A wild visit to Phillip Carter’s weird world
Phillip Carter is a comedian who writes dark existentialist science fiction. He lives and works close to where I grew up in the North of England.
June 21, 2023
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Phillip Carter is a comedian who writes dark existentialist science fiction. He lives and works close to where I grew up in the North of England.
Around this time last year, I was lucky enough to attend a Society of Authors talk given by the novelist Naomi Alderman. Several of her
October has already delivered another fun first in my author career. A local book club had read Rockstar Ending, the first novel in my dystopian
Ever since I first heard David Bowie’s 1969 album Space Oddity, I have been haunted by Major Tom’s last words in the title track: ‘Tell
It means a lot to me that I made it into the local newspaper in Southport, the town in the north west of England where
Appearing on numerous BBC radio stations over the past month seemed the most pandemic-friendly way to get the word out about the launch of Rockaway, the second book
I’ve subliminally programmed myself to buy nail polish in colours that match the Rockaway book cover. I didn’t realise until they arrived. This reminded me
The third book in my dystopian the Rockstar Ending series, Rockaway is published at last! Huge thanks are due to the friends who have kept
Sometimes I think I only wrote the Rockstar Ending series as an excuse to commission cover illustrations from Tim Doyle. I had been a fan
I’m not sure which looks more scary – me or my book covers! My local council organized a book fair for authors at the weekend. The
Here’s a thought-provoking present for the reader in your life. Highly original, macabre and very funny – Richard Blair Speculative fiction at its best, thrilling
Do you think they might ban me? I just celebrated seeing the cover design for ‘Rockaway’, the third novel in my chillingly plausible dystopian series,
I thought someone had stolen one of my fictional ideas! But then I realised I was reading a news story about facial scanning being used
I am ecstatic to announce that Free@Last TV, the production company behind ‘Agatha Raisin’, has optioned my ‘Rockstar Ending’ novels for a television series. It
Here I am reading from the Rockstar Ending series at the annual festival that takes place in my local park, Hilly Fields Fayre, an event
When I met Tracy Brabin MP, who has recently been elected Mayor of West Yorkshire, early in 2020, she gave me some uplifting personal advice.
Everyone wanted to talk about the drones. It was the last thing I had expected. Four years ago, I did some research on the Nepal Earthquake of
I’m thrilled to have made it onto the cover of Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine. ‘You’re old. You’re tired. And a burden on society. So just
For a while now, I’ve been thinking about creating audiobooks of the Rockstar Ending series. As I love listening to books read by their author, I wanted to give
THANK YOU for making my 2020 momentous – in a nice way! 🤩📖 🙏 Two years ago, I was working in a demanding corporate job, harbouring
It was a privilege for Rockstar Ending to be included in a SciFiMonth special feature by the prolific and generous-spirited speculative fiction book blogger Books,
The Fortean Times, legendary UK-based monthly magazine dedicated to all things weird, has reviewed Rockstar Ending in their ‘speculative and fantastic fiction’ section. Britain’s youth have
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