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De La Warr Pavilion

Posted by Chris H on March 17th, 2010

Will Self is going to be giving a reading at the De La Warr Pavilion on Thursday April 22 at 6.30pm, followed by a Q&A and a book signing. Tickets are free. For further details, visit their website.

David Eagleman talk

Posted by Chris H on March 16th, 2010

David Eagleman, the neuroscientist and author of Sum, is going to be in conversation with Will Self on March 25 at a rare appearance at Conway Hall in London. For further details and to book tickets, go here.

Question Time appearance

Posted by Chris H on February 25th, 2010

Will Self is going to be appearing on Question Time from Canary Wharf on March 4, along with Boris Johnson, Shirley Williams and Carol Vorderman.

On Alice

Posted by Chris H on February 24th, 2010

Will Self is going to be talking about Alice in Wonderland tonight at the British Library, 6.30pm.

Will Self readings and events spring and summer 2010

Posted by Chris H on February 20th, 2010

David Eagleman, the neuroscientist and author of Sum, is going to be in conversation with Will Self on March 25 at a rare appearance at Conway Hall in London. For further details and to book tickets, go here.

Perth 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, 2010

Will 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, 2010

There’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, 2010

A 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, 2010

Will 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, 2009

Will 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.