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More about Red and Blue
Posted on March 1, 2012 | 1 CommentI met the Woman in Black yesterday! That’s Liz White, the actress who plays the title role in what is apparently the most successful British horror film ever. She plays... -
Future War
Posted on February 21, 2012 | 2 CommentsI’ve spent the last few months immersed in stories of war. Some of them are well known wars – I read a long account of the SAS in the... -
The Art of Deception: AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD HERE
Posted on January 9, 2012 | No CommentsSeries 2 of The Art of Deception, Philip Palmer’s 5 part drama about art forger extraordinaire Daniel Ballantyne, is available for download here. -
Red and Blue: AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
Posted on January 9, 2012 | 1 CommentPhilip Palmer’s series about the art of military wargames is available for download here. -
Artemis Speaks!
Posted on January 4, 2012 | 1 CommentJust before Xmas, I got this from those lovely guys at Recorded Books, who did the audio version of Artemis… Here’s Artemis McIvor, narrating part of the first chapter of... -
Happy New Year!!!!
Posted on January 4, 2012 | No CommentsHappy New Year one and all! Can’t believe it’s 4th Jan already. I came out of my fun and alcohol stupor to read this rather delightful blog about Hell Ship.... -
Orbit Blog
Posted on December 2, 2011 | 1 CommentArtemis is now definitely in the shops…in Barnes & Noble in the US, and in all good bookshops in the UK…just wrote a small blog about it on the Orbit... -
Steampunk Anthology
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No CommentsTo my delight, I’ve been asked to contribute to an anthology of steampunk stories ‘inspired by’ classics of literature. My choice is Wilkie Collins – who is up there with... -
Countdown to Artemis
Posted on November 21, 2011 | 2 CommentsIt’s now been confirmed by my new Orbit editor Jenni Hill that the official UK publication date of Artemis is – drum roll! – 1st December. That’s er, soon. Artemis... -
Why Write?
Posted on November 21, 2011 | 2 CommentsI’ve just been reading this engaging blog by John Scalzi on why he writes, and how much he loves writing. THIS GUY LOVES WRITING!!???!!!!! Unbelievable. Most writers hate writing. That’s... -
Space Truckers
Posted on November 21, 2011 | No CommentsThe latest in my occasional series of blogs about SF movies;, good, bad, and all points in between… Space Truckers (1996) is one of the greatest films never made…instead they... -
The Lost Flanagan Story
Posted on November 13, 2011 | No CommentsI recently did an interview for the charming blogger Alan Kelly, who runs a really cool site called Horror Reanimated. One of the things Alan asked me about were the... -
Howard Hawks
Posted on November 13, 2011 | No CommentsLast night I watched His Girl Friday again, for the nth time. It’s one of my favourite ever films. One of those sharp sassy black and white movies with machine-gun... -
Lifeforce
Posted on November 12, 2011 | 1 CommentAt the recent British Fantasy Convention in Brighton, I was privileged to share a panel on movies with the inimitable Kim Newman, a man who has seen more movies than... -
Artemis Arrives
Posted on November 2, 2011 | No CommentsOh Frabjous Joy! An author’s copy of Artemis, my latest novel, just appeared at my doorstep, delivered by a wary postman who had heard of the reputation of this... -
Most Haunted City
Posted on November 2, 2011 | No CommentsI’ve been giving some lectures on genre cinema up in York recently, and spent Monday night there – aka Halloween. Amazing. York is a city full of beauty; and also... -
Fantastical TV
Posted on November 2, 2011 | No CommentsI’ve been racing around the country for the last few days so haven’t had time to write about the panel I did at the weekend for the London Screenwriters’ Festival.... -
Murder in Midsomer
Posted on October 23, 2011 | No CommentsThere is one county in England which is notorious for its high murder count and the weirdness of its locals – they get up to all sorts there, including ritual... -
London Screenwriter’s Festival 2011
Posted on October 23, 2011 | 2 CommentsI’ve spent the last week or so watching old movies, as preparation for a part-time teaching job I’m currently doing up in the University of York. High Noon, Rio Bravo,... -
Life, Car Crashes and Everything
Posted on October 9, 2011 | 4 CommentsLife in the Palmer Universe has been highly frenetic over the last month…I’ve been planning to do a lot more blogs but there just ain’t enough hours in the day....