John Self

The American author has had so many books published, across so many genres, he has stopped counting

Dundee poet and one-time jobbing musician on his memoir, mental health, anger, the perspective gained after the death of a parent and a looming type of retirement

John Self is impressed by The Stinging Fly, Banshee, TOLKA, The Tangerine and Holy Show

Would The Great Gatsby have lasted under one of its working titles such as Trimalchio of West Egg?

England’s past is blended with its present in a novel that shows dark side of the nation’s sensibility

Gavin McCrea on how spending the Covid period living with his mother inspired his memoir, and how his school days were scarred by homophobic abuse

The Singularities, his new novel, may be the acclaimed author’s final work of literary fiction. If not, ‘I’ll call my next book Sinatra’s Last Tour’

Books of the Day: John Self runs the rule over Percival Everett, Shehan Karunatilaka and Alan Garner

The best-selling author ‘channels Charles Dickens’ in her latest novel, Demon Copperhead

The 70-year-old author has just released The Romantic, his fourth ‘whole-life’ novels

Comic thriller writer Colin Bateman on his memoir of growing up in Bangor, and on making jokes about anything, even his mother’s death

Novelist is not known as a writer who puts himself on the page, but now he discusses the real life influences on his latest work, Lessons

A well-filled bran tub of nuggets about covers, designs, puff quotes and more

A novel that’s eccentric and experimental, dramatic and emotional, funny and bizarre — yet constrained

Book review: Second collection of stories from Derry author is peppered with wit – and strangeness