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Live Intelligence Squared debate

May 7, 2014

Watch Will Self in a live Intelligence Squared/ITV panel discussion about the role of smartphones in news-gathering, here at 6.45pm on Thursday 8 May. Or watch again below:

The death of the serious novel

May 5, 2014

Read an edited version of this year’s Richard Hillary memorial lecture, to be given tomorrow at the Gulbenkian theatre, St Cross Building, Oxford, at the Guardian here.

Autumn events, and 10-day US and Canada tour

September 19, 2013

Friday 20 September, 6.15pm: Barbican, as part of Urban Wandering season: Screening of Estates and a panel discussion afterwards with Lynsey Hanley et al, barbican.org.uk.

Friday 27 September, 7pm: Portobello Pop-Up cinema under the Westway at Ladbroke Grove, screening of London Babylon followed by conversation with the director, Julien Temple.

Wednesday 2 October, 6.15pm: Barbican, as part of Urban Wandering season, in conversation with “place-hacker” Bradley L Garrett – Shard climber – et al, barbican.org.uk.

Saturday 5 October, 2.30pm: Snape Maltings, Flipside festival, in conversation with Brazilian writer Bernardo Carvalho.

Sunday 6 October, 8.30pm: Cheltenham festival, live performance of Kafka’s short story A Country Doctor accompanied by Peter Wiegold’s klezmer band.

Monday 7 October, 7.30pm: Birmingham festival of literature.

Wednesday 13 October, 6.30pm: Bloomsbury festival, in conversation at Senate House.

North America:

Monday 21 October, 7.30pm-9pm: Texas A&M University. Presented by the Department of Literature and Languages, 203 Hall of Languages, Commerce, Texas 75429, USA.

Tuesday 22 October: Reading and signing, Live Talks, 6204 West 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA. 

Thursday 24 October, 7pm: Reading and signing, Seattle public library, Microsoft Auditorium, 1000 Fourth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, USA. 

Saturday 26 October, 8pm: Reading and signing, Vancouver international writers’ festival, Canada.

Sunday 27 October: 11am: Writers’ brunch, Vancouver international writers’ festival, Canada.

Monday 28 October: (time tbc): In conversation with Professor Mark Mazower at Columbia University, Heyman Center for the Humanities, New York, NY 10027, USA. 

Tuesday 29 October, 7pm: In conversation with Martin Amis, McNally Jackson, 52 Prince Street, New York, NY 10012, USA. 

Wednesday 30 October, 7pm: Reading and signing, Harvard Bookstore, 1256 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

Full Metal Jacket at the ICA

July 4, 2013

Will Self introduces a screening of Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket at the ICA in London at 7pm on July 9. For further details, go here.

Solaris 35mm screening

June 13, 2013

There are still some tickets to see Will Self introducing Tarkovsky’s Solaris tonight at the Curzon Renoir at 7.30pm here.

Book Slam (F)East

March 29, 2013

BS F(EAST)

Will Self is going to be part of a special Book Slam at the Round Chapel, April 20, London E5. For details, go here.

Intelligence Squared debate

March 27, 2013

Watch Will Self debating gun control with Peter Hitchens and others live here tonight at 7pm.

Will Self spring events

March 8, 2013

Wednesday March 20: Theatre Royal York, in conversation on Umbrella, 8pm, yorktheatreroyal.co.uk.

Saturday March 23: Museum of London, in conversation with Sebastian Groes to round-off a Roehampton University conference on Will’s oeuvre, thememorynetwork.net. Tickets are also available at barbican.org.uk.

Wednesday March 27: Intelligence Squared debate on gun control, intelligencesquared.com.

Thursday April 4: Wigan Ways with Words Festival, 7.30pm, http://issuu.com/alanloaf/docs/wordsfestival2013.

Tuesday April 16: PEN interview, 1pm, London Book Fair, Earls Court with Claire Armitstead.

Saturday April 20: Bookslam in Clapton, bookslam.com.

Thursday April 25: Bookslam in Brixton,  bookslam.com.

Friday May 3: Cathedral Quarter Festival, Belfast, 6pm

Saturday May 11: Public lecture as part of the Rest is Noise festival at the Southbank, London, southbankcentre.co.uk.

Friday May 17: Norwich event in conjunction with the Writers’ Centre, writerscentrenorwich.org.uk.

Monday May 20: Holmfirth Film Festival.

Saturday May 25: Hay-on-Wye Festival.

 

Club Inégales Klezmer CD

February 20, 2013

Will Self is going to be reading texts by Kafka tomorrow night for the launch of Notes Inégales Klezmer CD – the musical realisation of Will’s digital essay Kafka’s Wound at thespace.lrb.co.uk. Club Inégales, 180 North Gower Street, Euston, 8pm. For more details, go here.

Triviality is more oppressive than tyranny

February 14, 2013

Public Lecture Series Final PosterOn March 11 at 7pm, Will Self will be on a panel at Brunel University as part of its public lecture series discussing the motion “Triviality is more oppressive than tyranny”. For more details, go here. The event is free and requires no booking.

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Will’s Latest Book

Will Self - Elaine
Will Self's latest book Elaine will be published in hardback by Grove on September 5 2024 in the UK and September 17 2024 in the USA.

You can pre-order at Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com

Will’s Previous Books

Will Self - Will
Will
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  Will Self - Phone
Phone
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Shark
Shark
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  Umbrella
Umbrella
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The Unbearable Lightness Of Being A Prawn Cracker
The Unbearable Lightness Of Being A Prawn Cracker
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  Walking To Hollywood
Walking To Hollywood
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The Butt
The Butt
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  Grey Area
Grey Area
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Junk Mail
Junk Mail
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  Great Apes
Great Apes
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Cock And Bull
Cock And Bull
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  The Quantity Theory Of Insanity
The Quantity Theory Of Insanity
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The Sweet Smell Of Psychosis
The Sweet Smell of Psychosis
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  My Idea Of Fun
My Idea Of Fun
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The Book Of Dave
The Book Of Dave
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  Psychogeography
Psychogeography
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Psycho Too
Psycho II
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  Liver
Liver
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How The Dead Live
How The Dead Live
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  Tough Tough Toys For Tough Tough Boys
Tough Tough Toys For Tough Tough Boys
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Dr Mukti And Other Tales Of Woe
Dr Mukti And Other Tales Of Woe
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Amazon.com
  Dorian
Dorian
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Amazon.com
Feeding Frenzy
Feeding Frenzy
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Amazon.com
  Sore Sites
Sore Sites
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Amazon.com
Perfidious Man
Perfidious Man
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Amazon.com
  The Undivided Self
The Undivided Self
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