The Observer carries a piece featuring Will Self’s and Iain Sinclair’s forewords to the London Unfurled book by Matteo Pericoli. There is also a London Unfurled iPad app to which Will has contributed.
Will Self: Introductions
The Essential David Shrigley
From The Essential David Shrigley
“I am a regular if not exactly enthusiastic patron of my local bookshop. I try to buy at least some books there because I cling to the belief that it’s important to maintain those businesses that put a human face on the exchange of money for goods and services. If we bought everything on the internet, our eyes and mouths and nostrils would probably begin to film over with a tegument – one initially tissue-thin and capable of being removed each morning, but which gradually thickened and hardened until we were imprisoned in our own tiny minds.
The Colossus of Maroussi
There will be a new introduction to Henry Miller’s The Colossus of Maroussi written by Will Self to be published on May 18 by New Directions.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
Will Self has written in introduction for The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne by Visual Editions, a new London-based book publisher. The book, which is designed by A Practice for Everyday Life, is due out in June.
The Burning Leg
Self has written the foreword to The Burning Leg: Walking Scenes from Classic Fiction by Duncan Minshull, which will be published on April 30 by the Hesperus Press.
Revelation introduction
Canongate has published the full text of Will Self’s introduction to Revelation, published in 1998, and dedicated to his friend Ben Trainin.
Introduction to Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We
You can read Will Self’s introduction to Zamyatin’s cult classic novel, We, at Random House here.
Riddley Walker
You can find Will Self’s introduction to Russell Hoban’s masterpiece, Riddley Walker, here, which has obvious parallels with Self’s The Book of Dave.
Little People In The City: The Street Art Of Slinkachu
Little People In The City – Slinkachu
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Will has written the foreword to Little People In The City: The Street Art Of Slinkachu – read on for more info.
Foreword to Nick Cave: The Complete Lyrics
The Complete Lyrics – Nick Cave
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Will Self’s Foreword to Nick Cave: The Complete Lyrics
Some 20 years ago, I had a long wrangle with the music writer Barney Hoskyns about the relative virtues of rock lyricists. Barney’s view was (and I hope I’m not traducing him in any way) that simplicity was the key. The structure of pop songs – most of which derive from the holy miscegenation of the English ballad form and the eight-bar blues – the importance to them of melody and their fairly short duration: all of these factors meant that facile rhymes, basic narratives and straightforward sentiments made for the best lyrics.