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The Booker Prize And My Lifelong Love Of Reading

October 28, 2022
The Booker Prize And My Lifelong Love Of Reading

I recently had the pleasure of giving the keynote speech at the Booker Prize ceremony in London, which celebrates true loves of mine: reading, writing, and the authors who bring these incredible stories to life. Though you’ve heard from me on our At Your Service podcast, and even in this very letter, about how important books are to me, I can’t emphasise enough the comfort, warmth, and joy that reading brings me. As I write this, I’m about to embark on the final leg of my Future Nostalgia tour in Australia and New Zealand and, as always, I’m bringing along some books to keep me company. Here’s what I’ll be reading...

Dua x

  1. Seven Days In June by Tia Williams
  2. The Beekeeper Of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
  3. Fates And Furies by Lauren Groff
  4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 
  5. Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

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