Strong Sense of Place Realm
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One lifetime is too short to visit everywhere and meet everyone. That‘s why we love books with a strong sense of place — they let us travel the world in our imagination. In each episode of our podcast, we explore one destination and talk about what makes that place different from everywhere else on earth. Then we recommend five books that took us to that place on the page. We‘re on a trip around the globe, one great read at a time. Please join us!
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LoLT: The Forty Elephants Girl Gang and Two New Books — 05 May 2023
This is a replay of an episode featuring Dinner Party by Sarah Gilmartin and You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith. Then Dave tells the tale of remarkable women involved in London’s criminal underworld.
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LINKS
Dinner Party by Sarah Gilmartin
You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith’s website and Twitter
Legal Design Podcast: Fighting Crime by Design with Lorraine Gamman
Podcast: London: The Tower, Tudors, and a Nice Cuppa Tea
Wikipedia: Shirley Pitts
Wikipedia: Alice Diamond
Gone Shopping: The Story of Shirley Pitts, Queen of Thieves by Lorraine Gamman
The Guardian: Girl Gang’s Grip on London Underworld Revealed
Criminal Secret Society: The Story of Forty Elephants
Video: Diamond Annie and the Forty Elephants — The All-Female Gang That Terrorized London
Abbie Davis with her cover of 'London Town'
Transcript of this episode
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LoLT: Stanfords Travel Bookshop and Two New Books
In this episode, we’re excited about two new books: Piglet by Lottie Hazell and Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness by Alastair Humphreys. Then Dave tells us about the awesome Stanfords bookshop.
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Links
Piglet by Lottie Hazell — audiobook
Piglet by Lottie Hazell — print
Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness by Alastair Humphreys
Stanfords Map and Travel Bookshop
Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2024
Wikipedia: Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards
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
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LoLT: Mel’s Shakespeare Project and Two New Books
In this episode, we’re excited about two books: Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis and Transient and Strange by Nell Greenfieldboyce. Then Mel talks about how she’s delving into Shakespeare.
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Links
Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis
King Nyx by Kirsten Bakis
Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life by Nell Greenfieldboyce
Review: David Tennant in Macbeth
Watch David Tennant recite a bit of Macbeth to honor the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio.
BBC Radio: Macbeth
Royal Shakespeare Company’s Hamlet with David Tennant (2009)
The Guardian Review: David Tennant in Hamlet
Richard II with David Tennant (2013)
The Guardian Review: David Tennant in Richard II
Much Ado About Nothing with David Tennant and Catherine Tate (2011)
The Guardian Review: Much Ado About Nothing
Legends of Literature YouTube: Shakespeare Analysis
Chop Bard podcast — ‘the cure for boring Shakespeare’
Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth by A.C. Bradley on Amazon and Project Gutenberg
Open Source Shakespeare — all the plays, sonnets, and poems
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
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LoLT: Chicken Soup Manifesto and Two New Books
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.
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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
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LoLT: 2024’s Unmissable Events and Two New Books
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.
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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
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LoLT: A Valentine’s Day Poem and Two New Books
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
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Our site
Instagram
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Customer Reviews
Great podcast!
Thank you for making such a great podcast. I love the book recommendations. I have read many of them. I love the hosts. They seem to be really fun and sweet people.
Books and armchair travel
I love this podcast! The hosts have an engaging format that feels like a conversation with a great friend, a mini info guide about a destination/theme, and diverse book recommendations they’ve fully read! After listening, I check out books from the library I never would have encountered, everything from nonfiction, to graphic novels, to literary fiction. This podcast feeds my love for reading and travel in one place! I learn about places around the world, and am reminded of how beautiful each culture and region is in its unique way. If we *see* people who live in a different part of the world as *real*, simply by reading a book, it makes us all more connected and kind. What a gift this podcast is! Plus, wow…their website has tons of additional content to deep dive into a location. Highly recommend!!
My Amazon Cart is Full of Books!
Love, love, love this podcast. Just started listening beginning with Episode 1. Every episode is so interesting - geography, history, food, travel, and reads. The perfect combo! Melissa and David are great! I am now supporting on Patreon and my Amazon cart is full of books I must read.