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Dua Lipa Highlights Helen Garner’s This House of Grief as Service95’s First Australian Pick

Garner praised Lipa’s sensitive interviewing style ahead of the duo’s recorded conversation debuting on Spotify in August.

Overview

  • Dua Lipa has named Helen Garner’s 2014 non-fiction This House of Grief as the 24th pick for her Service95 monthly book club.
  • This selection marks the first time an Australian author has been featured in Lipa’s book series, which began in 2023 and shifted to Spotify in June.
  • Lipa described Garner’s book on Instagram as offering a “sharp and forensic analysis of the human condition.”
  • Garner, author of celebrated works including Monkey Grip, called Lipa a “serious and sensitive” interviewer during their extended discussion.
  • The recorded interview between Lipa and Garner is scheduled to premiere on Spotify in August following the book club’s platform move.