Will Self » Psychogeography

Two short interviews and one longer one

Chris H — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:15:00 +0000

There’s a short interview with Will Self in the Big Issue Scotland here, and an interview with Book Buzz in the States here around the publication of Psychogeography, which we overlooked at the time.

And a longer one too is available to listen to – Psychogeography: Disentangling the Modern Conundrum of Psyche and Place at the Los Angeles Public Library – here.

The joys of walking

Chris H — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:36:24 +0000

Interesting and lengthy email interview between Geoff Nicholson, author of The Lost Art of Walking, and Will Self in the Believer magazine. For the full article go here.

La Times Psychogeography review

Chris H — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:26:25 +0000

Karrie Higgins reviews Will Self’s first collection of Psychogeography columns from the Independent in the LA Times. The second collection, Psycho Too, will be published in November by Bloomsbury.

The Verb: Walking to the World

Chris H — Sun, 24 May 2009 12:39:44 +0000

Another chance to listen to Will Self on The Verb talking about his walk from JG Ballard’s house in Shepperton to Heathrow and then his two-day trek from the airport in Dubai to The World resort. He also gives a short reading. The essay will feature as the introduction to his second collection of Psychogeography columns to be published in November by Bloomsbury.

Cheers, Boston

Chris H — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:56:56 +0000

Boston Globe: “Sex on airplanes? Are you speaking from experience?”
Self: “Yes. Well, yes. Is it necessary to elaborate? Sex is ubiquitous and stereotypic. I haven’t got any extra genitalia or anything.”

Interview with the Boston Globe on Will Self’s Psychogeography book tour of the States.

Garment District

Chris H — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:02:55 +0000

Read Will’s latest Necessary Steps column in the New York Times.

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Psychogeography

Chris M — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:18:40 +0000

Psychogeography – Will Self

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Synopsis:
Provocateurs Will Self and Ralph Steadman join forces in this post millennial meditation on the vexed relationship between psyche and place in a globalised world, bringing together for the first time the very best of their “Psychogeography” columns for the “Independent”. The introduction, ‘Walking to New York’, is both a prelude to the verbal and visual essays that make up this extraordinary collaboration, and a revealing exploration of the split in Self’s Jewish American British psyche and its relationship to the political geography of the post 9/11 world. Ranging from the Scottish Highlands to Istanbul and from Morocco to Ohio, Will Self’s engaging and disturbing vision is perfectly counter pointed by Ralph Steadman’s edgy and beautiful artwork.