Welcome to the Service95 Book Club with Dua Lipa, a new podcast dedicated to the books that stay with us – and the brilliant minds behind them.
As well as bringing you a brand-new episode every month, we’ll also be dipping into the archive of fascinating conversations Dua has had with authors over the past two years. First up from the archive, Dua joined ... Show More
Jun 23
From The Archives: Paul Murray on family secrets, loneliness and The Bee Sting
From the archives this month: Dua’s February 2025 conversation with Irish author Paul Murray, on his novel The Bee Sting. An epic family saga set in contemporary Ireland, the novel follows the Barnes family through financial collapse, fractured relationships and the secrets that ... Show More
45m 56s
Jun 9
Kae Tempest On His Latest Novel, ‘Having Spent Life Seeking’
For the Service95 Book Club this month, Dua is joined by writer, poet, playwright and musician Kae Tempest to discuss his latest novel, Having Spent Life Seeking, which is Dua’s Monthly Read for June. Together, Dua and Kae explore the novel’s core themes: forgiveness and atonemen ... Show More
1h 7m
May 22
From The Archives: Malorie Blackman on race, language and the legacy of Noughts & Crosses
From the archives this month, we revisit Dua’s conversation with Malorie Blackman, the former Children’s Laureate and author of the groundbreaking young adult series Noughts & Crosses. The novel follows Callum and Sephy, childhood friends growing up on opposite sides of a violent ... Show More
35m 17s
Jun 2021
On Earth with Ocean Vuong
Poet and author Ocean Vuong joins us this week following the re-release of his debut novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. We discuss reckoning with one’s work from a distance (5:08), why he wrote an autobiographical novel (6:30), the cage of American masculinity (11:00), how h ... Show More
55m 59s
Apr 2022
Ocean Vuong, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore reviewed, Southampton UK City of Culture bid, Nadifa Mohamed
Ocean Vuong is a Vietnamese-American poet whose recent works include a best-selling novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, and a multi-prize-winning volume of verse, Night Sky with Exit Wounds. He talks about his latest collection of poems, Time Is A Mother, exploring themes of ... Show More
42m 5s