{"id":27099,"date":"2018-06-14T16:23:12","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T15:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=27099"},"modified":"2018-06-14T16:23:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T15:23:54","slug":"cethan-mixdown-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=27099","title":{"rendered":"The Arts Show: Cethan Leahy, author of Tuesdays Are Just As Bad chats to Norma Burke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/TuedaysJustBad_Covernew.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27160\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/TuedaysJustBad_Covernew-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/TuedaysJustBad_Covernew-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/TuedaysJustBad_Covernew-768x1179.jpg 768w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/TuedaysJustBad_Covernew-667x1024.jpg 667w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/TuedaysJustBad_Covernew-72x110.jpg 72w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/TuedaysJustBad_Covernew-46x70.jpg 46w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/TuedaysJustBad_Covernew-228x350.jpg 228w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/TuedaysJustBad_Covernew-288x442.jpg 288w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/TuedaysJustBad_Covernew.jpg 1524w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cethan-Leany-Tuesdays-Are-Just-As-Bad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27161\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cethan-Leany-Tuesdays-Are-Just-As-Bad-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cethan-Leany-Tuesdays-Are-Just-As-Bad-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cethan-Leany-Tuesdays-Are-Just-As-Bad-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cethan-Leany-Tuesdays-Are-Just-As-Bad-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cethan-Leany-Tuesdays-Are-Just-As-Bad-165x110.jpg 165w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cethan-Leany-Tuesdays-Are-Just-As-Bad-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cethan-Leany-Tuesdays-Are-Just-As-Bad-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cethan-Leany-Tuesdays-Are-Just-As-Bad-663x442.jpg 663w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Tuesdays are Just as Bad<\/em>\u00a0is a witty YA novel that deals with serious issues such as depression and teenage suicide written by\u00a0Cethan\u00a0Leahy, an exciting new talent in Irish fiction.\u00a0 Cethan chatted to Norma Burke for the Near FM Arts Show.<\/p>\n<p>Some more about the book&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Troubled teenager Adam Murphy wakes up in hospital after a failed suicide attempt to finds he is not alone. In his room is someone only he can see and hear. Tied together by an invisible bond, Adam and his ghostly companion try to find a way to co-exist as Adam works to get his life back on track.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Tuesdays are Just as Bad\u00a0<\/em>follows Adam as he returns to school, begins counselling and makes new friends.\u00a0\u00a0He has to deal with the reactions of his peers, teachers and family.\u00a0\u00a0Will the bullying stop?\u00a0\u00a0Why can\u2019t his parents get off his case? As the pressure builds on Adam to appear \u2018normal\u2019, will his constant shadow turn out to be friend or foe?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in Cork City\u00a0<em>Tuesdays are Just as Bad\u00a0<\/em>wonderfully captures teenage \u2018goings on\u2019 in Ireland\u2019s \u2018Real Capital\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercierpress.ie\/\">Mercier Press<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Tuesdays are Just as Bad<\/em>\u00a0is now available nationwide.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2578\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/Cethan-Mixdown-1.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('2578','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/Cethan-Mixdown-1.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/Cethan-Mixdown-1.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=27099-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/Cethan-Mixdown-1.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Cethan-Mixdown-1.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 16:47 &#8212; 23.1MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Tuesdays are Just as Bad\u00a0is a witty YA novel that deals with serious issues such as depression and teenage suicide written by\u00a0Cethan\u00a0Leahy, an exciting new talent in Irish fiction.\u00a0 Cethan chatted to Norma Burke for the Near FM Arts Show. 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