Lost In Music: Hacienda DJ & city author discuss musical influences

Legendary Haçienda DJ and acclaimed writer, Dave Haslam, will be in conversation with Hull author Lucy Nichol at an event in the city on Thursday.

The writers will be at Wrecking Ball Music and Books in Whitefriargate from 7pm, talking about the impact music has on our lives, in an event titled Lost In Music.

They will look at the way music has influenced their work and lives, from clubs and venues to music and social tribes. There will also be an audience Q&A and an exclusive book-signing session, followed by a selection of music.

Haslam began his first weekly DJing residency at Manchester’s Haçienda club in May 1986, and his final appearance there was the last night the Haçienda was open, June 28, 1997.

His autobiography, Sonic Youth Slept On My Floor, was described by broadcaster Gilles Peterson as “the best book of 2018”.

Haslam’s latest project, Art Decades, is a series of small format books about people including Sylvia Plath, Courtney Love, and the artist Keith Haring.

Lucy Nichol, originally from Hull, released her debut novel The Twenty Seven Club in January this year.

The story takes readers back to Hull in the early 1990s (including nostalgic reflections on Spiders and the Adelphi), and is a “darkly comic tale of mental health, music myths, hope, and fandom”. It has been described as “One of the essential must-read novels about the 90s, music, and life”.

Tickets cost £5 plus eventbrite booking fee. Drinks and snacks will be available to buy from the bar following the event.

To book tickets visit www.wreckingballstore.co.uk/events