Dua Lipa talks to Vincent Delecroix about his book, Small Boat, as part of the Service 95 book club.
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Posted by admin on Jul 2, 2025
Dua Lipa shared with Service95 the 5 books she’s read and reading next this summer. Check them out:
1. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante – “I cannot get enough of this book, it’s the ideal summer read as it’s so sun-kissed! If you’ve already read it, there are three more in the series to dive into.”
2. Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – “This has been on my TBR pile for a while and I can’t wait to have time to read it this summer.”
3. Fearless & Free by Josephine Baker – “Formed from conversations over 20 years with French journalist Marcel Sauvage, this memoir has just been published in English for the first time.”
4. This House Of Grief by Helen Garner – “It wouldn’t be my book pile without at least one harrowing story. A nonfiction account of a case that follows an accused father driving his car into a dam with his three sons in the back. I couldn’t put it down.”
5. Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange – “Tommy sent me a signed copy of this after my Service95 Book Club interview with him about his novel There There. This is the prequel and the sequel, and I can’t wait to dive in.”
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Posted by admin on Jul 1, 2025
Dua Lipa‘s July pick for her Service95 book club is ‘Small Boat‘ by Vincent Delecroix. The short novel fictionalises the events around the real-life drowning of 27 people in the English Channel in November 2021. Those who lost their lives – always referred to as ‘migrants’ in the press – were crowded into a sinking inflatable dinghy and made increasingly desperate calls for help – in French, in English, and in Kurdish. But no help came. Dua said: “This book challenged me profoundly. It moved me, and stayed with me. It’s not an easy read – but as our politics descend into hate-mongering and point-scoring, it’s an essential story that needs to be told.”
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Posted by admin on Jun 25, 2025
Dua Lipa talks to Jennifer Clement about her book, Widow Basquiat, as part of the Service 95 book club.
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Posted by admin on Jun 11, 2025
Dua Lipa‘s June pick for her Service95 book club is ‘Widow Basquiat‘ by Jennifer Clement. The non-fiction book is a chaotic love story between artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and his lover and muse, Suzanne Malouk. It follow them when they meet at 20 years old and into hustling in 1980s New York. Dua says the book is “a remarkably deep, tender and, at times, disturbing study of these two young souls – their difficult childhoods, the clubs, bars and galleries they inhabit and the forces of ambition, jealousy and excess that ultimately lead to Basquiat’s death at the age of only 27.”
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Posted by admin on Jun 3, 2025
With Dua Lipa‘s Service95 Book Club interview series coming to Spotify podcasts from 10th June, Dua has shared her three books of the summer with Deadline.com. They are:
‘This House of Grief by Helen Garner’, a nonfiction account of a case that follows an accused father driving his car into a dam with his three sons in the back; ‘Dream Count’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; and ‘Fearless & Free’ by Josephine Baker, a memoir that has just been published in English for the first time.
Dua also talked about the podcast:
“It’s a genuine thrill to welcome Dua Lipa and the Service95 Book Club to Spotify,” said Roshni Radia, Audiobooks Editor at Spotify. “Dua’s unique style and clear passion for literature make this a perfect fit for us, and it really showcases the full ecosystem of creative talent on Spotify. We’re excited to see fans of Dua’s music fall in love with this interview series, and then go on to discover new authors whose audiobooks they can listen to right there on Spotify too.”
“For me, one of the best things about reading is getting to chat with my friends about the book that’s just blown my mind,” said Lipa. “But surely the ultimate fantasy would be to have the author in the room there with us, answering all our questions about the incredible world they’ve created. Well, I get to live out my fantasy with the Service95 Book Club podcast, where in each episode I share a book I love and I’m joined by the author themselves. As someone who really is obsessed by books, it’s a dream come true.”
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Posted by admin on Jun 3, 2025
Dua Lipa‘s April pick for her Service95 book club is ‘Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter. The novel tells the story of a young family devastated by grief when the boys’ mother suddenly dies. As the weight of their grief threatens to sink then, a human-sized cow arrives on their doorstep and moves in, announcing that he will stay there until they no longer need him. Is the giant talking cow real or a figment of their imagination? That’s the question that carries through the book but, by the end, it barely matters. Dua said: “Ever so occasionally, you pick up a book and it spins you around and turns you upside down. This is one of those books.”
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Posted by admin on Apr 3, 2025
Dua Lipa talks to Tommy Orange about his novel, There There, as part of the Service 95 book club.
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Posted by admin on Mar 15, 2025
Dua Lipa‘s March pick for her Service95 book club is ‘There There‘ by Tommy Orange. The novel follows twelve characters from Native communities, all travelling to the Big Oakland Powwow, who are all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realise. Dua said Orange “starts with a brief but sharp history lesson in the prologue of ‘There There,’ dispelling 400 years of slurs and stereotypes against Native people in 10 fiery pages — almost too painful to bear, but essential to start his story.”
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Posted by admin on Mar 5, 2025
For her Service95 book club, Dua Lipa has chosen ‘Crying in H Mart’ by Michelle Zauner as her pick for April.
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Posted by admin on Mar 18, 2024
