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“I’m After A Kind Of Writing That Feels True To How I Feel”: Author Nam Le On Poetry, Perception & The Power Of Language 

What To Read In November: The Books On Team Service95’s TBR Pile 

The Reading List: 5 Books By Disabled Authors To Read Now

5 Books That Will Change The Way You Think About Sex 

Anthony Boyle On Bringing The Trobles To Life In The TV Adaptation Of Say Nothing – & Why He Nearly Didn’t Take The Part 

The debut Freedom Reads Inside Literary Prize ceremony, Beowulf Sheehan

Books Saved Reginald Dwayne Betts In Prison – Now, He’s Behind The Literature Prize Voted On By Incarcerated Readers 

The Playlist: Ocean Vuong’s Writing Soundtrack For On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

The Playlist: Ocean Vuong’s Writing Soundtrack For On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

The History: Setting The Scene For On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous By Ocean Vuong

The History: Setting The Scene For On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous By Ocean Vuong

The Reading List: The Books That Inspired Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

In Detail: Everything You Need To Know About Dua’s Monthly Read, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous 

10 Questions To Help Delve Into On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong 

The Interview - Dua Lipa and Ocean Vuong

The Interview: Dua Talks To Ocean Vuong About On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

Watch: Ocean Vuong Perform A Reading From His Novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

The 5 Best Autumnal Books To Curl Up With This Season

The 5 Best Autumn Reads To Curl Up With – & Why It’s An Author’s Favourite Season

Bernardine Evaristo On 5 Modern Poets To Know & Championing Undiscovered Literary Talent 

Bernardine Evaristo On 5 Modern Poets To Know & Championing Undiscovered Literary Talent 

Ali Cobby Eckermann On Connecting With Her Indigenous Australian Heritage Through Her Writing 

“I Carry My Sense Of Belonging Deep Within”: Poet Ali Cobby Eckermann On Connecting With Her Indigenous Heritage

Marina - My Culture Hits

The Culture List: What Musician MARINA is Reading, Watching & Listening To  

Bookshop Spotlight: Boekhandel Dominicanen in Maastricht, Netherlands 

Pedro Almodovar

Pedro Almodóvar On His First Book: “I Feel Freer When I’m Writing Than I Do In Life” 

Exclusive Video From George Saunders: How To Read Lincoln

George Saunders Explains How To Read Lincoln In The Bardo

The Reading List: The Books That Inspired George Saunders’ Lincoln In The Bardo

An Exclusive Essay From George Saunders On Writing Lincoln In The Bardo  

10 Questions To Help You Discuss Our October Monthly Read, Lincoln In The Bardo by George Saunders

In Detail: Everything You Need To Know About Dua’s Monthly Read, Lincoln In The Bardo

The Book Club Interview: George Saunders Talks To Dua Lipa About Lincoln In The Bardo

The Book Club Interview: George Saunders Talks To Dua Lipa About Lincoln In The Bardo

The Playlist: George Saunders’ Writing Soundtrack For Lincoln In The Bardo

The Real History Behind Dua’s Monthly Read For October, Lincoln In The Bardo

Service95 Book Club x Strand Book Store: Win Tickets To An Exclusive Evening With Alana S Portero

Inside The Iraqi-American Mothers’ Book Club “Fostering Community, Broadening Horizons & Bearing Witness”

“You Have To Be Willing To Risk A Lot”: Author Karla Cornejo Villavicencio On Representing The Immigrant Experience

Author Isabella Hammad: “Writing About Palestine Is A Very Emotional Thing”  

Bookshop Spotlight: Inside The Strand Book Store, New York’s Iconic Literary Haunt

My Culture Hits: What Musician Jordan Stephens is Reading, Watching & Listening To... 

The Reading List Headshot book cover

The Reading List: 25 Fiction Releases We’re Bookmarking This Autumn 

Alana Portero playlist

The Playlist: Alana S Portero’s Writing Soundtrack For Bad Habit

Alana S Portero’s Recommended Reading List

Laberinto de Passiones, 1982 - Pedro Almodovar

Alana S Portero On “A Decade Of Reality & Desire”: Class, Queerness & The Promise Of La Movida In 1980s Spain

10 Essential Questions - Bad Habit

10 Questions To Help You Explore Our September Monthly Read, Bad Habit by Alana S Portero

The Interview - Alana S Portero, author of Bad Habit

The Book Club Interview: Dua Lipa Talks To Alana S Portero About Bad Habit

In Detail: Bad Habit by Alana S Portero

In Detail: Our September Monthly Read, Bad Habit by Alana S Portero

Alana S Portero Performance Reading of Bad Habit

Watch: Alana S Portero Performs A Reading From Her Novel, Bad Habit

Hosting Book Club? Serve This Cocktail And Pintxo From Madrid Bar Gilda Haus To Help You Set The Scene

Displaced Voices: 5 Books By Refugee Authors You Need To Read 

Author Q&A: Dua Lipa In Conversation With Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Travel Without Moving Your Feet: 6 Destination Reads To Feed Your Wanderlust 

Soneva Jani bookshop, Maldives

Bookshop Spotlight: The Maldives’ Barefoot Booksellers On The Power & Magic Of Books 

Ayobami Adebayo by Tomiwa Ajayi

“I’m Very Curious About The Interior Lives Of People”: Author Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ On Inhabiting Her Characters & Tackling The ‘Heavy’ Topics  

Matt Haig, (c) Kan Lailey

My Culture Hits: What Author Matt Haig Is Reading, Watching & Listening To 

Ubud Writers/Readers Festival, Taman Baca

Service95 Is Going To The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival In Bali – Here’s Everything You Need To Know 

James Baldwin

Read: An Extract From No Name In The Street By James Baldwin 

Kabul, Farid Ershad/ Unsplash

My Dear Kabul Extract: The Realities Of Life Under Taliban Rule, As Told By The Women Of Afghanistan

Win Tickets To Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2024 & A Luxury Stay In Bali

George the Poet

George The Poet On Confronting Inequality, Colonialism & The War On Blackness 

My Culture Hits: What Author Olivia Petter Is Watching, Reading & Listening To 

Akwaeke Emezi book

Read: An Extract From Akwaeke Emezi’s New Novel, Little Rot 

Malorie Blackman On World-Building In Noughts & Crosses

The Interview - Malorie Blackman, author of Noughts & Crosses

The Interview: Dua Talks To Malorie Blackman About Noughts & Crosses

Playlist: Malorie Blackman’s Writing Soundtrack For Noughts & Crosses

Malorie Blackman’s Recommended Reading List

A still from the BBC adaptation of Noughts & Crosses

“A Portal For Nuanced Conversations About Race & Racism”: The Enduring Impact Of Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses  

Photographer Karolina Jackowska’s Top LGBTQIA+ Spots In Warsaw 

My Culture Hits: What Marlon James Is Reading, Watching & Listening To 

Alan Murrin On Choosing To Write ‘The Coast Road’ From The Perspective Of Women 

An Ode To The Bookshops Of Our Favourite Romcoms 

Say Nothing Q&A Dua Lipa and Patrick Radden Keefe

Author Q&A: Dua Talks To Patrick Radden Keefe About The Mystery At The Heart Of Say Nothing

Small boy with a toy gun - Maria McManus' essay on growing up during the Troubles

The Control Zone: Growing Up Amid The Chaos Of The Troubles In Northern Ireland 

A mural for Peace Day on the 'Peace Wall' in West Belfast that separates the Catholic Republicans who live along the Falls Road and the Protestant Unionists who live along Shankill Road (Aug, 2019)

Northern Ireland: Life After The Troubles 

Patrick Radden Keefe Recommended Reading List - Service95 Book Club - Say Nothing

Patrick Radden Keefe’s Recommended Reading List

Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Nothing Playlist

Playlist: Patrick Radden Keefe’s Writing Soundtrack For Say Nothing

Patrick Radden Keefe - author of Dua's Monthly Read for June - on the joys of investigative journalism

Patrick Radden Keefe On The Art Of Investigative Journalism

Maria McManus resources list

Maria McManus On The TV, Books, Poetry, Film & Music To Discover Once You’ve Read Say Nothing 

My Culture Hits: Willow Smith On What She’s Reading, Watching & Listening To Now

The Books That Made Me: Actor & Climate Campaigner Fehinti Balogun 

joan didion julian wasser stingray

Coca-Cola For Breakfast & Manuscripts In The Freezer: The Enduring Appeal Of Joan Didion

Bookshop Spotlight: She Said, The Berlin Store Platforming Women & Queer Authors

Dua Lipa, Swimming In The Dark

Announcing May’s Monthly Read... 

James Baldwin

Tomasz Jedrowski On How James Baldwin’s Novel Giovanni’s Room Inspired His Own Writing

Tomasz Jedrowski Playlist - Swimming In The Dark

Playlist: Tomasz Jedrowski’s Writing Soundtrack For Swimming In The Dark

Tomasz Jedrowski Recommended Reading List - Swimming In The Dark

Tomasz Jedrowski’s Recommended Reading List

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From Communism To Democracy: The Evolution Of LGBTQIA+ Rights In Poland 

Chef Zuza Zak’s Polish Sweet Kasha & Twaróg Pierogi Recipe

Dua and Tomasz Jedrowksi Author Q&A

Tomasz Jedrowski Author Q&A

Tomaz Jedrowski On Writing Swimming In The Dark

Tomasz Jedrowski On Writing Swimming In The Dark

Books Are In The Air:” From Installations To Events, Paris Is Having A Literaissance

“Books Are In The Air:” From Installations To Events, Paris Is Having A Literaissance 

Hay Festival

Join Us At Hay Festival  

Lucy Ellis

How To Host Your Own Book Club  

South Korean Chef Songsoo Kim’s Leek & Daikon Jeon Pancake

Why Salman Rushdie Is Still One Of Literature’s Most Important Figures  

Why Salman Rushdie Is Still One Of Literature’s Most Important Figures  

Billie Holiday - ‘I Love Rock ’N’ Roll’: Women And The Music Memoir

‘I Love Rock ’N’ Roll’: Women And The Music Memoir

Crying In H Mart by Michelle Zauner Book Cover, portrait of author Michelle Zauner

Michelle Zauner On Writing Crying In H Mart

Portrait of Dua Lipa and author Michelle Zauner: Relates to author Q&A for Service95 Book Club

Michelle Zauner Author Q&A

Service95 Book Club: Crying in H Mart Reading List

Michelle Zauner’s Recommended Reading List

Courtesy of Mingles

5 Dining Hotspots To Visit In Seoul 

Crying In H Mart Playlist Book Club

Playlist: Michelle Zauner’s Writing Soundtrack For Crying in H Mart

The Importance Of Food In South Korean Culture

The Importance Of Food In South Korean Culture

Portrait of playwright and writer Suzie Miller

My Culture Hits: Prima Facie Author Suzie Miller

The Best Literary Festivals To Visit Around The World  

Illustration of a women sat on a bed

Hernan Diaz On Conflicting Storylines And The Perception Of Truth In Trust

1920s-Inspired Sazerac Cocktail Recipe

Dua Lipa Q&A With Hernan Diaz, author of Trust, for Service95 Book Club

Hernan Diaz Author Q&A

Hernan Diaz on Writing Trust - Service95 Book Club

Hernan Diaz On Writing Trust

Playlist: Hernan Diaz’s Writing Soundtracks For Trust

Hernan Diaz Recommended Reading List

Hernan Diaz’s Recommended Reading List

Scenes in New York following the Wall Street Crash

Trust, The Roaring Twenties And The Wall Street Crash

My Pen Is The Wing Of A Bird Extract: New Fiction By Afghan Women 

Image of the interior of the Ateneo Grand Splendid Bookstore in Buenos Aires Argentina

Bookshop Spotlight: El Ateneo Grand Splendid, Buenos Aires

Author Annabelle Hirsch For My Life In Culture

⁠My Culture Hits: A History Of Women In 101 Objects Author Annabelle Hirsch

Dua Lipa and Khaled Hosseini Author Q&A

Khaled Hosseini Author Q&A

Khaled Hosseini On Writing A Thousand Splendid Suns – Service95 Book Club

Khaled Hosseini On Writing A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini’s Recommended Reading List

Dua Lipa holding Dua's Monthly Read book, A Thousand Splendid Suns for Service95 Book Club

Announcing February’s Monthly Read: A Thousand Splendid Suns

Playlist: Khaled Hosseini’s Writing Soundtrack For A Thousand Splendid Suns

Women walking down street in Kabul city, Afghanistan in 1973, wearing full length Burqas

The Reality Of The Taliban’s Anti-Women Regime – From The ’90s To Today   

Portrait of writer and editor of Strong Words magazine Ed Needham

The Way I Work... Strong Words’ Ed Needham

Film stills from Vanity Fair, Saltburn, The Talented Mr Ripley, Succession, The Great Gatsby

Reckless, Dangerous, Undaunted: Pop Culture’s Enduring Fascination With The Outsider 

Portrait of author Jennifer Clement

The Books That Made Me – Jennifer Clement

Portrait of chef Alison Roman

Set The Scene With Alison Roman’s Hamptons-Inspired Clam & Cod Chowder

Dua Lipa and Emma Cline Author Q&A

Emma Cline Author Q&A

Emma Cline Writing Process - Service95 Book Club

Emma Cline On Writing The Guest

Emma Cline's The Guest Playlist - Service95 Book Club

Playlist: Emma Cline’s The Guest Soundtrack

How The Hamptons Became Home To The Power Elite - Service95 Book Club

How The Hamptons Became Home To The Power Elite

Emma Cline's Recommended Reading List

Emma Cline’s Recommended Reading List

Dua Lipa holding The Guest book by Emma Cline

Announcing January’s Monthly Read... The Guest

Dua Lipa and Brit Bennett

Brit Bennett Author Q&A

Brit Bennett On Writing The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett On Writing The Vanishing Half

The Vanishing Half Context Piece

Passing In America: A History That Inspired Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half

Service95 Book Club Brit Bennett's Recommended Reading List

Brit Bennett’s Recommended Reading List

Service95 Book Club: Brit Bennett's Vanishing Half Playlist

Playlist: Brit Bennett’s Writing Soundtrack

Dua Lipa holding Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Announcing November’s Monthly Read... The Vanishing Half 

Aaliyah Cotton's Family Archive imagery

Rethinking Identity: Unravelling The Complexities Of The Mixed-Race Experience

Service95 Book Club Latin American Reading List

Book Club: The Best Latin American Books To Read Now 

Portrait of Colombian writer and journalist Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Juan Gabriel Vásquez On One Hundred Years Of Solitude 

Colourful streets of Cartagena, Colombia

From Aracataca To Cartagena: Exploring Gabriel García Márquez’s Colombia 

Rodrigo Garcia interviewed for Service95 Book Club's October Monthly Read, One Hundred Years Of Solitude

Rodrigo García Q&A

Gabriel García Márquez One Hundred Years Of Solitude Playlist

Playlist: Gabriel García Márquez’s Writing Soundtrack

Men Harvesting Bananas On A Latin American Plantation c 1950

Colombia’s Banana Massacre – The Real-Life Event That Inspired Gabriel García Márquez

Service95 Book Club Latin American Reading List

Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias’ Latin American Reading List

Service95 Book Club: Mariana Torres Roots short story Latin American writer

A Hay Festival Cartagena Short Story: Roots By Mariana Torres

Service95 Book Club: Juan Gabriel Vásquez On One Hundred Years Of Solitude

Juan Gabriel Vásquez: “One Hundred Years Of Solitude Is Everything You Look For In A Novel”

Patti Smith in New York

Book Club: Inside Patti Smith’s World

Patti Smith book list

Book Club: Patti Smith’s Recommended Reading List 

Patti Smith Dua Lipa Author Q&A

Patti Smith Author Q&A

Announcing September’s Monthly Read... Just Kids 

A scene from Dreaming Walls: Inside The Chelsea Hotel; Patti Smith on a balcony at the Chelsea Hotel, May 1971; Hotel Chelsea exterior; Chelsea Girls movie poster; Janis Joplin in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel, March 1969; Hotel Chelsea facade; Patti Smith and Eric Anderson at the Chelsea Hotel, May 1971

The Chelsea Hotel: A ‘Desperate Haven’ For New York’s Creatives

Patti Smith reading a letter to Robert Mapplethorpe

Patti Smith Letter Reading

Patti Smith Just Kids Reading

Patti Smith’s Recommended Reading List

Playlist: Patti Smith’s Music Notes For Just Kids

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie On Her Writing Process

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie On Writing Half Of A Yellow Sun

Half Of A Yellow Sun Service95 Book Club Augut Book of the Month

Announcing August’s Monthly Read... Half Of A Yellow Sun 

Books that feature the Igbo Language

“Why We Centre Igbo Culture And Language In Our Writing” 

Post-Colonial Nigeria And The Biafran War

Single covers from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's playlist

Playlist: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Nigerian Highlife

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Recommended Reading List

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Recommended Reading List

Min JIn Lee Author Q&A

Min Jin Lee Author Q&A

Dua Lipa Interviewing Douglas Stuart for Service95's Book Club

Douglas Stuart Author Q&A

Min Jin Lee Explains The Game Of Pachinko

Min Jin Lee reading list - books artwork

Min Jin Lee’s Recommended Reading List

Min Jin Lee Pachinko sisterhood playlist - album artwork

Playlist: Min Jin Lee’s Sounds Of Sisterhood

Dua Lipa Service95 Book Club Book of the Month July pick Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Announcing July’s Monthly Read: Pachinko 

Min Jin Lee Pachinko essay: images of Pachinko parlours in Japan throughout history

Min Jin Lee: “Pachinko Became An Organising Metaphor For My Story” 

Min Jin Lee On Writing Pachinko

Illustrated portrait of author Douglas Stuart

Listen Now – Dua Lipa: At Your Service Bonus Podcast Episode

Douglas Stuart’s Recommended Reading List

Image of a woman with a child in front of a derelict building in Glasgow

The World Of Shuggie Bain: Life In 1980s Glasgow

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Douglas Stuart: How The Real Writing Is Often In The Re-Writing

Playlist: The Sounds Of Shuggie Bain’s Glasgow

Archive image of young boy in Glasgow blowing bubblegum in the deserted street

Douglas Stuart On The Powerful Images That Inspired Shuggie Bain 

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