LoLT: The Uncensored Library and Two New Books

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Melissa & Dave

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5.0 • 559 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In this episode, we get excited about two new books: Exit Zero: Stories by Marie-Helene Bertino and The Pretender: A Novel by Jo Harkin. Then Mel talks about the remarkable digital library fighting global censorship. Links Exit Zero: Stories by Marie-Helene Bertino 2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino — hear Mel talk about it on our Pennsylvania episode Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino — hear Mel talk about it on our Outer Space episode The Pretender: A Novel by Jo Harkin Tell Me An Ending by Jo Harkin The Uncensored Library The Uncensored Library on the Minecraft website BBC: Minecraft ‘Loophole’ Library of Banned Journalism Peabody Awards on The Uncensored Library Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Join our FREE Substack to get our (awesome) newsletter and join in chats with other people who love books and travel. Do you enjoy our show? Do you want to make friends with other (lovely) listeners? 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 Substack Patreon Parts of the Strong Sense of Place podcast are produced in udio! Some effects are provided by soundly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up, an otherworldly story collection.
0:04.4	A royal imposter vexes Henry the 7th.
0:07.5	Plus our distraction of the week.
0:09.4	I'm Mel.
0:10.2	I'm Dave.
0:11.0	This is the Library of Lost Time.
0:16.7	I was just about to start making notes on a different book for today's podcast when I learned that Marie Helene Bertolino released a short story collection this week.
0:27.8	I was there when the shift happened.
0:29.6	Right? I am not exaggerating when I say, I gasped.
0:32.5	Yeah.
0:33.0	I was so excited.
0:34.2	That's how much I love her writing.
0:36.0	For people who've been with us for a while,
0:38.2	her name might be familiar. Her book, 2 a.m. at the cat's pajamas, is one of my favorite
0:43.7	books to recommend at Christmas time. It's set in Philadelphia, and all of the action takes
0:49.0	place on one magical night, Christmas Eve Eve. The story's heroine is a mouthy fifth grader named Madeline. Her
0:58.2	heart's desire is to perform at the legendary nightclub, The Cat's Pajamas. I recommended that one
1:04.7	in our Pennsylvania podcast. Yeah, and you light up every time you talk about it. In our recent episode
1:10.4	about outer space, I recommended the novel Beauty Land.
1:14.5	This one is magical sci-fi set in the 1980s.
1:19.1	It's about a girl convinced she's an alien.
1:22.4	And honestly, haven't we all felt like aliens in our lives at some time or another?
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