MUP to publish Dave Haslam's collection of 'intimate' creative interviews
Manchester University Press (MUP) is set to publish Dave Haslam’s “intimate” collection of creative interviews. The publisher acquired world English rights for Creative Journeys: Intimate Conversations with Artists, Actors, Writers and Musicians from Matthew Hamilton at the Hamilton Agency.
Haslam has worked as a journalist, broadcaster, DJ and interviewer. In the mid-1980s, he was running a fanzine, writing for the NME and beginning a 450-night DJ residency at The Haçienda. He has gone on to DJ internationally, curate art events across Europe and write five full-length books.
Over the past 40 years, Haslam has interviewed some of figures in music, literature, film and art. Creative Journeys gathers “revelatory” conversations with creatives including Neneh Cherry, Maxine Peake, Lemn Sissay, Andrew Weatherall, Raymond Carver and Jeremy Deller.
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Tom Dark, publisher for trade non-fiction at MUP, said: "I’m delighted to be working with Dave on this unique collection. He has been such an integral figure to music, writing and art across the decades, both as a creator himself and as an amazing connector of people and ideas. Creative Journeys speaks to MUP’s aim to understand the confluences of popular culture from Manchester and far beyond."
Haslam said: “I’m so pleased to bring these interviews together in such a handsome volume, giving readers a chance to hear insights galore from some of my cultural heroes. As well as creative journeys, they’re ultimately human stories too. People dealing with dysfunctional families, and loss, and fame and success. There’s emotion, politics, addiction, inspiration.”
Creative Journeys will be published worldwide in October 2026.
