Overview

• In a Harper’s Bazaar interview published Aug. 19, Dua Lipa said she visited a U.K. women’s prison through the Booker Prize Foundation’s Books Unlocked program.
• The prison group was reading Douglas Stuart’s Shuggie Bain, which Lipa had also selected for her Service95 Book Club.
• She recalled a woman saying that reading earlier might have changed her path, a comment Lipa cited to describe literature’s power to build empathy.
• Launched in 2023, Service95 selects a new title each month to encourage reading and spotlight diverse global voices.
• Each pick is supported with author interviews available on Lipa’s Spotify Book Club podcast, plus playlists and discussion guides; past selections include One Hundred Years of Solitude, Half of a Yellow Sun, Just Kids and Pachinko.