Some forthcoming tour dates with Will Self talking about Walking to Hollywood:
September 7 at the Ropetackle Arts Centre in Shoreham, West Sussex. Details here.
September 9 at the SW11 festival in London. Details here.
September 13 at Arnolfini, Bristol. Details here.
September 14 at Topping books in Bath. Details here.
October 12 at the Morley literature festival. Details here.
More to follow …
The theatre company Invisible Dot has used telephone boxes at the Edinburgh festival where you can hear a choice of nine short stories, one of which is Will Self reading The Minor Character.
Will Self is going to be talking with the Shetland-based author and school teacher Donald S Murray at the Edinburgh book festival on August 30 at 8.30pm. The discussion is entitled “Fresh perspectives on St Kilda on the 80th Anniversary of the Evacuation”. Details here.
Self will also be giving a lecture about scale in relation to art at the National Galleries of Scotland on Friday August 27. Details here. For details of Self’s other appearances at the festival, go here.
Will Self will once again be appearing at the Ilkley literature festival on Monday October 11 at 7.30pm at the Kings Hall to talk about his latest book, Walking to Hollywood. Tickets go on sale on August 31.
As part of the Llangollen fringe festival, there weill be an Audience with Will Self at the Royal Pavilion, Llangollen at 7.30pm on July 22. Tickets cost £15. For more details go here.
Will Self is going to be at the Edinburgh book festival at 9.30pm on Sunday August 29 and will be reading from and talking about his new book, Walking to Hollywood (which can be ordered from Amazon here). Titled “The dreams and fantasies of an obsessive-compulsive flâneur”, the event costs £10 (£8 concessions).
“Self’s mordant satire is at the peak of its form in a new triptych, Walking to Hollywood, a potent mixture of memoir and invention, which centres on his passion for wandering on foot around cities. Eventually Self decides to take a walk on British land that is about to be consumed by the sea.”
There will be an Audience with Will Self at the Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham, 7.30pm next Thursday, June 17. For details and to book tickets, follow this.
Will Self is going to be at the Enterprise Pub in Chalk Farm, north London tonight for the Express Excess cabaret, and will be on stage at 10pm with Matt D’Abaitua doing improv. For details go here.
Will Self will be at the renowned Parisian bookshop Shakespeare & Company this summer, which is staging its festival from June 18 to 20 in the park René Viviani, opposite Notre Dame. On the Friday he will be in conversation with Janine di Giovanni and will give a reading from his novel Dorian. On the Saturday he will be in conversation with Martin Amis.
Will Self is going to be on This Week on BBC1 tomorrow night at 11.35pm.
 Walking To Hollywood More info |
 Psycho Too More info |
 Liver More info |
 The Butt More info |
 The Book Of Dave More info |
 Psychogeography More info |
 Dr Mukti And Other Tales Of Woe More info |
 Dorian More info |
 Feeding Frenzy More info |
 How The Dead Live More info |
 Tough Tough Toys For Tough Tough Boys More info |
 Great Apes More info |
 Cock And Bull More info |
 Grey Area More info |
 Junk Mail More info |
 My Idea Of Fun More info |
 The Sweet Smell Of Psychosis More info |
 The Quantity Theory Of Insanity More info |
 Sore Sites More info |
 Perfidious Man More info |
 William Burroughs - Junky [with essay by WS] More info |
 Alasdair Gray - Critical Essays [with essay by WS] More info |
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