Will is giving a Funzing talk entitled “Is the left dead?” at The Emmanuel Centre, Marsham Street, London, SW1P 3DW on Tuesday 31 July, from 6.45pm to 8.45pm. “With the far-right on the rise and the left in disarray, what does the future hold for socialism?” For more details and to book tickets, visit uk.funzing.com.

On Wednesday 11 July there is a very rare opportunity to learn about psychogeography and how to enact the dérive (drift) – the Situationist’s method for creatively remaking the world – with Will, starting at the Chandos House Treatment for Addiction in Bristol.

The morning session will be for Chandos House residents, as part of their ongoing therapy – and the second will be open to those who’d like to contribute something to support the work of the facility and learn something about this technique. Will stresses that you don’t have to be an artist or writer to gain from the dérive, but that people who work creatively may well find it extremely helpful.

Will is offering as a component of the afternoon, to read/view/listen to any work that’s inspired by the session, and offer a bespoke critique in the weeks to come.

The session will begin at Chandos House at 2pm and last for three hours.

There are only 10 places available – email kate@chandoshouse.org, tickets/donations from £65, chandoshouse.org.

Will Self is going to be giving a lecture at Brunel University London on March 16 at 5.30pm on the relationship between isolation and the novel. Could it be, he wonders, that the novel is the defining art form of the singular and unitary consciousness as self-conceived? If so, in a world in which we’re always connected, will there be enough isolation to provide its psychic substratum? Tickets are free but you will need to register here.

9 October: Royal Academy, An evening of short stories with Will Self in partnership with Pin Drop.

14 October: In conversation with Bruce Robinson – Looking for Jack the Ripper, Guardian Live event, St Leonards Shoreditch Church, 7pm.

16 October: Hillingdon literary festival, 6pm. An evening with Will Self.

23 October: An audience with Will Self, Great Hall, Blackheath Halls, 8pm.

4 November: Will Self in conversation with Max Saunders, 6.30pm, King’s College London. Free but booking required.

10 November: LRB bookshop, 7pm. Nicotine: Gregor Hens in conversation with Will Self.

11 November: The Inaugural JB Priestley Lecture, University of Huddersfield. Will Self on The Collateral Damage of Progress: War, Psychopathology and Technological Innovation. Free but booking required.

14 November: Hastings storytelling festival.

19 November: Will Self on JG Ballard and Future Cities, Festival of the Future City, Watershed, Bristol, 6pm. Will is also going to introduce a special preview screening of High-Rise, date/time TBC.