Welcome to the Service95 Book Club with Dua Lipa, a 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.
This time from the archive, Dua sits down ... Show More
Oct 18
From The Archives: Before ‘American Hagwon’, Min Jin Lee On ‘Pachinko’
Following the much-anticipated release of Min Jin Lee’s new novel, American Hagwon, we revisit Dua’s July 2023 Book Club conversation with the author about Pachinko, which follows four generations of a Korean family as they navigate identity, displacement and belonging in Japan. ... Show More
18m 57s
Oct 15
The Questions Only Writers Would Ask, Answered By Kazuo Ishiguro
In this special bonus episode for Dua’s October Monthly Read, Klara And The Sun, Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro answers questions from fellow writers at the London Literature Festival: Mustafa, Omar Musa and Nelio Biedermann. How do you stay creatively free without bec ... Show More
13m 43s
Oct 12
Klara And The Sun: Dua Lipa & Kazuo Ishiguro On Technology & Human Loneliness
For the Service95 Book Club this month, Dua is joined by Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro to discuss Klara And The Sun, her October Monthly Read. As Taika Waititi’s film adaptation arrives in cinemas this month, they explore Ishiguro’s speculative novel and its questions ... Show More
57m 48s
Jun 2021
Fiction Just As Strange As Reality
Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about books that will appeal to readers of true crime, podcasts and everything in between.
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52m 49s
Oct 2023
What Big Books Have Yet to Come Out in 2023?
<p>On this week’s episode, a look at the rest of the year in books — new fiction from Alice McDermott and this year’s Nobel laureate, Jon Fosse, a journalist’s investigation of state-sanctioned killings in the Philippines, and a trio of celebrity memoirs. </p><p>Discussed in this ... Show More
24m 41s
Oct 2024
How do you plot the perfect murder mystery? with Kate Atkinson
<p>Join us as we dive into the world of crime, thrillers, and mysteries! We answer your listener questions with award-winning author Kate Atkinson and publicist Alison Barrow. Plus, Kate discusses her brand-new Jackson Brodie novel, <em>Death at the Sign of the Rook</em>. Ge ... Show More
24m 40s
Jun 2023
Book Club Bonus Episode: Dua Lipa and Douglas Stuart, live at Hay Festival
At Hay-on-Wye's annual Hay Festival of Literature & Arts, one of the world’s most prestigious literary events, Dua sat down with 'Shuggie Bain' author Douglas Stuart for a fascinating discussion and podcast taping in front of a live audience about Service95 Book Club’s first book ... Show More
38m 58s
Dec 2021
The Year in Review (Part 2) with Nihal Arthanayake
<p>As we approach the end of 2021, we're revisiting some of the most memorable moments on the Penguin Podcast this year.</p><br><p>Conn Iggulden takes his writing research extremely (and we mean, *extremely*) seriously, Emma Dabiri gives us a tour of her bookshelves, Owen Jones t ... Show More
31m 20s
Jan 2020
A Thing Happens and Then More Things Happen
Katie and Rincey talk about the Edgar Award nominees and some genre-crossing SFF mysteries.
This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Read Harder 2020 Challengeand Lost Hills by Lee Goldberg.
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46m 58s
Oct 2024
Who gets to write African History? with Zainab Badawi
<p>Joining us in our book-filled studio is broadcaster and author Zeinab Badawi, who shares her journey chronicling Africa's spectacular history through the voices of African historians, archaeologists, and local storytellers. Plus, we put your reading requests to award-winning a ... Show More
29m 29s