Adelaide author and screenwriter, Simon Butters, has a book being launched this Saturday at Carclew. It is called The Hounded. it is about a 15 year old boy, Monty, who is ignored by his parents, bullied at school, and with a brain that’s prone to going walkabout – oh, and he sees a black dog that nobody else can see. Adolescence can be lonely at the best of times, but Simon ups the stakes in this book that is pitched at the Young Adult Fiction market. And he joins us to take us into his world of imaginary characters trying to make sense of this thing we call life.
We discuss
- Getting into the young adult mind
- Dealing with pimples
- Coping with sexual awakening
- Mental illness
- Parenting
- Writing books
- Writing TV
Also appearing with Simon Butters
AJ’s teacher in her talk about podcasts on ‘express yourself’
I’m Lost by Tara Carragher.
The SA Drink Of The Week is from Coriole.
In IS IT NEWS, Nigel tests Steve and Simon on bleak stories of South Australia’s past.
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| 00:00:00 | Outtake |
| A resounding clap | |
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Theme |
| Theme and introduction. Our original theme song in full is here, Adelaidey-hoo. | |
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Talk Of The Town |
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David is on extended leave and will return later in 2016. David Washington, editor of In Daily, gives us a midweek wrap of the news we’ve been talking about in South Australia this week. |
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| 00:02:31 | SA Drink Of The Week |
| Coriole 2013 Shiraz McLaren Vale … tasting notes | |
| 00:05:40 | Items Without Notice |
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Steve’s 8yo daughter did a podcast presentation at school and interviewed her teacher, Catherine Andrea Ferguson and her coffee test re milk. |
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| 00:00:00 | Made To Move Minute |
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Max Martin from iNform Health and Fitness Solutions, Norwood, present a thoughtful minute for pondering more ways and reasons to get moving and improve your health. This week: Max is on leave |
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| 00:18:22 | Simon Butters |
| Adelaide author and screenwriter, Simon Butters, has a book being launched this Saturday at Carclew. It is called The Hounded. it is about a 15 year old boy, Monty, who is ignored by his parents, bullied at school, and with a brain that’s prone to going walkabout – oh, and he sees a black dog that nobody else can see. Adolescence can be lonely at the best of times, but Simon ups the stakes in this book that is pitched at the Young Adult Fiction market. And he joins us to take us into his world of imaginary characters trying to make sense of this thing we call life. | |
| 01:31:04 | Is It News? |
| The news history quiz with Nigel Dobson-Keeffe. Read the stories. They get published each Sunday. | |
| 00:00:00 | Adelaide Visa Council |
| The Adelaide Visa Council did not sit this week. | |
| 01:47:35 | Musical Pilgrimage |
| And our song this week is I’m lost by Tara Carragher, selected by our musical curator Dan Drummond, from iSA Radio, an online station streaming independent South Australian music 247. | |
| 01:55:14 | Outtake |
| My dog does tricks | |
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