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

October 1, 2024
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In Detail: Our October Monthly Read, Lincoln In The Bardo by George Saunders

October 1, 2024 | By Team Service95
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10 Questions To Help You Explore Our October Monthly Read, Lincoln In The Bardo by George Saunders

October 1, 2024 | By Team Service95
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The Book Club Interview: George Saunders Talks To Dua Lipa About Lincoln In The Bardo

October 1, 2024
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Playlist: George Saunders’ Writing Soundtrack For Lincoln In The Bardo

October 1, 2024 | By George Saunders
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The History Behind Dua’s Monthly Read For October, ‘Lincoln In The Bardo’: President Abraham Lincoln & The American Civil War

October 1, 2024 | By Mark Lynas
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Service95 Book Club x Strand Book Store: Win Tickets To An Exclusive Evening With Alana S Portero

September 18, 2024
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What To Read In September: The Books On Team Service95’s TBR Pile 

September 18, 2024 | By Team Service95
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Inside The Iraqi-American Mothers’ Book Club “Fostering Community, Broadening Horizons & Bearing Witness”

September 18, 2024 | By Dalia Al-Dujaili
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“You Have To Be Willing To Risk A Lot”: Author Karla Cornejo Villavicencio On Representing The Immigrant Experience

September 18, 2024 | By Aaliyah Cotton
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Author Isabella Hammad: “Writing About Palestine Is A Very Emotional Thing”  

September 18, 2024 | By Marie-Claire Chappet 
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Bookshop Spotlight: Inside The Strand Book Store, New York’s Iconic Literary Haunt

September 18, 2024 | By Jamie Styles
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My Culture Hits: What Musician Jordan Stephens is Reading, Watching & Listening To... 

September 18, 2024 | By Jamie Styles
The Reading List Headshot book cover
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The Reading List: 25 Fiction Releases We’re Bookmarking This Autumn 

September 4, 2024 | By  Marie Claire Chappet 
Alana Portero playlist
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The Playlist: Alana S Portero’s Writing Soundtrack For Bad Habit

September 3, 2024 | By Alana S Portero
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Alana S Portero’s Recommended Reading List

September 3, 2024 | By Alana S Portero
Laberinto de Passiones, 1982 - Pedro Almodovar
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Alana S Portero On “A Decade Of Reality & Desire”: Class, Queerness & The Promise Of La Movida In 1980s Spain

September 3, 2024 | By Alana S Portero
10 Essential Questions - Bad Habit
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10 Questions To Help You Explore Our September Monthly Read, Bad Habit by Alana S Portero

September 3, 2024 | By Team Service95
The Interview - Alana S Portero, author of Bad Habit
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The Book Club Interview: Dua Lipa Talks To Alana S Portero About Bad Habit

September 3, 2024 | By Team Service95
In Detail: Bad Habit by Alana S Portero
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In Detail: Our September Monthly Read, Bad Habit by Alana S Portero

September 3, 2024 | By Tiffany Murray
Alana S Portero Performance Reading of Bad Habit
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Watch: Alana S Portero Performs A Reading From Her Novel, Bad Habit

September 3, 2024 | By Alana S Portero
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Hosting Book Club? Serve This Cocktail And Pintxo From Madrid Bar Gilda Haus To Help You Set The Scene

September 3, 2024 | By Team Service95
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Displaced Voices: 5 Books By Refugee Authors You Need To Read 

August 22, 2024 | By Jamie Styles 
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Author Q&A: Dua Lipa In Conversation With Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

August 21, 2024
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Travel Without Moving Your Feet: 6 Destination Reads To Feed Your Wanderlust 

August 21, 2024 | By Marie-Claire Chappet 
Soneva Jani bookshop, Maldives

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

August 21, 2024 | By Jamie Styles
Ayobami Adebayo by Tomiwa Ajayi
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“I’m Very Curious About The Interior Lives Of People”: Author Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ On Inhabiting Her Characters & Tackling The ‘Heavy’ Topics  

August 21, 2024 | By Olivia McCrea-Hedley
Matt Haig, (c) Kan Lailey
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My Culture Hits: What Author Matt Haig Is Reading, Watching & Listening To 

August 21, 2024 | By Jamie Styles
Ubud Writers/Readers Festival, Taman Baca
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Service95 Is Going To The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival In Bali – Here’s Everything You Need To Know 

August 21, 2024 | By Jamie Styles
The debut Freedom Reads Inside Literary Prize ceremony, Beowulf Sheehan
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Books Saved Reginald Dwayne Betts In Prison – Now, He’s Behind The Literature Prize Voted On By Incarcerated Readers 

August 21, 2024 | By Seun Matiluko
James Baldwin
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Read: An Extract From No Name In The Street By James Baldwin 

August 21, 2024
Kabul, Farid Ershad/ Unsplash
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My Dear Kabul Extract: The Realities Of Life Under Taliban Rule, As Told By The Women Of Afghanistan

August 15, 2024
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Win Tickets To Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2024 & A Luxury Stay In Bali

July 24, 2024
George the Poet
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George The Poet On Confronting Inequality, Colonialism & The War On Blackness 

July 24, 2024 | By Olivia McCrea-Hedley
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My Culture Hits: What Author Olivia Petter Is Watching, Reading & Listening To 

July 24, 2024 | By Olivia Petter
Akwaeke Emezi book
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Read: An Extract From Akwaeke Emezi’s New Novel, Little Rot 

July 17, 2024 | By Akwaeke Emezi
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Malorie Blackman On World-Building In Noughts & Crosses

July 10, 2024
The Interview - Malorie Blackman, author of Noughts & Crosses
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The Interview: Dua Talks To Malorie Blackman About Noughts & Crosses

July 4, 2024

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

July 3, 2024
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Malorie Blackman’s Recommended Reading List

July 3, 2024
A still from the BBC adaptation of Noughts & Crosses
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“A Portal For Nuanced Conversations About Race & Racism”: The Enduring Impact Of Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses  

July 3, 2024 | By Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff
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Photographer Karolina Jackowska’s Top LGBTQIA+ Spots In Warsaw 

June 27, 2024 | By Ada Petriczko
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My Culture Hits: What Marlon James Is Reading, Watching & Listening To 

June 19, 2024 | By Ella Marlow-Gilks, Jamie Styles
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Alan Murrin On Choosing To Write ‘The Coast Road’ From The Perspective Of Women 

June 19, 2024 | By Marie Claire Chappet
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An Ode To The Bookshops Of Our Favourite Romcoms 

June 19, 2024 | By Grace Dodd 
Say Nothing Q&A Dua Lipa and Patrick Radden Keefe
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Author Q&A: Dua Talks To Patrick Radden Keefe About The Mystery At The Heart Of Say Nothing

June 7, 2024
Small boy with a toy gun - Maria McManus' essay on growing up during the Troubles
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The Control Zone: Growing Up Amid The Chaos Of The Troubles In Northern Ireland 

June 4, 2024 | By Maria McManus  
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)
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Northern Ireland: Life After The Troubles 

June 4, 2024
Patrick Radden Keefe Recommended Reading List - Service95 Book Club - Say Nothing
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Patrick Radden Keefe’s Recommended Reading List

June 4, 2024
Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Nothing Playlist
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Playlist: Patrick Radden Keefe’s Writing Soundtrack For Say Nothing

June 4, 2024
Patrick Radden Keefe - author of Dua's Monthly Read for June - on the joys of investigative journalism
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Patrick Radden Keefe On The Art Of Investigative Journalism

June 4, 2024
Maria McManus resources list
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Maria McManus On The TV, Books, Poetry, Film & Music To Discover Once You’ve Read Say Nothing 

June 4, 2024
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My Culture Hits: Willow Smith On What She’s Reading, Watching & Listening To Now

May 22, 2024 | By Jamie Styles
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The Books That Made Me: Actor & Climate Campaigner Fehinti Balogun 

May 22, 2024 | By Jamie Styles
joan didion julian wasser stingray
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Coca-Cola For Breakfast & Manuscripts In The Freezer: The Enduring Appeal Of Joan Didion

May 22, 2024 | By Jamie Styles
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Bookshop Spotlight: She Said, The Berlin Store Platforming Women & Queer Authors

May 22, 2024 | By Jamie Styles
Dua Lipa, Swimming In The Dark
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Announcing May’s Monthly Read... 

May 2, 2024
James Baldwin
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Tomasz Jedrowski On How James Baldwin’s Novel Giovanni’s Room Inspired His Own Writing

May 1, 2024 | By Tomasz Jedrowski
Tomasz Jedrowski Playlist - Swimming In The Dark
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Playlist: Tomasz Jedrowski’s Writing Soundtrack For Swimming In The Dark

May 1, 2024
Tomasz Jedrowski Recommended Reading List - Swimming In The Dark
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Tomasz Jedrowski’s Recommended Reading List

May 1, 2024
The silhouette of two men
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From Communism To Democracy: The Evolution Of LGBTQIA+ Rights In Poland 

May 1, 2024 | By Mark Lynas
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Chef Zuza Zak’s Polish Sweet Kasha & Twaróg Pierogi Recipe

May 1, 2024 | By Zuza Zak
Dua and Tomasz Jedrowksi Author Q&A
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Tomasz Jedrowski Author Q&A

May 1, 2024
Tomaz Jedrowski On Writing Swimming In The Dark
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Tomasz Jedrowski On Writing Swimming In The Dark

May 1, 2024
Books Are In The Air:” From Installations To Events, Paris Is Having A Literaissance
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“Books Are In The Air:” From Installations To Events, Paris Is Having A Literaissance 

April 18, 2024 | By Divya Bala 
Hay Festival
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Join Us At Hay Festival  

April 17, 2024 | By Jamie Styles
Lucy Ellis
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How To Host Your Own Book Club  

April 17, 2024
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South Korean Chef Songsoo Kim’s Leek & Daikon Jeon Pancake

April 17, 2024
Why Salman Rushdie Is Still One Of Literature’s Most Important Figures  
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Why Salman Rushdie Is Still One Of Literature’s Most Important Figures  

April 17, 2024 | By Simon Coates
Billie Holiday - ‘I Love Rock ’N’ Roll’: Women And The Music Memoir
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‘I Love Rock ’N’ Roll’: Women And The Music Memoir

April 17, 2024 | By Tiffany Murray
Crying In H Mart by Michelle Zauner Book Cover, portrait of author Michelle Zauner
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Michelle Zauner On Writing Crying In H Mart

April 2, 2024
Portrait of Dua Lipa and author Michelle Zauner: Relates to author Q&A for Service95 Book Club
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Michelle Zauner Author Q&A

April 2, 2024
Service95 Book Club: Crying in H Mart Reading List
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Michelle Zauner’s Recommended Reading List

April 2, 2024
Courtesy of Mingles
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5 Dining Hotspots To Visit In Seoul 

April 2, 2024 | By Aiden Han
Crying In H Mart Playlist Book Club
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Playlist: Michelle Zauner’s Writing Soundtrack For Crying in H Mart

April 2, 2024
The Importance Of Food In South Korean Culture
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The Importance Of Food In South Korean Culture

April 2, 2024 | By Fiona Bae
Portrait of playwright and writer Suzie Miller
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My Culture Hits: Prima Facie Author Suzie Miller

March 20, 2024 | By Jamie Styles
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The Best Literary Festivals To Visit Around The World  

March 20, 2024 | By Jamie Styles
Illustration of a women sat on a bed
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Hernan Diaz On Conflicting Storylines And The Perception Of Truth In Trust

March 20, 2024
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1920s-Inspired Sazerac Cocktail Recipe

March 7, 2024
Dua Lipa Q&A With Hernan Diaz, author of Trust, for Service95 Book Club
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Hernan Diaz Author Q&A

March 1, 2024
Hernan Diaz on Writing Trust - Service95 Book Club
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Hernan Diaz On Writing Trust

March 1, 2024
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Playlist: Hernan Diaz’s Writing Soundtracks For Trust

March 1, 2024
Hernan Diaz Recommended Reading List
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Hernan Diaz’s Recommended Reading List

March 1, 2024
Scenes in New York following the Wall Street Crash
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Trust, The Roaring Twenties And The Wall Street Crash

March 1, 2024
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My Pen Is The Wing Of A Bird Extract: New Fiction By Afghan Women 

February 21, 2024 | By Batool Haidari
Image of the interior of the Ateneo Grand Splendid Bookstore in Buenos Aires Argentina

Bookshop Spotlight: El Ateneo Grand Splendid, Buenos Aires

February 21, 2024
Author Annabelle Hirsch For My Life In Culture
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⁠My Culture Hits: A History Of Women In 101 Objects Author Annabelle Hirsch

February 21, 2024 | By Jamie Styles
Dua Lipa and Khaled Hosseini Author Q&A
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Khaled Hosseini Author Q&A

February 1, 2024
Khaled Hosseini On Writing A Thousand Splendid Suns – Service95 Book Club
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Khaled Hosseini On Writing A Thousand Splendid Suns

February 1, 2024
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Khaled Hosseini’s Recommended Reading List

February 1, 2024
Dua Lipa holding Dua's Monthly Read book, A Thousand Splendid Suns for Service95 Book Club
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Announcing February’s Monthly Read: A Thousand Splendid Suns

February 1, 2024
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Playlist: Khaled Hosseini’s Writing Soundtrack For A Thousand Splendid Suns

February 1, 2024
Women walking down street in Kabul city, Afghanistan in 1973, wearing full length Burqas
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The Reality Of The Taliban’s Anti-Women Regime – From The ’90s To Today   

February 1, 2024
Portrait of writer and editor of Strong Words magazine Ed Needham
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The Way I Work... Strong Words’ Ed Needham

January 31, 2024 | By Pia Brynteson
Film stills from Vanity Fair, Saltburn, The Talented Mr Ripley, Succession, The Great Gatsby
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Reckless, Dangerous, Undaunted: Pop Culture’s Enduring Fascination With The Outsider 

January 31, 2024 | By Marie-Claire Chappet
Portrait of author Jennifer Clement
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The Books That Made Me – Jennifer Clement

January 31, 2024
Portrait of chef Alison Roman
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Set The Scene With Alison Roman’s Hamptons-Inspired Clam & Cod Chowder

January 30, 2024
Dua Lipa and Emma Cline Author Q&A
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Emma Cline Author Q&A

January 4, 2024
Emma Cline Writing Process - Service95 Book Club
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Emma Cline On Writing The Guest

January 4, 2024
Emma Cline's The Guest Playlist - Service95 Book Club
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Playlist: Emma Cline’s The Guest Soundtrack

January 4, 2024
How The Hamptons Became Home To The Power Elite - Service95 Book Club
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How The Hamptons Became Home To The Power Elite

January 4, 2024
Emma Cline's Recommended Reading List
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Emma Cline’s Recommended Reading List

January 4, 2024
Dua Lipa holding The Guest book by Emma Cline
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Announcing January’s Monthly Read... The Guest

January 4, 2024
Dua Lipa and Brit Bennett
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Brit Bennett Author Q&A

November 9, 2023
Brit Bennett On Writing The Vanishing Half
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Brit Bennett On Writing The Vanishing Half

November 9, 2023
The Vanishing Half Context Piece

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

November 9, 2023
Service95 Book Club Brit Bennett's Recommended Reading List
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Brit Bennett’s Recommended Reading List

November 9, 2023
Service95 Book Club: Brit Bennett's Vanishing Half Playlist
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Playlist: Brit Bennett’s Writing Soundtrack

November 9, 2023
Dua Lipa holding Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
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Announcing November’s Monthly Read... The Vanishing Half 

November 9, 2023
Aaliyah Cotton's Family Archive imagery
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Rethinking Identity: Unravelling The Complexities Of The Mixed-Race Experience

November 9, 2023 | By Aaliyah Cotton
Service95 Book Club Latin American Reading List
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Book Club: The Best Latin American Books To Read Now 

October 16, 2023
Portrait of Colombian writer and journalist Juan Gabriel Vásquez
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Juan Gabriel Vásquez On One Hundred Years Of Solitude 

October 12, 2023
Colourful streets of Cartagena, Colombia
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From Aracataca To Cartagena: Exploring Gabriel García Márquez’s Colombia 

October 3, 2023 | By Kathleen Rellihan
Rodrigo Garcia interviewed for Service95 Book Club's October Monthly Read, One Hundred Years Of Solitude
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Rodrigo García Q&A

October 3, 2023
Gabriel García Márquez One Hundred Years Of Solitude Playlist
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Playlist: Gabriel García Márquez’s Writing Soundtrack

October 2, 2023
Men Harvesting Bananas On A Latin American Plantation c 1950
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Colombia’s Banana Massacre – The Real-Life Event That Inspired Gabriel García Márquez

October 2, 2023
Service95 Book Club Latin American Reading List
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Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias’ Latin American Reading List

October 2, 2023
Service95 Book Club: Mariana Torres Roots short story Latin American writer
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A Hay Festival Cartagena Short Story: Roots By Mariana Torres

October 2, 2023
Service95 Book Club: Juan Gabriel Vásquez On One Hundred Years Of Solitude
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Juan Gabriel Vásquez: “One Hundred Years Of Solitude Is Everything You Look For In A Novel”

October 2, 2023 | By Maria Padget
Patti Smith in New York
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Book Club: Inside Patti Smith’s World

September 28, 2023
Patti Smith book list
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Book Club: Patti Smith’s Recommended Reading List 

September 21, 2023
Patti Smith Dua Lipa Author Q&A
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Patti Smith Author Q&A

September 8, 2023
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Announcing September’s Monthly Read... Just Kids 

September 7, 2023
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
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The Chelsea Hotel: A ‘Desperate Haven’ For New York’s Creatives

September 4, 2023
Patti Smith reading a letter to Robert Mapplethorpe
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Patti Smith Letter Reading

September 1, 2023
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Patti Smith Just Kids Reading

September 1, 2023
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Patti Smith’s Recommended Reading List

September 1, 2023
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Playlist: Patti Smith’s Music Notes For Just Kids

August 29, 2023
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie On Her Writing Process
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie On Writing Half Of A Yellow Sun

August 3, 2023
Half Of A Yellow Sun Service95 Book Club Augut Book of the Month
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Announcing August’s Monthly Read... Half Of A Yellow Sun 

August 3, 2023
Books that feature the Igbo Language
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“Why We Centre Igbo Culture And Language In Our Writing” 

August 3, 2023 | By Chika Unigwe

Post-Colonial Nigeria And The Biafran War

August 1, 2023
Single covers from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's playlist
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Playlist: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Nigerian Highlife

August 1, 2023
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Recommended Reading List
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Recommended Reading List

July 26, 2023
Min JIn Lee Author Q&A
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Min Jin Lee Author Q&A

July 21, 2023
Dua Lipa Interviewing Douglas Stuart for Service95's Book Club
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Douglas Stuart Author Q&A

July 7, 2023
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Min Jin Lee Explains The Game Of Pachinko

July 6, 2023
Min Jin Lee reading list - books artwork
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Min Jin Lee’s Recommended Reading List

July 6, 2023
Min Jin Lee Pachinko sisterhood playlist - album artwork
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Playlist: Min Jin Lee’s Sounds Of Sisterhood

July 6, 2023
Dua Lipa Service95 Book Club Book of the Month July pick Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
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Announcing July’s Monthly Read: Pachinko 

July 6, 2023
Min Jin Lee Pachinko essay: images of Pachinko parlours in Japan throughout history
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Min Jin Lee: “Pachinko Became An Organising Metaphor For My Story” 

July 6, 2023
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Min Jin Lee On Writing Pachinko

June 30, 2023
Illustrated portrait of author Douglas Stuart
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Listen Now – Dua Lipa: At Your Service Bonus Podcast Episode

June 22, 2023
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Douglas Stuart’s Recommended Reading List

June 14, 2023
Image of a woman with a child in front of a derelict building in Glasgow

The World Of Shuggie Bain: Life In 1980s Glasgow

June 7, 2023 | By Tiffany Murray
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Douglas Stuart: How The Real Writing Is Often In The Re-Writing

May 26, 2023

Playlist: The Sounds Of Shuggie Bain’s Glasgow

May 17, 2023
Archive image of young boy in Glasgow blowing bubblegum in the deserted street
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Douglas Stuart On The Powerful Images That Inspired Shuggie Bain 

May 11, 2023
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