Welcome to the Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa. Join Dua each month as she takes you into the world of a book she has loved – and talks to the writer who brought it to life. Expect reads that will make you laugh, cry, and even change the way you think. There are no rules when it comes to the books Dua chooses. Here, she shares her favourite reads straight from her bookshelf with you. Throughout each month, we’ll also be opening up the Service95 Book Club archive, so you can listen to even more of the thought-provoking, funny and insightful conversations Dua has had with her favourite authors over the past couple of years. Whether you read a book a week or haven’t finished one in a year, there's something for everyone here. We can't wait for you to join us. Find out more @service95bookclub
What this show covers
Kazuo IshiguroKlara And The Sunwriting crafttranslationauthor interviewAI and humanitygrieffiction writingaddictionKaveh AkbarMartyr!
What listeners will find here
Kazuo Ishiguro on creative freedom, translation, and the questions writers really ask
Kazuo Ishiguro takes questions from fellow writers Mustafa, Omar Musa, and Nelio Biedermann in a bonus episode tied to Klara And The Sun. The conversation centers on craft, creative freedom, translation, and the ideas he returns to in his work.
Dua Lipa and Kazuo Ishiguro unpack Klara And The Sun’s biggest human questions
Klara And The Sun is the focus as Dua Lipa talks with Kazuo Ishiguro about technology, loneliness, hope and what makes us uniquely human. The episode also touches on the novel’s film adaptation, genetic editing, and Ishiguro’s upcoming book.
Dua Lipa and Kaveh Akbar unpack Martyr!’s grief, addiction and search for belonging
Martyr! is the focus as Dua Lipa talks with Kaveh Akbar about his debut novel’s themes of addiction, identity, art and exile. Their conversation centers on Cyrus Shams, the real-life history woven into the book, and how fiction can illuminate grief and belonging.
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