"As far as her eye could see, the ground was interspersed with rows of thick, twisted and gnarled brown tree trunks." ~ Among the Olive Groves 📱- www.amazon.co.uk/Among-Olive-...

It’s not every day you see someone walking a parrot, on a lead, along the canal towpath. Apparently, today was that day! 🦜

Word up to my Readers List - a special letter will be hitting your inbox in mere moments! Anybody not yet signed up - what are you waiting for? It's totally non-spammy, incredibly moreish AND you get a FREE copy of my first novel, Life is Yours. 💙📚 Sign up now! dl.bookfunnel.com/28ganra4y4

A Night of Thunder, a new historical fiction set on #zakynthos, is coming in 2025!

It’s been an exploring history in the sun kind of day.

“Evri delivery will arrive 1st Feb.” “Evri delivery will arrive between the 1st and 2nd Feb.” “Evri delivery will arrive between the 1st and the 4th Feb.” “Evri delivery will arrive before 8pm.” 8.30pm… “Evri delivery now expected by the 7th Feb.” Looks like another “lost parcel”. 😠

Today I’ve been working on the illustration brief for the second book I’m publishing this year. This is one of the research photos for the illustration. Do you know where it is?

A great research photo for my forthcoming new series. The location is #zakynthos in #greece in 1893. #pinkskyPost

How many books are you publishing in 2025? I’m definitely publishing 2, possibly 3 (2 fiction and 1 non-fiction). I can’t wait and I’m really looking forward to the year ahead. 😊✍️

Did you know that as well as being an author, I'm also a VA (Virtual assistant)! www.chrissieparker.com/virtual-assi...

Every minute spent waiting for an Evri parcel to be delivered, is another minute wasted. 😔

My updated website is live, with lots of information, excerpts to listen to, Q&As and the publication schedule. Enjoy exploring! www.chrissieparker.com

Happy New Year! Farewell to 2024 and here's to a great 2025. I hope you have a great evening and an even better year ahead! 💫

Wishing you a Merry Christmas, wherever you are in the world. 🎄

Happy solstice everyone 🦌

A Night of Thunder, the follow-up to Among the Olive Groves, will be released in June 2025. More news soon! 📚🇬🇷