Ep. 253 - Weird Fiction and the Unsettling: Inside The Truth of Carcosa with Jacob Rollinson

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Jacob Rollinson was born in England in 1984. He is currently based in East Sussex, employed as an academic librarian. Jacob has a PhD in creative and critical writing from the University of East Anglia. He is always looking things up, and he never knows where his next interest is going to take him: he has delivered papers and joined panels on topics ranging from literature and archive work to translation of Classical Chinese poetry, journalism and human rights, and crime fiction. He enjoys weird books.His debut novel, The Truth of Carcosa, is out now.

We had a really interesting chat with Jacob, talking about weird fiction - what it is and how it can be unsettling - and learning about how The Truth of Carcosa grew out of a fever dream during Covid. Plus, we discuss the role of luck in publishing, and the value of writing courses.

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Buy The Truth of Carcosa now (can be bought in the UK via Amazon)

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