Join us at the John Rylands Library for the launch of the paperback edition of DJ Paulette’s acclaimed debut, Welcome to the club.

Manchester University Press would like to invite you to the launch of the paperback edition of DJ Paulette’s acclaimed debut, Welcome to the club, at the John Rylands Library.

An inspiring memoir-manifesto from one of the UK’s leading DJs, Welcome to the club shares the highs, lows and lessons of the Manchester legend’s thirty-year music career, with insights from some famous friends.

As one of the Haçienda’s pioneering female DJs, Paulette has reached the pinnacle of the music industry, performing for crowds of thousands worldwide. She offers a remarkable perspective from a Black woman’s viewpoint, arguing that despite dance music’s core values of peace, love, unity and respect, it remains a world rife with exclusion, misogyny, racism and classism. Yet, as Paulette reveals, it is also a space teeming with powerful women.

Part personal memoir, part call to action, Welcome to the club exposes the exclusivity of the music industry while honouring the often invisible women who keep the rhythm alive.

DJ Paulette will be in conversation with friend and fellow writer Kamila Rymajdo, and will also be answering audience questions.

Copies of the new paperback edition will be on sale at the event, and DJ Paulette will be signing copies in the Rylands Shop following the event.

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