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."

Announcement.

Some books challenge the way we see the world. These books deserve to be remembered.

Curated by Dua Lipa's Service95 Book Club and Livraria Lello Porto, the Manifesto Library is a space dedicated to books that challenge power, resist censorship and amplify the voices that others seek to silence.

Discover it for yourself at Livraria Lello. Click here to find out more.

A tour guide through Manifesto Library by Jack Edwards.

Let me show you around Dua Lipa's Manifesto Library at Livraria Lello in Porto!! This library champions and celebrates 100 books that ask questions or have been questioned. Many of these books have been banned or publicly challenged somewhere around the world. Instead, here, they can be accessed, enjoyed and discussed. The Service95 Book Club always platforms incredible books and it's so moving to see the power of the written word displayed in this way 📚📚📚 Welcome to the Manifesto Library!!

Reginald Dwayne Betts discusses about his book Felon to be on Dua Lipa's Manifesto Library at Livraria Lello.

“Books do a lot of remarkable things for people who the writers never actually meet,” says Reginald Dwayne Betts.

“Felon” marked a step in Bett’s own journey toward understanding freedom, and later became a tool in his fight for the freedom of others.

Books travel beyond their pages, beyond their authors, beyond the people who first read them. They challenge ideas, give voice to what would otherwise go unsaid and move readers to act in ways their writers could not have predicted.

“Felon” is part of the Manifesto Library, created by Livraria Lello in partnership with Service95 Book Club. Visit the Manifesto Library at Livraria Lello Porto to discover the books that challenge the way we see the world.