0:13

From Vision Australia. This is talking

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vision. And

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now here's your host, Sam

0:20

Colley.

0:23

Hello, everyone. It's great to be here

0:25

with you. And for the next half

0:27

hour, we talk matters of blindness

0:29

and low vision.

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I will never get sick of having those little notes

0:32

kind of appear in the Felix Kitts. Thanking

0:35

you for a book. I certainly always have

0:37

a bit of a laugh when a book comes back with some bite

0:39

marks up the side, or a

0:41

little bit of a tear or a scribble, because

0:43

you always know someone's had a good time with that.

0:45

And I think there's a lot of joy in thinking

0:48

about how important these books are and

0:50

how they just become part of family life, which is really

0:52

special.

0:53

Welcome to the program. We've

0:55

got another exciting anniversary for

0:57

you. I know another one. Can you believe it?

0:59

It's 20 years of the

1:01

Felix program, which we've

1:03

recently celebrated at the Vision

1:05

Australia Library. You'll hear from

1:08

the current library manager, Sarah

1:10

Bowden, who I catch up with very

1:12

shortly on the show. So make sure to stick

1:14

around for that one. Then after

1:16

you hear from Sarah, Stella's

1:18

back on the show with an interview

1:21

with a young lip participant.

1:23

And then we've got a little bit

1:25

more from the radio archives

1:28

with the inaugural newspaper reading

1:30

program on the new frequency

1:32

at 1179 in

1:34

1990. And last but certainly

1:37

not least, Francis Collins, back on

1:39

the show with a reader recommended.

1:42

I hope you enjoy this week's episode

1:44

of Talking Vision. Well,

1:50

we've had quite a few anniversaries around

1:53

Virgin Australia lately. With the 700th

1:55

episode of Talking Vision, plus the

1:58

40th anniversary of

2:00

the Virgin Australia radio service.

2:02

But just recently, the

2:05

Vision Australia library has been celebrating

2:07

20 years of its own Felix

2:10

Library Service, set up to

2:12

help toddlers and young children

2:14

who are blind or have low vision to

2:16

get into the world of books and

2:18

reading, and to have a chat with

2:21

me all about Felix. It's my

2:23

great pleasure to welcome Acting

2:25

Library Manager Sarah Bowden.

2:27

Sarah, welcome to Talking Vision.

2:29

Thanks so much for your time.

2:31

Thanks for having me.

2:33

Firstly, Sarah, tell our listeners about

2:35

Felix. What is it and what does it

2:37

do?

2:38

I would love to. So our Felix Library is

2:40

a special part of our library. It's

2:42

specifically for children from 0 to

2:44

7 years of age, although we do have some older people

2:46

that use it as well. And it's designed

2:49

to support early literacy for

2:51

children. So from the very early

2:53

months of their life, and once they've had a diagnosis

2:55

of vision loss or blindness, they

2:57

can start using our library. And it

2:59

has four components that really give a

3:01

universal literacy background

3:04

or foundation for children,

3:06

so that as they move into school and

3:08

beyond, they'll have a really great foundation.

3:10

So our Felix kits go out

3:12

across Australia. Nationally,

3:14

we have hundreds of children that use

3:16

them in their homes, and also hundreds of kindergartens

3:18

and schools that use them with children

3:21

there. Each of the kits comes out

3:23

with a book that has Braille

3:25

overlaying the words and pictures.

3:27

So it's like a normal book that you could buy from

3:29

anywhere. And we add Braille on. We

3:31

also have a tactile book, which

3:34

is like a simple retelling of the story

3:36

in a tactile way. We have

3:38

an audio version of the book. And

3:40

lastly, we have some kind of toy or

3:42

some kind of plaything

3:44

that encourages the children to think

3:46

about what they've learned in the book and then to

3:49

kind of further their learning through play. So if

3:51

it's a book about cooking, there might be some

3:53

little pots and pans that they can use.

3:55

If it's a book about animals, it might come

3:57

with a little soft animal, so they can kind

3:59

of feel what that animal might feel

4:01

like. Felix is named

4:04

after an echidna, or our mascot

4:06

isn't a kidnapper for a couple of reasons.

4:08

The echidna, when born, a little

4:10

echidna is called a puggle, and they're blind.

4:13

And echidnas don't go on to have great

4:15

vision for their whole lives, but they make amazing

4:17

use of their other senses. And

4:19

they're also in regards to Felix,

4:21

it's spelled with two E's. So feel.

4:24

And we encourage children that use Felix to

4:26

feel the words.

4:27

And tell us a bit about your involvement

4:30

in Felix. Sarah, how long have you been

4:32

involved and what role a few

4:34

played in making it what it is today?

4:37

Oh, that's such a lovely question. And and certainly

4:39

I can't take very much credit at all for what's happened.

4:41

So, Felix, as you've mentioned, we're celebrating 20

4:43

years of Felix. So the idea initially

4:46

came through some seed funding that happened,

4:48

which is wonderful. And then two amazing

4:50

people, Louise Curtin and Robbie Sainsbury,

4:52

they all were the kind of instigators

4:55

of Felix as we know it. And they set

4:57

into motion this library, which

4:59

really hasn't changed very much in 20 years.

5:02

And the reason it hasn't changed is because

5:04

they got the formula right. So I've

5:06

had the privilege. I came into this in Australia about

5:08

seven years ago, and I have had

5:10

the privilege of working alongside Felix and

5:12

working in Felix. I can't say that

5:14

I've done much of anything except for

5:16

keeping an amazing service going. We've

5:18

changed the bags that they come in, but honestly,

5:21

the make up of the kits has remained the same

5:23

and the support of Vision Australia, also

5:25

of the teachers and the families that use it have

5:27

been just amazing. And that grows every

5:29

year.

5:30

And I remember 20 years ago, Sarah

5:32

being at the Felix launch

5:35

event in 2003, now

5:37

I unfortunately was just

5:39

outside the Felix demographic,

5:42

even at that stage being 12

5:44

or 13 and already had

5:46

quite a lot of usable vision.

5:48

So I'll sort of ravenously getting

5:50

into, you know, novels and things

5:53

by that stage. But I do

5:55

remember a lot of excitement

5:57

and a lot of really proud

5:59

and happy parents being at that event

6:02

at the old Bay

6:04

in Burwood East.

6:06

And that was that was quite exciting and

6:08

quite a few lovely staff

6:10

members who I had the great privilege

6:12

of working with. And yeah, so

6:15

it's amazing what it's become now.

6:17

And have there been any sort of favorite

6:19

Felix kids favorite books that

6:22

people go back to over the years?

6:24

What sort of really stood out for

6:26

you as one that sort of gets requested

6:28

the most?

6:29

Oh, that's such.

6:30

A great question. You know, the classics

6:32

are always so popular. I think we must have

6:34

4 or 5 versions of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

6:36

And as it is, you can never find one like they're

6:38

always on loan. The same

6:40

with kind of classics like Possum Magic,

6:43

my personal favourite. Maybe it's because

6:45

it's one of the kits that I made when I was there

6:47

is a book called Piranhas Don't Eat.

6:50

Bananas, and it's a super funny, kind of quirky

6:52

book. And there's lots of kind of.

6:53

Yeah, yeah, it is.

6:55

And it's really, really fun. And we've really tried

6:57

to make obviously a collection that people enjoy

6:59

and that covers often serious topics. We

7:01

have books that cover everything from kind of

7:03

a marriage or family breakdown to the

7:05

death of a loved one and getting used

7:07

to school and things like that. But we also

7:09

want them to be fun. We want people to pick them

7:11

up or receive them and have joyful

7:14

story time. So I personally

7:16

am always a sucker for a really funny, cheeky

7:18

book, and also one that mums

7:20

and dads can enjoy as well because they're going to

7:22

have to listen or read this book maybe

7:24

a dozen times, maybe more. So hopefully

7:27

it's something fun that mum and dad and older

7:29

siblings can also get involved with and have

7:31

a lot of a good time with.

7:32

That's right. And you know, we've

7:34

talked about the feelings and

7:37

the emotions around Felix

7:39

already a little bit. But tell us

7:41

a bit about your feelings around seeing

7:43

the Felix program grow and reach

7:45

so many young children who are

7:47

blind or have low vision and,

7:50

you know, being able to make books that

7:52

much more accessible over

7:54

the past 20 years. What's that been

7:56

like for you and the Vision Australia

7:58

library team?

8:00

Yeah, it's such a huge privilege.

8:01

And it's hard to speak about it without being

8:03

an emotional in a way. And maybe because

8:05

we're in it every day, we don't always step

8:08

back and reflect. But certainly when we share Felix

8:10

with people, when we hear back from

8:12

a family who's just received their first kit for their

8:14

little one, or often on the other side,

8:16

we have somebody send back their last kit because

8:18

their little human has gone off to school, and there's

8:20

so much gratitude for what the Felix

8:23

Library does, and these little treasure boxes

8:25

that come into people's homes and provide

8:27

a bit of security and at a time, often

8:29

with a new diagnosis, a family doesn't

8:31

know what's going on. You know, it's quite

8:33

a scary time. This idea of

8:35

Braille is new to them, like it's

8:37

something they hadn't seen before. Or maybe they'd seen

8:39

it on some street signs, but they never thought

8:42

potentially that they would have a child that would be

8:44

a Braille reader. So will never

8:46

get sick of having those little notes kind of appear

8:48

in the Felix kits. Thanking you for

8:50

a book. I certainly always have a bit of

8:52

a laugh when a book comes back with some bite marks

8:54

up the side, or a little

8:56

bit of a tear or a scribble, because you always

8:59

know someone's had a good time with that. And

9:01

I think there's a lot of joy in thinking about how

9:03

important these books are and how they just become

9:05

part of family life, which is really special.

9:07

I know my whole team feel very

9:09

much the same way, and certainly across the organization,

9:12

people are dying to volunteer in Felix,

9:14

which is wonderful. Everybody always stops

9:17

in and opens the drawers and has a look. We

9:19

have this amazing kind of den where everything's

9:21

made, so it's like a craft heaven. So

9:23

people will always stop in and be quite fascinated

9:25

and want to know how they can support it. So

9:28

it feels very magical. And I certainly feel very privileged

9:30

to be working in the library. And

9:33

something we've realized actually is the Felix

9:35

kits are unique internationally,

9:37

so there are other libraries across

9:39

the world that have some components of the Felix

9:41

kits, but we're the only service

9:44

in the whole world that provides the kits

9:46

with the four components as they are,

9:48

and that's something I'm immensely proud of.

9:50

Has that resulted any uptake

9:52

from other countries saying,

9:55

you know, coming to Australia and saying,

9:57

hey, you know, we've heard you've

9:59

made these fantastic Felix kits,

10:01

would you be able to export them

10:03

to other countries? Has that ever been

10:05

a possibility or what's the

10:08

situation been like there?

10:09

Yeah, certainly when we've had international

10:11

counterparts touring or when we've spoken at conferences,

10:14

people are so excited and they want to know more.

10:17

We could not export them. I just know we wouldn't

10:19

have the amount of workforce in order to do that.

10:21

But we definitely, you know, we're not precious about the formula.

10:23

We encourage anybody, any

10:26

service that wants to create the same thing. This

10:28

is what we do. And hopefully they'll kind

10:30

of take that up.

10:31

What are the sort of the future plans for

10:33

Felix in the months and years

10:35

to come?

10:36

Yeah, there's always.

10:37

Something happening in the library. We never stand still

10:39

for too long. So in terms of books, we've

10:41

always got a mix of new ones coming through that might

10:43

be, you know, the new best seller. We

10:46

also have a real focus on First Nation

10:48

stories and making beautiful kits from those

10:50

we've recently been looking at kind of being

10:53

and, and that kind of physical and

10:55

mental wellbeing and what kind of stories are out

10:57

there and stories about people going

10:59

into jobs, because we know that the

11:01

library supports little people.

11:03

You know, you think it's kind of crazy to talk about career

11:06

when when you're talking about a toddler or a child

11:08

in primary school. But those conversations start early

11:10

about what are you going to do when you grow up and what,

11:12

yeah, what can you be? So we want

11:14

to really encourage children that use

11:16

the Felix Library to just dream as big as they

11:19

want to, to have those exciting and crazy

11:21

conversations. So that's what

11:23

we're always looking at in terms of kits,

11:25

in terms of programs. Again, always got lots

11:28

of things happening. So as we're a national

11:30

service, we do a lot of online programs because we

11:32

want everybody from Norfolk Island to

11:34

Geraldton to be able to join in. So

11:37

we have things like writing workshops, we have

11:39

storytimes, we have

11:41

workshops on how to

11:44

write your resume and get into

11:46

the workforce. For our kind of older teens,

11:48

we have focus groups. Book clubs,

11:50

everything like that. So we're always looking at new ideas

11:53

to engage our young people. And also as they

11:55

transition out of Felix Library,

11:58

we support them to stay with the library.

12:00

So then what that looks like is they might go on

12:02

to receive audio books, and

12:04

also they might go on to use braille

12:06

or further braille. So accessing our braille collection.

12:08

Yeah. So that's it. Always lots happening in Felix

12:10

so.

12:11

Oh sounds like it. And yeah.

12:13

Where can people find out more about

12:16

Felix and the Vision Australia

12:18

library.

12:18

Yeah.

12:19

So our website is a great first

12:21

port of call. So Vision australia.org.

12:24

There's heaps of information about the library in

12:26

general and the Felix Library.

12:29

There is an online form to join the library

12:31

if you're listening. And you would love to

12:33

join. Or if you know somebody that would love to join,

12:35

the form only takes a few minutes

12:37

to fill out. So we would encourage you

12:39

to start there and then we will be in contact

12:41

with you. Beyond that, it's probably important to

12:44

mention that there's absolutely no cost to

12:46

use our Felix Library. We are a free

12:48

service, which is really wonderful because we appreciate

12:50

families have so many pressures on their

12:52

money these days. The postage

12:54

for the kits is completely free and

12:56

any kind of membership is free. So

12:58

we hope to keep it kind of as open to

13:00

anybody. And even if you're not sure

13:02

if the Felix Library is for you or

13:04

the Vision Australia Library, please feel free to get

13:07

in contact and we can definitely answer your questions

13:09

and direct you which way to go.

13:11

Okay. And that library

13:13

number as well. That's one 306

13:16

(546) 561-3006

13:19

54656. And

13:21

what sort of email could PayPal

13:24

get in touch with Sarah. That would

13:26

be best.

13:27

Yeah.

13:27

So library at Vision Australia.

13:30

Org so it's library at Vision

13:32

australia.org. So

13:34

feel free to shoot us an email there with any questions.

13:37

And we can also help you from there.

13:39

Perfect. Okay I've been speaking

13:41

today with Sarah Blunden from

13:44

the Vision Australia Library celebrating

13:46

20 years of Felix.

13:49

And here's to 20 more.

13:51

Sarah, thanks so much. Yeah,

13:54

thanks so much for your time today. It's been

13:56

a pleasure to catch up with you and

13:58

chat all about Felix.

14:00

You too. Sam, thank you so much for having me.

14:09

I'm Sam Cole and you're listening to

14:11

Talking Vision on Vision Australia

14:13

radio associated stations

14:16

and the Community Radio Network.

14:19

I hope you enjoyed that interview with

14:21

Sarah. Blow it on there. Celebrating

14:23

20 years of the Felix

14:25

Service at the Vision Australia Library.

14:28

If you missed any part of that interview

14:31

with Sarah or you'd love to hear it

14:33

again, this episode will be available

14:35

to access any time on the podcast

14:38

app of your choice, or through

14:40

the Vision Australia library. And

14:42

now here's Stella Glory with Rosie.

14:45

And now I'm speaking to Rosie

14:48

Bannerman, who is on the

14:50

tail end of completing

14:52

this year's Leap program.

14:55

Hi, Rosie, and thanks for your time today.

14:57

What made you decide to undertake

15:00

the Leap program?

15:02

Um, it was something that had been advertised to

15:04

me through Virgin Australia, but

15:06

it was also something that I thought could be really beneficial

15:09

to me in going into

15:12

my the next few years of my life

15:14

and kind of navigating what my

15:16

life will be like.

15:17

So what are the next few years of

15:19

your life? Are you currently

15:22

in high school?

15:23

Yeah. So I'm I just finished

15:25

year 11 and I'll be going into my

15:28

final year next year in the coming year.

15:31

And so I'm hoping to go to uni, but I'm

15:33

currently looking at jobs, I'm looking at what

15:35

I want to do for unis and looking

15:37

at all those kinds of things. And

15:40

leap has been has been

15:42

helpful in helping me kind of navigate

15:44

what kind of job I want to do,

15:46

what kind of how to navigate

15:48

the workforce and

15:51

interacting with other people.

15:53

So tell me a couple of things that

15:55

helped you do that. Like, I understand

15:57

you just had a mock interview.

16:00

Yes, I did. So as part

16:02

of the Leap program, they set up

16:04

a mock interview where you

16:07

pick a job, you pick a job ad, you write

16:09

up your own resume and cover letter

16:11

with the help of an

16:13

individual service provider. And

16:15

I had my mock interview yesterday,

16:17

and it was a really great experience

16:19

where I was in a safe environment with

16:22

people who were very kind. And

16:24

they they kind of helped me through

16:27

a mock interview for the job that I

16:29

gave them. And that was really great because

16:33

it helps me build up a little bit of confidence,

16:35

get some real life experience of what it would be like

16:37

to be in a job interview, and

16:39

was just really helpful because I'm currently looking

16:41

for work, and that would be really great for

16:44

for what I'm looking for in the next couple of weeks.

16:47

So it's a part time job you're looking for?

16:49

Yeah.

16:50

Yeah. It's interesting that they do it

16:52

on the tail end of the Leap program

16:54

because. So could you imagine

16:57

yourself doing the mock interview when you

16:59

first started leap?

17:01

Probably not. I didn't know.

17:04

I was a little bit less confident. I didn't

17:06

know how to write a resume. I didn't

17:08

know how to write a cover letter. And it's just been really

17:10

great to to have these

17:12

experiences that kind of push me a little bit,

17:14

push me out of my comfort zone, challenge me

17:17

and in a safe environment as well, which is really

17:19

good.

17:20

What did you really enjoy or what

17:22

are you still enjoying about the Leap program?

17:26

It's such a good environment. The

17:28

people who run it are so nice

17:30

and friendly, and every session

17:32

is really. It's really flexible

17:35

and comfortable. And the stuff

17:37

we learn is really it's

17:39

just really it's pitched for people

17:42

our age, for people like my

17:44

age from I think from 14

17:46

to 17, which is really

17:48

great. And everyone. Another thing

17:50

that I've loved in the program is that

17:54

everyone is really

17:56

I love meeting everyone in the program,

17:58

and I've made a few new friends. I've gotten

18:00

to keep in touch with a few people in the program,

18:03

which has been really great.

18:04

It's an online program, so

18:06

you got to meet people all

18:08

around Australia, is that correct?

18:10

Yes I did, yeah. So

18:13

I'm keeping in touch with someone

18:15

in Brisbane. Other people I

18:17

live in Sydney, so I'm keeping in touch with some

18:19

people who are in Sydney. But

18:22

you said it was an online program, so you'd

18:24

be thinking how do you keep in touch with

18:26

people? But yeah, so sometimes

18:28

we have our we have our group into

18:31

group programs where

18:33

we, we are all keeping,

18:36

we're all interacting with each other. And then we

18:38

also have, um, in

18:40

June, I went on a camp to

18:42

Melbourne with around half the people in the program,

18:45

and it was really great because we all got

18:47

to we all got to talk and

18:49

meet everyone and that was really great.

18:51

Now, Rosie, did you have any

18:53

expectations about the program

18:55

before you started?

18:57

Well, I went in with a pretty open mindset.

18:59

I was ready for it

19:01

to be very structured, very

19:04

a lot of homework throughout the month. But

19:06

I was also ready to just have

19:08

a bit of fun, but it ended up being

19:10

quite flexible and quite comfortable

19:13

and I really enjoyed having

19:15

that. The opportunities across the months to

19:17

have a bit of freedom with what I wanted to do.

19:19

What would you say to

19:21

someone who is

19:23

sort of looking

19:25

at it or is a bit uncertain?

19:28

Would you encourage, what would you say

19:30

to them?

19:31

I would definitely recommend it,

19:34

even if you're a little bit skeptical, or

19:36

if you're worried about time management

19:38

or whether it's going to be for you. There's

19:40

some really, really valuable skills that

19:43

that you will learn from the program like resume

19:45

writing, cover letter writing, getting

19:47

a little bit of confidence around other people,

19:50

and especially mock interviews,

19:52

which I recently just did, will

19:54

really help you to kind of just just

19:57

get yourself out there, even if

19:59

you're not going to use

20:01

those skills immediately, they're going to be really helpful.

20:03

And I would definitely recommend it as

20:05

someone who's just done a program.

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Thank you very much to Stella and Rosie

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there. And if you'd like to

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hear more about the Leap program,

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you can contact Leap at Vision

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australia.org. That's Leap

20:25

at Vision australia.org,

20:27

or visit the Vision Australia

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website at Vision australia.org

20:32

and search for leap. That's Elop

20:35

or Employability and leadership

20:37

program. And now changing

20:40

pace a little bit. Let's go back again

20:42

to the 19th of

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August 1990. With the change

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from 1629 to

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1179 on the Am band

20:51

this week we feature a small

20:53

article from the first newspaper

20:56

reading program on the new frequency

20:58

presented by Kieran McKenna.

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And let's hear from Kieran Nel. And.

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Hello, this is Kieran McKenna welcoming

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you to a special programme today. This

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is our first news reading on the new frequency

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of 1179.

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Reading with me today, John Lindsay and

21:28

owner Libby Covetous and her technical

21:30

operator is Sandy Hutchison. Before

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we begin, let's look at the weather forecast.

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Today there will be cloud increasing with rain

21:40

developing later today or tonight

21:42

and the north wind freshening.

21:44

The expected top temperature is 15

21:47

degrees for

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both Monday and Tuesday. There will be a

21:51

few showers with an expected

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top temperature of 14 degrees.

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And at 9:00 this morning it was

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ten. Before

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we go into our usual reading, we've

22:03

got a special little article that appeared in the

22:05

agenda section of The Sunday Age

22:08

and that's in the radio column

22:10

written by Brian Patterson on page

22:12

16. He writes

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radio for the print handicapped three today

22:19

moves from the dead end of the dial to

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frequency 1179.

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The am spot formerly occupied

22:25

by three kids dead, and

22:28

after a long fight, the unique radio

22:30

station will be able to retain its three

22:32

callsign. The station

22:35

was initially asked to change to a traditional

22:37

two letter callsign, but argued

22:40

that this could affect its identity with listeners.

22:43

The change to the new frequency has been

22:45

a long time coming, and now we're delighted

22:48

to be part of the mainstream radio band,

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station staffer Ms.. Roberta Ashby

22:52

says. We're expecting that

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the move will bring us many more listeners

22:57

and bring our positive outlook to the part

22:59

of the community that didn't even know we existed.

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The station, which operates with five

23:04

staff and 400 trained volunteers,

23:07

has been providing daily readings from

23:09

newspapers, books and journals for

23:12

five years. Its

23:14

listeners not only include the blind,

23:16

dyslexic and others unable to read,

23:19

but people such as taxi drivers who

23:21

tune in to hear what the newspapers are saying.

23:24

A survey of new listeners starts

23:26

tomorrow. If you tune in to

23:28

three for the first time and

23:30

want to offer a comment, ring the station

23:33

on 822870

23:36

5 or 8 27801.

23:43

The news in the age today is still dominated

23:45

by the Middle East crisis. After

23:48

reading the main article on article on that subject,

23:51

we'll look at the local news before

23:53

returning to the world scene later.

23:55

And then after that we have the comment

23:57

articles, including regular columnists

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Terri Lane and Keith Dunstan. In

24:03

the Australian News, we read about plans to

24:05

sell the state Bank about changes

24:07

to the Channel Nine Network under Kerry Packer

24:10

and about Melbourne's waste disposal

24:12

problems. But to begin,

24:14

John worried about the Middle East.

24:22

And now here's Francis Kelland with

24:24

a reader recommended.

24:26

Today's reader recommended takes

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us to best selling author Linda

24:30

La Plant and her

24:32

novel Tennyson. In 1973,

24:35

Jane Tennyson, aged 22,

24:37

leaves the Metropolitan Police Training Academy

24:40

to be placed on probationary exercise

24:42

in Hackney, where criminality thrives.

24:44

We witnessed her struggle to cope in a male

24:47

dominated, chauvinistic environment,

24:49

learning fast to deal with shocking situations

24:52

with no help or sympathy from her superiors.

24:54

Then comes her involvement in her first

24:56

murder case. Let's hear a sample

24:59

of Tennison by Lynda La Plant.

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It's narrated by Julie Teale.

25:03

On the return journey to the station, Bradfield

25:06

stopped at Old Streets Magistrates Court.

25:09

Jane waited in the car whilst he spoke with

25:11

one of the magistrates, who, after

25:13

hearing his information on oath, signed

25:15

and issued a search warrant for the Collins's house

25:18

and car. Bradfield

25:20

got back into the driving seat and handed

25:22

Jane the search warrant. Okay.

25:25

What made you suspicious about the car?

25:28

He asked. To be honest,

25:30

I wasn't actually sure if there would be a car in the garage.

25:33

Just answer the question.

25:36

She started to explain about needing the bathroom

25:39

and how she'd gone upstairs because the vicar was

25:41

using the one downstairs. He

25:43

impatiently pushed her to get to the point.

25:46

At first I went into the master bedroom by mistake

25:48

and I noticed a few framed photographs on the

25:51

dresser. One was of Mr. Collins

25:53

standing beside a red car, which at

25:55

a glance looked like a Jaguar. But

25:57

when I took a closer look, I realised it wasn't.

26:00

Then I remembered you asking him what vehicle

26:02

he drove. He

26:04

said it was an old Bristol that belonged to his father.

26:07

I'd never seen a Bristol car before today,

26:10

and it made me think that maybe

26:12

Eddie Phillips was mistaken.

26:14

That was Tennison by Lynda La Plant.

26:17

And if you're a fan of the television

26:19

series Prime Suspect, and also the books by

26:22

Lynda La Plant, the Prime Suspect

26:24

series, you will recognize the character

26:26

Jane Tennison. So after all the Prime

26:28

Suspect books, La Plante went

26:30

back and wrote some books featuring

26:33

Jane in her early years

26:35

as a police officer. There's about three in

26:37

the series, starting with the book Tennison.

26:40

If you would like that book or any others

26:42

from the library collection, you can always

26:44

give them a call on 1300 654 656.

26:48

That's 1300 654 656.

26:52

Or you can email them at library at

26:54

Vision Australia. Org that's library

26:57

at Vision australia.org.

26:59

And that's all we have time for today.

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You've been listening to Talking Vision.

27:04

Talking vision is a production of

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Vision Australia Radio. Thanks

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to all involved with putting the show together

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and remember we love your feedback

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and comments. So please do get in touch

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at Vision australia.org.

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But until next week it's Sam

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Colley saying bye for now.

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