Media & Events

Penny has appeared in literary festivals and book events around the country, alongside some of her (and your) favourite authors.

In 2017, Penny won the RNA Award for ‘Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year’ for her debut novel Out Of Practice.

Penny is a frequent contributor to BBC Radio Gloucestershire and has written for The Telegraph, as well as extensively in her local media, for national magazines and many online platforms.

She also contributes short stories to Woman and Home, S Magazine and My Weekly amongst others, and has an online column for Simon & Schuster online, called – fittingly – Notes From the Cotswolds.

The Telegraph:
Why you should start travelling – and stop holidaying – with your kids

Care Leavers in Fiction
A conversation with
Penny Parkes


Writing Magazine:
How to deal with
writer’s burnout


Ox Magazine:
Places, Pets, and Positive Psychology

The Express – Short Story
A Question of Class

Notes From the Cotswolds
Penny’s online column for Simon & Schuster