The Mini-Break, episode 10: Extreme knitting and library lust

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Do you remember the library you visited as a child? The teak furniture? The smell of the polish? The location of your favourite section?

Our exclusive episode for the Clearlings this week involves some heavy library nostalgia as I runs through the special libraries in my life, from the mobile van that visited my village to Haddon Library in Cambridge where I studied as a student.

I also bring you my idea for one small, transportative thing to do this week (knitting! But not in the obsessive way I used to tackle it), and we hear from Clearling Cat Salt with her wonderful vision of getting away from it all.

Links from the episode:

Sweet Death by Claude Tardat

Haddon Library

Transcript:

Production Credits

Guest Booker and Admin Support - Meghan Hutchins

Substack Manager - Rebecca Armstrong

Producer - Alice Lloyd

Music - The Leaf Library theleaflibrary