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The lessons of Little Britain Lake

February 17, 2020

Will’s latest New European column can be found here.

A Point of Views

February 11, 2020

You can now listen to a couple of Will’s recent A Point of Views for Radio 4 on the BBC, one on Hypocrisy, and the other on Sodcasting.

Will Self’s memoir, Will, published

November 14, 2019

Will Self’s memoir, Will, is published today by Viking. Duncan White in The Daily Telegraph said: “Self writes with the same propulsive prose that he has deployed in his masterful recent trilogy, Umbrella (2012), Shark (2014) and Phone (2017), replete with riffs, puns, recursive loops and characteristic ellipses and italics. Perhaps Will is just another Selfian character, subject to absolute authorial control, the fragmented derangement of his youth woven into an intricate and coherent whole by the mature author.”   More...

In conversation with Iggy Pop

November 1, 2019

Will Self in Conversation

October 2, 2019

From April 2019, talking about Umbrella, Shark and Phone and the writing process.

Will Self events, winter 2019

September 10, 2019

9 November: Launch of Will Self’s new book, Will, at the Southbank Centre, London, 7.30pm, with chair Alex Clark. Details are here.

15 November: The Brighthelm Centre, Brighton, 7pm. Details here.

24 November: Penguin Live/The Quays, Manchester. Details here.

Hillingdon Literary Festival talk

June 26, 2019

Will Self’s talk from October 2018 at the Hillingdon Literary Festival, which begins with a reading from a section of his short story “Scale” (from Grey Area). Will discusses the writing of his books Walking to Hollywood and Phone, the importance of the M40 in his fiction, pretending to be British, the Iraq war and a little about his new memoir, Will, which is due to be published in November.

Protecting Digital Privacy lecture at Brunel University

June 19, 2019

WowFest19 keynote speech

June 7, 2019

This Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis

April 9, 2019

Will features quite heavily in this rather good 1999 documentary about Bret Easton Ellis.

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Will’s Latest Book

Will Self - Will
Will Self's latest book Will is published in hardback by Viking on 14 November 2019.

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

Will’s Previous Books

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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The Undivided Self
The Undivided Self
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Amazon.com
  Walking To Hollywood
Walking To Hollywood
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Amazon.com
The Butt
The Butt
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Amazon.com
  Grey Area
Grey Area
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Amazon.com
Junk Mail
Junk Mail
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Amazon.com
  Great Apes
Great Apes
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Amazon.com
Cock And Bull
Cock And Bull
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Amazon.com
  The Quantity Theory Of Insanity
The Quantity Theory Of Insanity
More info
Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.com
The Sweet Smell Of Psychosis
The Sweet Smell of Psychosis
More info

Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.com
  My Idea Of Fun
My Idea Of Fun
More info
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Amazon.com
The Book Of Dave
The Book Of Dave
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Amazon.com
  Psychogeography
Psychogeography
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Amazon.com
Psycho Too
Psycho II
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Amazon.com
  Liver
Liver
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How The Dead Live
How The Dead Live
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Amazon.com
  Tough Tough Toys For Tough Tough Boys
Tough Tough Toys For Tough Tough Boys
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Amazon.com
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
   
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