I Got a Job by Carl Burkitt

I got a job as a midwife, a snake charmer, a wedding planner. I got a job polishing John Travolta’s shoes, buttering bread, ironing the Pope’s garments. I got a job as a magician in the local curry house.

We spend upwards of 50 years working, yet the average person has only 12 jobs in their lifetime. What adventures are we missing out on not trying more roles? Who could we have met? What person could we have been?

I Got a Job is hilarious, peculiar, well-observed and heartbreaking. It is a mate sharing stories in the pub. It is Carl Burkitt’s attempt at imagining a more colourful, job-hopping life in 100 short tales.

"I love the stories of Carl Burkitt which are, by turns, funny and moving, surreal and yet all too human. His words buzz with the poetry of everyday life, and carry the power to strip back the ordinary so we can see the extraordinary lying beneath."

- Brian Bilston, Poet Laureate of Twitter

110 pages, A5

ISBN: 978-1-8381789-8-7

Published November 2025