| 23RD JUNE 2009 |
| Written by Stephanie |
| Tuesday, 23 June 2009 10:46 |
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7.15PM SHELLEY SEALE - THE INVISIBLE CHILDREN OF INDIA 7.40PM STEVE BROOKSTEIN - FIRST X FACTOR WINNER 8.15PM PADDY DOYLE - ONE OF IRELANDS LEADING DISABILITY ACTIVISTS 8.50PM REBECCA DAKIN - FROM CONVENT GIRL TO ESCORT
Shelley Seale's new book ' The Weight of Silence: Invisable Children of India', follows her journeys into the orphanages, streets and slums of India, where for 25 million children the life portrayed in the film ' Slumdog Millionaire is their reality. http://weightofsilence.wordpress.com
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Steve Brookstein first came to the public's attention in 2004 as a vocalist who exploded onto our TV screens as the first ever winner of The X Factor.
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Paddy Doyle is recognized as one of Ireland's leading disability activists. He is a frequent contributor to television, radio and the print media on matters as diverse as the role of the church in caring for children to the legalization of marijuana for medical use. Paddy was the first recipient of the Christy Brown Award for Literature in 1984 for a television play entitled Why Do I Bother? and his book ' The God Squad became a bestselling book in both Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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As a young girl in her private convent school uniform Rebecca Dakin looked every inch the perfect girl with a respectable future ahead. But despite being given every chance by her strict but loving parents, rebel Rebecca deliberately embarked on a sleazy life of vice - just to shock them. Rebecca, now 33, reveals the shocking details of her life as a prostitute in her book ' The Girlfriend Experience. |


