Question Time appearance
Posted by Chris H on February 25th, 2010Will Self is going to be appearing on Question Time from Canary Wharf on March 4, along with Boris Johnson, Shirley Williams and Carol Vorderman.
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On Alice
Posted by Chris H on February 24th, 2010Will Self is going to be talking about Alice in Wonderland tonight at the British Library, 6.30pm.
Will Self readings and events
Posted by Chris H on February 20th, 2010Perth Festival of the Arts 2010, Perth Theatre, May 28, 7.30pm. For details, visit here.
Lincoln Jackson Lecture Theatre, University of Lincoln, July 11 2010, 2pm. Self will “give a reading of his work followed by a Q and A session on his own work, and on writing in the 21st century”. For further details, go here.
The Thunderbolt, Bristol
Posted by Chris H on January 27th, 2010Will Self is going to be at the Thunderbolt pub in Bristol on Thursday February 25. For tickets, which cost £10, and details, call 0117 9299008.
Lugubrious Monday, Komedia, Brighton
Posted by Chris H on January 25th, 2010There’s an interview with Will Self in the Brighton Argus about his appearance tonight at Komedia in Brighton. At the time of writing this, there were 20 tickets left, according to a Komedia Twitter post.
Sebald lecture
Posted by Chris H on January 11th, 2010A reminder that Will Self will be giving the annual WG Sebald lecture tonight at Kings Place. To hear Self talking about Sebald on the Today programme this morning, visit the Radio 4 website.
Express Excess
Posted by Chris H on January 7th, 2010Will Self is going to be at Express Excess on Wednesday 20 January at 8.30pm at The Enterprise pub, Haverstock Hill, Camden, London. He’ll be “reading or riffing or taking questions or maybe something completely different, with surprise guests, and Logan Murray, master of the comic verse, regales us with his virtuoso delivery”. Admission is £5. For tickets or details, call 020-7485 2659.
WG Sebald lecture
Posted by Chris H on December 16th, 2009Will Self is going to be giving the annual WG Sebald lecture at Kings Place in London on Monday 11 January at 7pm. Self will analyse Sebald’s Holocaust writing in the light of the evolving historical understanding of the Holocaust and the part the German people took in it. Self asks whether, when it comes to such crimes against humanity, it is possible for there to be a literature either by, or about, the perpetrators, and what purpose such writings might fulfil.
For further details and for tickets, which cost £9.50, visit the Kings Place website or the UEA website here.
Will Self and Ralph Steadman in Hove
Posted by Chris H on December 13th, 2009On Tuesday December 15 at 6.30pm, Self and Steadman will be talking about their second collection of Psychogeography columns, Psycho Too, at the Old Market in Hove. Tickets cost £6 – for details, visit their website here. (Don’t be put off by the blurb that relates to the first collection – they’ll be talking about the latest one.)
Daunt Books, Chelsea
Posted by Chris H on December 3rd, 2009Will Self is going to be talking about Psycho Too at Daunt Books in Chelsea on Thursday December 10 at 7pm. For further details, visit the Daunt Books website.
