Becca Parkinson
@beccap1502.bsky.social
📍Manchester
💼 Marketing Coordinator at Manchester University Press
📚 Trustee at Manchester Literature Festival
💼 Marketing Coordinator at Manchester University Press
📚 Trustee at Manchester Literature Festival
Check out the brilliant books I’m going to be working on next Spring and Summer! 🤩
We're delighted to share with you our brand-new Spring / Summer 2026 Trade Catalogue.
Featuring new titles publishing March-August 2026, including @jtwelsch.bsky.social, @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social, @arghkid.bsky.social and others.
Browse here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/catalogues #booksky
Featuring new titles publishing March-August 2026, including @jtwelsch.bsky.social, @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social, @arghkid.bsky.social and others.
Browse here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/catalogues #booksky
October 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Check out the brilliant books I’m going to be working on next Spring and Summer! 🤩
A brilliant closing event for @mcrlitfest.bsky.social’s 20th anniversary festival listening to lovely Patrick Grant talk about his book Less, and I got my copy signed too ✍🏼
October 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A brilliant closing event for @mcrlitfest.bsky.social’s 20th anniversary festival listening to lovely Patrick Grant talk about his book Less, and I got my copy signed too ✍🏼
In my capacity as a trustee I was delighted to be at the launch of the new exhibition to celebrate 20 years of @mcrlitfest.bsky.social. Fantastic photos of authors who have appeared at the festival. The exhibition is on in the Reading Room at #Manchester Central Library until the end of the year. 📸
September 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
In my capacity as a trustee I was delighted to be at the launch of the new exhibition to celebrate 20 years of @mcrlitfest.bsky.social. Fantastic photos of authors who have appeared at the festival. The exhibition is on in the Reading Room at #Manchester Central Library until the end of the year. 📸
Accidentally matched my manicure to my current read 💅🏻 @hollybourne.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Accidentally matched my manicure to my current read 💅🏻 @hollybourne.bsky.social
Accidentally matched my manicure to my current read 💅🏻 @hollybourne.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Accidentally matched my manicure to my current read 💅🏻 @hollybourne.bsky.social
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🎟️ALL TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR #MLF25🎟️
We celebrate 20 years of stories, ideas and inspiration this autumn with an incredible line-up of award-winning authors, cultural icons and bold new voices, plus a host of family fun! www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
Highlights include:
We celebrate 20 years of stories, ideas and inspiration this autumn with an incredible line-up of award-winning authors, cultural icons and bold new voices, plus a host of family fun! www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
Highlights include:
August 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🎟️ALL TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR #MLF25🎟️
We celebrate 20 years of stories, ideas and inspiration this autumn with an incredible line-up of award-winning authors, cultural icons and bold new voices, plus a host of family fun! www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
Highlights include:
We celebrate 20 years of stories, ideas and inspiration this autumn with an incredible line-up of award-winning authors, cultural icons and bold new voices, plus a host of family fun! www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
Highlights include:
Excellent post today! This year’s @mcrlitfest.bsky.social programme (which is on sale now!), new commissions archive to celebrate the 20th anniversary and my membership card 😍 it’s only £25 a year to become a member and you get lots of lovely perks: manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/support-us
Support Us | Manchester Literature Festival
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August 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Excellent post today! This year’s @mcrlitfest.bsky.social programme (which is on sale now!), new commissions archive to celebrate the 20th anniversary and my membership card 😍 it’s only £25 a year to become a member and you get lots of lovely perks: manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/support-us
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🎊CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF LITERARY MAGIC - FULL #MLF25 PROGRAMME OUT NOW!📚
From internationally acclaimed authors and cultural icons to bold new voices, our 20th edition is set to inspire, challenge and delight anyone who celebrates with us. 🧵
From internationally acclaimed authors and cultural icons to bold new voices, our 20th edition is set to inspire, challenge and delight anyone who celebrates with us. 🧵
August 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🎊CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF LITERARY MAGIC - FULL #MLF25 PROGRAMME OUT NOW!📚
From internationally acclaimed authors and cultural icons to bold new voices, our 20th edition is set to inspire, challenge and delight anyone who celebrates with us. 🧵
From internationally acclaimed authors and cultural icons to bold new voices, our 20th edition is set to inspire, challenge and delight anyone who celebrates with us. 🧵
Just finished Sophie’s powerful book, published by @honnopress.bsky.social - so happy to have come across it when I did, a book I feel I’ve been looking for for a long time and congrats Honno on publishing such an important memoir 👏🏼 and Sophie for all its success.
A brilliant event this evening at House of Books and Friends in #Manchester with Sophie Calon discussing her new book with Zoe Lambert and Dr Piers Henriques from @nacoauk.bsky.social - huge thanks to Maria Roberts for organising and making me aware this was happening!
August 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Just finished Sophie’s powerful book, published by @honnopress.bsky.social - so happy to have come across it when I did, a book I feel I’ve been looking for for a long time and congrats Honno on publishing such an important memoir 👏🏼 and Sophie for all its success.
Thank you @jennashworth.bsky.social, @adamjfarrer.bsky.social & @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social for a brilliant event discussing grief, grumpiness, care, memoir, northern grit and walking. Congrats on the new book Jenn! #booksky
July 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Thank you @jennashworth.bsky.social, @adamjfarrer.bsky.social & @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social for a brilliant event discussing grief, grumpiness, care, memoir, northern grit and walking. Congrats on the new book Jenn! #booksky
Anyone I know coming along?
Our event for the launch of Jenn Ashworth's The Parallel Path is TOMORROW! Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-parall...
July 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Anyone I know coming along?
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🎟️Tickets are now on sale for our 4 early-released events of #MLF25!
Head to our website www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk to grab your tickets🎟️ And don’t forget to sign up to our mailing list to get updates about our full programme✨
Head to our website www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk to grab your tickets🎟️ And don’t forget to sign up to our mailing list to get updates about our full programme✨
July 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🎟️Tickets are now on sale for our 4 early-released events of #MLF25!
Head to our website www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk to grab your tickets🎟️ And don’t forget to sign up to our mailing list to get updates about our full programme✨
Head to our website www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk to grab your tickets🎟️ And don’t forget to sign up to our mailing list to get updates about our full programme✨
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As Bookbanks new Ambassador I’d like to spread the word about this brilliant charity giving books with food at food banks.
Please share and support if you’re able :)
www.bookbanks.co.uk
Please share and support if you’re able :)
www.bookbanks.co.uk
July 20, 2025 at 5:24 AM
As Bookbanks new Ambassador I’d like to spread the word about this brilliant charity giving books with food at food banks.
Please share and support if you’re able :)
www.bookbanks.co.uk
Please share and support if you’re able :)
www.bookbanks.co.uk
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Is manchester becoming too much like london? Come with me on a trip around a high rise city of OnlyFans creators, £6 pints and ever richer overseas students www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘All those posh apartments. It’s a playground for the rich’: is Manchester turning into London?
£6 a pint, £199 a month for gym membership, £1,200 to rent a studio flat? The Guardian’s former North of England editor asks if the city she’s worked in for 12 years is changing for the better – or wo...
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Is manchester becoming too much like london? Come with me on a trip around a high rise city of OnlyFans creators, £6 pints and ever richer overseas students www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A magical evening with V.E. Schwab to celebrate the publication of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, amazing to see Manchester Central Library so full on a Saturday evening in summer too 🤩
June 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A magical evening with V.E. Schwab to celebrate the publication of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, amazing to see Manchester Central Library so full on a Saturday evening in summer too 🤩
A brilliant event this evening at House of Books and Friends in #Manchester with Sophie Calon discussing her new book with Zoe Lambert and Dr Piers Henriques from @nacoauk.bsky.social - huge thanks to Maria Roberts for organising and making me aware this was happening!
June 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A brilliant event this evening at House of Books and Friends in #Manchester with Sophie Calon discussing her new book with Zoe Lambert and Dr Piers Henriques from @nacoauk.bsky.social - huge thanks to Maria Roberts for organising and making me aware this was happening!
24.05.25 🤍
I’m a married lady!
We had the most perfect day 🥰
I’m a married lady!
We had the most perfect day 🥰
May 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
24.05.25 🤍
I’m a married lady!
We had the most perfect day 🥰
I’m a married lady!
We had the most perfect day 🥰
A brilliant @mcrlitfest.bsky.social event this evening with @helenmort.bsky.social & Laura Bates, feeling inspired and incensed after hearing their discussion of sexism and misogyny, deepfakes and AI.
May 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A brilliant @mcrlitfest.bsky.social event this evening with @helenmort.bsky.social & Laura Bates, feeling inspired and incensed after hearing their discussion of sexism and misogyny, deepfakes and AI.
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#Manchester! Come and celebrate the launch of 'Welcome to the club' by @djpaulette.bsky.social in paperback!
DJ Paulette will be in conversation with Kamila Rymajdo in the @thejohnrylands.bsky.social's Historic Reading Room.
8th May from 6pm
FREE tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/welcome-to...
DJ Paulette will be in conversation with Kamila Rymajdo in the @thejohnrylands.bsky.social's Historic Reading Room.
8th May from 6pm
FREE tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/welcome-to...
Welcome to the club with DJ Paulette and Kamila Rymajdo
Join us for the launch of the paperback edition of DJ Paulette's acclaimed debut, Welcome to the club, at the John Rylands Library.
www.eventbrite.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
#Manchester! Come and celebrate the launch of 'Welcome to the club' by @djpaulette.bsky.social in paperback!
DJ Paulette will be in conversation with Kamila Rymajdo in the @thejohnrylands.bsky.social's Historic Reading Room.
8th May from 6pm
FREE tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/welcome-to...
DJ Paulette will be in conversation with Kamila Rymajdo in the @thejohnrylands.bsky.social's Historic Reading Room.
8th May from 6pm
FREE tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/welcome-to...
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'This fascinating new biography showcases the ways women have fought to assert themselves in the wild.'
Wildly different by @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social is this week's One to Read in @thetimes.com Environment newsletter.
Out now, available from all good bookshops. #booksky #nature #biography
Wildly different by @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social is this week's One to Read in @thetimes.com Environment newsletter.
Out now, available from all good bookshops. #booksky #nature #biography
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
'This fascinating new biography showcases the ways women have fought to assert themselves in the wild.'
Wildly different by @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social is this week's One to Read in @thetimes.com Environment newsletter.
Out now, available from all good bookshops. #booksky #nature #biography
Wildly different by @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social is this week's One to Read in @thetimes.com Environment newsletter.
Out now, available from all good bookshops. #booksky #nature #biography
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Thursday 1st May at the shop! Super excited for this!
We are thrilled to bring you an evening of pilgrimage and place writing with authors @jakecampbell88.bsky.social and Kathryn Hurlock, who will be discussing their new books at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social on May 1st.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jake-morri...
#holyweek #manchester #booksky
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jake-morri...
#holyweek #manchester #booksky
Jake Morris-Campbell & Kathryn Hurlock in conversation with Peter Scott
Join us on a journey through pilgrimage and place, with Jake Morris-Campbell & Kathryn Hurlock in conversation with Professor Peter Scott
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Thursday 1st May at the shop! Super excited for this!
I’m actually furious about how good the West End announcements are at the moment, Bryan Cranston and Paapa Essiedu!? Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel!? I can barely afford the train tickets never mind the theatre tickets and hotel 😭 can it be a rule that these things tour please? #northsouthdivide
April 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I’m actually furious about how good the West End announcements are at the moment, Bryan Cranston and Paapa Essiedu!? Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel!? I can barely afford the train tickets never mind the theatre tickets and hotel 😭 can it be a rule that these things tour please? #northsouthdivide
first read of the year @nigelslater.bsky.social 🍁 coming out the other side of a nasty chest infection, and a tough week or so for various reasons, so this book is a perfect balm 🧡
January 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
first read of the year @nigelslater.bsky.social 🍁 coming out the other side of a nasty chest infection, and a tough week or so for various reasons, so this book is a perfect balm 🧡
It’s been a busy year 😮💨 but such a pleasure working on these wonderful books. Ready for a rest before hitting the ground running in January with our plans for 2025 🗓️
2024 IN BOOKS 📚 👏🏼
An incredible year for our trade books; from acclaimed biography and memoir, to music and popular culture deep dives, to thought-provoking politics and policy books.
Excited to see what we’ll be publishing in 2025? Stay tuned 👀
Happy holidays 🎅
An incredible year for our trade books; from acclaimed biography and memoir, to music and popular culture deep dives, to thought-provoking politics and policy books.
Excited to see what we’ll be publishing in 2025? Stay tuned 👀
Happy holidays 🎅
December 19, 2024 at 3:34 PM
It’s been a busy year 😮💨 but such a pleasure working on these wonderful books. Ready for a rest before hitting the ground running in January with our plans for 2025 🗓️
Possibly a bit early, but here’s my top 5 books of the year (that I read rather than those that published in 2024):
Strong Female Character
Demon Copperhead
Yellowface
Babel
Hello Beautiful
📚
Strong Female Character
Demon Copperhead
Yellowface
Babel
Hello Beautiful
📚
December 11, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Possibly a bit early, but here’s my top 5 books of the year (that I read rather than those that published in 2024):
Strong Female Character
Demon Copperhead
Yellowface
Babel
Hello Beautiful
📚
Strong Female Character
Demon Copperhead
Yellowface
Babel
Hello Beautiful
📚