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When Laufey isn’t working on music, you can usually catch her with a cup of coffee, engrossed in a good book.
The prolific Los Angeles-based artist, composer and multi-instrumentalist has been making a name for herself over the past few years by delivering a fresh perspective on her jazz and classical roots, and is gearing up for the release of her second album ‘Bewitched’.
In order to celebrate her love of books and storytelling, Laufey started a book club last year. Together the Laufey Book Club have read titles such as Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book, Donna Tartt’s ‘The Secret History’ and Susanna Kaysen’s ‘Girl, Interrupted’. She describes the collective as a “low stakes” book club, and hosts monthly meet ups on Instagram live to discuss what they’ve been reading.
During some downtime in London we couldn’t resist taking her to Broadway Market in London Fields for a wander around some of the neighbourhood’s renowned independent book shops; Artwords Bookshop, Donlon Books and The Broadway Bookshop.
We spent the afternoon browsing the shelves and getting to know Laufey’s book buying habits – which she admits sometimes involves judging a book by its cover!
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“I am definitely somebody who will buy a book and judge it by its cover!”
We took the musician and Laufey Book Club founder for a browse at Artwords Bookshop, where she admitted to going against the first rule of book club.
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“Joan Didion is one of my favourite authors…she almost became a mother’s voice for me in LA…”
While browsing Donlon Books in Broadway Market, Laufey told us how Joan Didion’s writing impacted her own move to Los Angeles.
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“I just became infatuated by how other people talk about love and how other people experience love. It’s a messy thing!”
Laufey has been reading a lot of books about love while working on her new album ‘Bewitched’, due September 8th.
