Axolotls are salamander-like creatures that can regrow their limbs, jaws and even spines. DBC Pierre on why he is collaborating on a symphony inspired by the creatures he once kept as pets
The Booker prize winner has collaborated with musicians to create An Axolotl Odyssey, a symphony in honour of the almost-extinct Mexican creature. It will be performed at London's Natural History Museum on 23 June – but hear a snatch of DBC Pierre's words here first
Guardian book club: When readers came to hear DBC Pierre discuss Vernon God Little at the Guardian book club, they encountered a droll and candid analyst of his own fiction, says John Mullan.