{"id":512199,"date":"2026-06-26T14:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/512199\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:14:15","slug":"dua-lipa-opening-physical-library-for-banned-and-censored-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/512199\/","title":{"rendered":"Dua Lipa Opening Physical Library for Banned and Censored Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/dua-lipa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dua Lipa<\/a>, who in 2023 launched her Service95 Book Club, has now partnered with Livraria Lello in Porto, Portugal, to open a physical library. Opening June 27th, The Manifesto Library is dedicated to books \u201cthat challenge power, censorship, exclusion, and dominant narratives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I founded the Service95 Book Club, my ambition was for it to become a home for writers and readers, wherever they are and whatever their circumstances. Reading the world brings us closer \u2013 but sadly, not everyone is in favour of that,\u201d Lipa explained in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere you will find one hundred books that ask questions, or have been questioned. Some have been banned by school districts for themes of race or sexuality. Others, written for LGBTQIA+ readers, have been restricted from display. In some cases, the author has paid for their words with their life,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis library is a shrine to books that have disappeared, to authors whose courage unmasks structures of power and control, and to readers who refuse to be told what book they are allowed to read. You are invited to visit and decide for yourself what belongs on these shelves. Because sometimes the most subversive thing you can do is read a book and then talk about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Manifesto Library will be located in Livraria Lello\u2019s new cultural auditorium, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect \u00c1lvaro Siza. The library has also been conceived \u201cas a living cultural space for reading, debate and public reflection,\u201d per a press release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Manifesto-Library.jpg\" alt=\"Manifesto Library\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1608119\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Manifesto-Library-1.jpg\" alt=\"Manifesto Library\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1608120\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dua Lipa, who in 2023 launched her Service95 Book Club, has now partnered with Livraria Lello in Porto,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-512199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}