Dave Haslam

Dave Haslam is a writer, broadcaster, and DJ. His book My Second Home: Sylvia Plath in Paris, 1956 is about a crucial period in the poet’s life just before she married Ted Hughes – specifically her visits to the French capital, where Plath enjoyed moments of loneliness, but also moments of joy. My Second Home is the follow-up to Haslam’s book, Searching For Love: Courtney Love in Liverpool, 1982 about the months the musician spent in Liverpool in 1982; the similarities between the two young American women are intriguing and both books demonstrate the transformational power of cities.

Dave Haslam’s journalism has appeared in The Guardian, the LRB, the Face and elsewhere. As a DJ, Dave Haslam played over 450 times at the legendary Haçienda in Manchester, and worldwide, from Paris to Peru, New York to Berlin.