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In this episode, we’re excited about new books on our TBRs: The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai and Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange. Then Mel talks about cooking chicken soup from around the world. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/StrongSense and get on your way to being your best self. Links The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai & Jesse Kirkwood (translator) Wandering Stars by by Tommy Orange There, There by by Tommy Orange The Chicken Soup Manifesto: Recipes From Around the World by Jenn Louis Jenn Louis’ website A Journey Around the World, as Told Through Chicken Soup Four recipes from The Chicken Soup Manifesto Ye Ocholoni Ina Doro Shorba (Ethiopian peanut soup) Video: Jenn Louis at Powell’s Books Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we’re excited about new books: Strawberry Fields by Patrick D. Joyce and The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden. Dave shares some events worth traveling to in 2024. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/StrongSense and get on your way to being your best self. Links Strawberry Fields by Patrick D. Joyce Back in the USSR by Patrick D. Joyce Patrick Joyce’s website The Wall by Peter Sís Prague Spring by Simon Mawer Podcast: Prague: Castles and Cobblestones The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Podcast: The Forest: Meet a Witch, Climb a Tree The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab National Geographic: 10 unmissable events worth travelling for in 2024 Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim in Istanbul Ride Africa Child.org Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we’re excited about new books on our TBRs: Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson and Fall Through by Nate Powell. Then Dave shares a lovely poem by Matthew Olzmann. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/StrongSense and get on your way to being your best self. Links Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson Benjamin Stevenson’s website Fall Through by Nate Powell Nate Powell’s website Podcast: Trains: Better Than Planes and Cars. Fight Me. Constellation Route by Matthew Olzmann Contradictions in the Design by Matthew Olzmann Mezzanines by Matthew Olzmann Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we’re excited about two new books: Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke and The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller. Then Mel celebrates the birthday and work of author Judith Viorst. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/StrongSense and get on your way to being your best self. Links Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller Podcast: Jamaica: Let’s Get Together and Feel All Right Video: Christina Cooke reads from Broughtupsy Christina Cooke website SSoP review: Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi Video: Alexander 1990 animated special NPR: For 50 years, Alexander’s been having terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days NPR: ‘Nearing 90,’ Judith Viorst Says She’s Never Been Happier Video: Scholastic interview with Judith Viorst Judith Viorst’s Decades Podcast: The Other F Word with Judith Viorst Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we’re excited about new books: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett and Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar. Then Mel shares her excitement about a webcam in the Namib Desert. Links Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar video: Namibia Desert live stream 360° view of the desert surrounding the watering hole 10 Interesting Namib Desert Facts 11 Things to do in the Namib Desert Gondwana Namib Park Secrets of Survival: Life in the Namib Desert Namibia’s Skeleton Coast: A journey through the ‘end of the Earth’ video: Namibia’s Wild Skeleton Coast video: Where Namib Desert Meets Atlantic Ocean This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/StrongSense and get on your way to being your best self. Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we’re excited about new books: The Fury by Alex Michaelides and Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook. Then Dave recommends the delightful Planet Word Museum in Washington, DC. Links The Fury by Alex Michaelides Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook Planet World website video: Welcome to Planet Word video: Introducing Planet Word video: CBS Sunday Morning: A visit to D.C.’s Planet Word This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/StrongSense and get on your way to being your best self. Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we’re excited about new books: The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan and Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree. Then Mel shares the podcasts that have captured her imagination. Links The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan Spooky & Sublime: 43 Gothic Novels with a Strong Sense of Place Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree The Well podcast Doug Jones on The Well: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 Ethan Peck on The Well: Part 1 and Part 2 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds In Our Time podcast 10 episodes recommended by the editor of BBC Sounds CrowdScience podcast Michael Sheen: Margins to Mainstream podcast A Writing Chance This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/StrongSense and get on your way to being your best self. Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Twitter Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we’re excited about two new books: The Lost Van Gogh by Jonathan Santlofer and North Woods by Daniel Mason. Then Dave shares the heartbreaking story of the hack on the British Library. Links The Lost Van Gogh by Jonathan Santlofer The Last Mona Lisa_ by Jonathan Santlofer Jonathan Santlofer’s website Gabriel Allon series by Daniel Silva The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith Podcast: Museums: A Gathering of Muses, A Clutch of Curators The Seville Communion by Arturo Pérez-Reverte Podcast: Spain: Valencia, Velázquez, and Vermouth North Woods by Daniel Mason British Library website Knowledge Under Attack Rhysida, The New Ransomware Gang Behind British Library Cyber-Attack How to Lose a Library Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Twitter Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we get excited about two books: Empty Theater by Jac Jemc and Yellowfaceby R.F. Kuang. Then we discuss great reading resolutions for a bookish 2024. Links Empty Theater by Jac Jemc Yellowface by R.F. Kuang The reading resolutions we discussed in our show came from our fantastic (friendly, empathetic, imaginative) supporters on Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside. Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Twitter Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we get excited about two great books: One Woman Show by Christine Coulson and To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose. Then Dave recites a delightful poem from British poet Brian Bilston. Links One Woman Show by Christine Coulson Video: Christine Coulson at Hudson River Museum Metropolitan Stories by Christine Coulson Podcast: Museums: A Gathering of Muses, A Clutch of Curators To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose Brian Bilston’s website and Twitter And So This is Christmas: 51 Seasonally Adjusted Poems by Brian Bilston You Took the Last Bus Home by Brian Bilston Days Like These: An alternative guide to the year in 366 poems by Brian Bilston Meet the Author: Brian Bilston (Suffolk Libraries) Brian Bilston: the Poet Laureate of Twitter (The Irish Times) Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Twitter Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we get excited about two books: This Is Christmas, Song by Song by Annie Zaleski and The Bathysphere Book by Brad Fox. Then Mel gets daydreamy about the deliciousness of fresh toast. Links Whamageddon 2023 Video: Blame it on Christmas by Shea Diamond Video: It Snowed by Meaghan Smith Video: Think of Christmas by Anne-Marie This Is Christmas, Song by Song: The Stories Behind 100 Holiday Hits by Annie Zaleski Duran Duran’s Rio by Annie Zaleski Lady Gaga: Applause by Annie Zaleski Pink: Raise Your Glass by Annie Zaleski The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths by Brad Fox Video: The Final Frontier in a Little Ball Beryl Shereshewsky’s YouTube Channe Beryl Shereshewsky’s and Instagram YouTube Playlist: Beryl Shereshewsky’s Toast Series Video: What People From 5 Countries Are Eating on Christmas Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Twitter Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we get excited about three books: ‘The Christmas Party’ by Georgette Heyer, ‘The Christmas Murder Game’ by Alexandra Benedict, and ‘The Writer’s Journey’ by Travis Elborough. Then Dave shares a fantastic resource for finding the best books of the year.  The Christmas Party by Georgette Heyer The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict The Writer’s Journey: In the Footsteps of the Literary Greats by Travis Elborough Our History of the 20th Century by Travis Elborough A Traveller’s Year: 365 Days of Travel Writing in Diaries, Journals, and Letters by Travis Elborough Atlas of the Unexpected by Travis Elborough Atlas of Vanishing Places by Travis Elborough Rollergirl: Totally True Tales from the Track by Melissa Joulwan The Largehearted Boy Essential and Interesting ‘Best of 2023’ Book Lists The Largehearted Boy List of Online ‘Best of 2022’ Book Lists Video: Gosford Park trailer Transcript of this episode The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices