Dua Lipa and Livraria Lello Launch The Manifesto Library

Livraria Lello and the Service95 Book Club, founded by Dua Lipa, have set the opening of the Manifesto Library, a permanent library dedicated to books that challenge power, censorship, exclusion and dominant narratives.

In a press release, Dua mentioned the following.

"The Manifesto Library is a dream partnership between Livraria Lello and the Service95 Book Club. For over a century, Livraria Lello has been a source of inspiration for radicals, writers and readers, and every day, visitors from all over the world walk through its doors. It is the perfect home for the Manifesto Library.

Here 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. This 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."