{"id":3237104,"date":"2015-10-20T13:49:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T16:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3237104"},"modified":"2015-10-20T13:49:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T16:49:06","slug":"the-lunchbox-interview-keith-lyons-author-of-the-childrens-book-alexs-perfect-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-keith-lyons-author-of-the-childrens-book-alexs-perfect-fish","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox Interview: Keith Lyons Author of the Children&#8217;s book &#8216;Alex&#8217;s Perfect Fish&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/LunchBox.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3019\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-talking-art-icons-with-elizabeth-marshall\/attachment\/lunchbox\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/LunchBox.png\" data-orig-size=\"401,401\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LunchBox Logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/LunchBox.png\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3019\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/LunchBox-100x100.png\" alt=\"LunchBox Logo\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/LunchBox-100x100.png 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/LunchBox-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/LunchBox.png 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s guest in the first half of the Lunchbox was Keith Lyons, author of the Children&#8217;s book &#8216;Alex&#8217;s Perfect Fish&#8217;, which is his second children&#8217;s book.<\/p>\n<p>Keith is well known in the local community for speaking on Mental health issues and both of his books were written while in recovery. His message of &#8220;Keep going, keep trying&#8221; helps to inspire others who may have wanted to give up while dealing with their own mental health issues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Alex&#8217;s Perfect Fish&#8217; was inspired by his real life friend and mentor Roy and his Son Alex.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Alex&#8217;s Perfect Fish&#8217; can be purchased online at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.keithlyonbooks.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.keithlyonbooks.com<\/a>\u00a0and is also available at<\/p>\n<p>New Westminster books -445 King St. and Chapters in the Regent Mall.<\/p>\n<p>Music on today&#8217;s Lunchbox:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thelongdistancerunners.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The One &#8211; <strong>Long Distance Runners<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itsalwayssunnyinnewbrunswick.bandcamp.com\/album\/its-always-sunny-in-new-brunswick\" target=\"_blank\">Let It Go &#8211; <strong>Earth Bound Trio (Off of the &#8216;It&#8217;s Always Sunny In New Brunswick compilation)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pamelapachal.bandcamp.com\/album\/chapter-2\" target=\"_blank\">Fly &#8211; <strong>Pamela Pachal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reforme.bandcamp.com\/releases\" target=\"_blank\">Rest Plus Tarde &#8211; <strong>Reforme<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lylm.bandcamp.com\/album\/what-have-you-been-doing-with-yer-time\" target=\"_blank\">Something &#8211; <strong>Little You, Little Me<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3105\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151020%20-%20Interview%20-%20Keith%20Lyon%20-%20Author%20of%20the%20childrens%20book%20Alexs%20Perfect%20Fish.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('3105','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151020%20-%20Interview%20-%20Keith%20Lyon%20-%20Author%20of%20the%20childrens%20book%20Alexs%20Perfect%20Fish.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151020%20-%20Interview%20-%20Keith%20Lyon%20-%20Author%20of%20the%20childrens%20book%20Alexs%20Perfect%20Fish.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3237104-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151020%20-%20Interview%20-%20Keith%20Lyon%20-%20Author%20of%20the%20childrens%20book%20Alexs%20Perfect%20Fish.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151020%20-%20Interview%20-%20Keith%20Lyon%20-%20Author%20of%20the%20childrens%20book%20Alexs%20Perfect%20Fish.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s guest in the first half of the Lunchbox was Keith Lyons, author of the Children&#8217;s book &#8216;Alex&#8217;s Perfect Fish&#8217;, which is his second children&#8217;s book. Keith is well known in the local community for speaking on Mental health issues and both of his books were written while in recovery. His message of &#8220;Keep going,<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"excerpt-more blog-excerpt\" href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-keith-lyons-author-of-the-childrens-book-alexs-perfect-fish\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3107\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151020%20-%20Interview%20-%20Keith%20Lyon%20-%20Author%20of%20the%20childrens%20book%20Alexs%20Perfect%20Fish.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('3107','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151020%20-%20Interview%20-%20Keith%20Lyon%20-%20Author%20of%20the%20childrens%20book%20Alexs%20Perfect%20Fish.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151020%20-%20Interview%20-%20Keith%20Lyon%20-%20Author%20of%20the%20childrens%20book%20Alexs%20Perfect%20Fish.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3237104-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151020%20-%20Interview%20-%20Keith%20Lyon%20-%20Author%20of%20the%20childrens%20book%20Alexs%20Perfect%20Fish.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151020%20-%20Interview%20-%20Keith%20Lyon%20-%20Author%20of%20the%20childrens%20book%20Alexs%20Perfect%20Fish.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":3019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3237104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lunchbox"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/LunchBox.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3237104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3237104"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3237104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3237106,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3237104\/revisions\/3237106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3237104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3237104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3237104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}