Dua Lipa to Open Library of Banned and Censored Books in Portugal
Dua Lipa says the permanent library will honor censored works and readers, with a June 27 opening and support from her Service 95 platform.
- Opening June 27, The Manifesto Library debuts at Livraria Lello in Porto, featuring 100 books that challenge power, censorship, and dominant narratives.
- Service, the book media empire run by Lipa, features interviews with luminaries like Olga Tokarczuk, and she served as keynote speaker at the International Booker Prize this year.
- Works like Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid and Tale, plus Felon by Reginald Dwayne Betts, anchor the collection's mission to challenge censorship and exclusion.
- Describing the project as a shrine to books that have disappeared, Lipa emphasized that reading and discussing these works constitutes a subversive act.
- Novelist Min Jin Lee attended Lipa's Madison Square Garden Radical Optimism show last year, while Lipa met her husband Callum Turner reading Hernan Diaz's Trust.
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With her book club »Service95«, the singer inspires for reading. Now she goes one step further – and offers special books in cooperation with a Portuguese cult bookstore.
Dua Lipa to open library of banned and censored books in Portugal
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Dua Lipa Opens Library For Banned, Censored Books
Pop star Dua Lipa is taking her love for books offline and unusual. The Grammy-winning singer has partnered with Porto’s iconic Livraria Lello bookstore in Portugal to launch The Manifesto Library, a physical library dedicated to banned and censored books. Opening on June 27, the library will house 100 books that have been challenged, restricted or banned over themes such as race, sexuality and LGBTQIA+ issues. It will also honour authors who fa…
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