Dua Lipa Takes Book Club To Next Level With Physical Location

Dua Lipa for her Service95 book club. Photo: Service95/Instagram

Three years after pop singer Dua Lipa founded her book club Service95, she is now celebraring the opening of her very first physical library.

The Manifesto Library opened on June 27 as part of an international book festival called BABELL – City of Books.

Lipa’s library will permanently reside inside Livraria Lello bookshop in Porto, Portugal. In a press release, Lipa called the new library “a dream partnership” and a result of years pushing her mission forward.

“This library is a shrine to books that have disappeared, to authors whose courage unmasks structures of power and control, and to readers who refuse to be told what book they are allowed to read. You are invited to visit and decide for yourself what belongs on these shelves. Because sometimes the most subversive thing you can do is read a book and then talk about it.”

Nearly 100 contemporary books will be present in Livraria Lello’s new cultural auditorium each relating to four key themes: power, control, voice, and memory. The singer says reading brings people together.