DUA LIPA’S SERVICE95 BOOK CLUB ANNOUNCES JULY’S MONTHLY READ: “NOUGHTS & CROSSES” BY MALORIE BLACKMAN
Dua Lipa’s Service95 Book Club reveals details about July’s Monthly Read: Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman. Noughts & Crosses is the first book in Malorie’s young adult fiction series and depicts a parallel world in which white people – “noughts” – live as second-class citizens in a society run by Black people – “Crosses.” The Service95 Book Club will offer exclusive content from Dua and Malorie throughout the month on service95.com and across socials.
“Like many people my age, I was partly raised by Malorie Blackman,” Dua shares. “She creates worlds you want to carry with you and each of her stories encourage young readers to ask the important questions in life. Noughts & Crosses is my absolute favourite of her books. I remember devouring each book in the series as they came out in the early 2000s, desperate for the next instalment. Part of the reason it is so enduring is because while it is written for young adults, it is still a brazenly political read. It was my first step to understanding racism and classism, opening the door for questions that are just starting to form in young minds – which is why I’m so excited to share that it’s my Monthly Read for July. I hope you find it as pacey, romantic, tortured and enlightening as I did.”
In Dua’s interview with Malorie, the pair discuss why it wasn’t a book Malorie wanted to write but needed to write, why Malorie takes issue with the book being described as ‘dystopian,’ and how it’s as painfully relevant today as when it was released over 20 years ago. You can watch their full conversation here.
Additionally, readers can check out Malorie’s recommended reading list, her writing soundtrack, and a discussion guide to accompany the book. This month’s context piece comes from award-winning writer and editor Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff on the enduring impact of Noughts & Crosses, and later this month, readers will be able to watch a video from Malorie where she delves into what it was like creating another world for Noughts & Crosses.
Dua’s Service95 Book Club is the latest offering from her Service95 platform, which consists of the At Your Service podcast and the flagship Service95 newsletter. Service95 has been praised by The Guardian as “some of the most thought-provoking short-form cultural writing you can find,” and the podcast has been lauded by The Sunday Times, Vogue and Vulture. In addition, Spotify named it one of the Best Podcasts of 2022, and praised Dua as “an incredibly thoughtful interviewer with a genuine interest in people, social movements, and the arts.”
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