http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/james-valentine/ James Valentine presents Afternoons on 702 ABC Sydney. It’s a humourous news talk shift responding to current affairs and the social issues of the day. He is a musician, playing saxophone and singing with his own band, The James Valentine Quartet. . He is the author of six books, including the Jumpman Series for young readers, The True History of Stuff for children. The Form Guide and Spotfull are for adult readers and are based on content from his daily radio show. James has worked on television as a commentator on Sunrise, as a judge on celebrity singing show It Takes Two and those who were aged around eight in the mid 1980s remember him fondly as the host of ABC TV’s The Afternoon Show. James began his working life as a musician studying jazz in Melbourne before going out on tour with some of the leading Australian bands of the early 1980s, including Jo Camilleri, Kate Ceberano, The Models, Absent Friends and Wendy Matthews. James is married to Joanne, a clinical psychologist, has two children Ruby and Roy, and lives in Sydney. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/