James O'Loghlin

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|birth_place = Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

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|medium = Stand-up
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James O'Loghlin (born 1966) is an Australian comedian, television and radio presenter. He works for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Local Radio evening program in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.

Career

Previously a commercial and criminal lawyer (he studied law at the University of Sydney), he was for some years a professional stand-up comedian and writer, and hosted his own television show O'Loghlin on Saturday Night on ABC Television and Inside the Arena on Foxtel. He also hosted The New Inventors on ABC Television.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/profiles/content/s1863321.htm |title=James O'Loghlin |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=23 May 2017}}

O'Loghlin has also written and performed in the live comedy shows Lawyer Lawyer (which concentrated on his years as a criminal lawyer){{cite web |url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/32802 |title=Event: James O'Loghlin – Lawyer, Lawyer |website=ausstage.edu.au |publisher=AusStage |access-date=23 May 2017}} and Caught in the A.C.T.

Works

O'Loghlin has written books for adults and children including:

=Adults=

A Month of Sundays: How to Go Travelling Without Leaving Town, (2004){{cite book |title=A Month of Sundays: How to go Travelling Without Leaving Town |publisher=OCLC |oclc = 224041817}}
Umm--: A Complete Guide to Public Speaking, (2006){{cite book |title=Umm--: A Complete Guide to Public Speaking |publisher=OCLC |oclc = 122967869}}
How to Balance Your Life: Practical Ways to Achieve Work/Life Balance, (2009){{cite book |title=How to Balance Your Life: Practical Ways to Achieve Work/Life Balance |publisher=OCLC |oclc = 317662032}}
Innovation is a State of Mind: Simple Strategies to be More Innovative in Everything You Do, (2016){{cite book |title=Innovation is a State of Mind: Simple Strategies to be More Innovative in Everything You Do |publisher=OCLC |oclc = 923734282}}

=Children=

Andy's Secret Weapon, Hodder (2004){{cite book |title=Andy's Secret Weapon |publisher=OCLC |oclc = 156057864}}
The Adventures of Sir Roderick, the Not-Very Brave, Pan Macmillan (2014){{cite book |title=The Adventures of Sir Roderick, the Not-Very Brave |publisher=OCLC |oclc = 878076469}} Short-listed: Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards 2015.{{Cite journal|title=New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards|url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/sl_magazine_summer_201516_web.pdf|journal=SL Magazine|volume= 8| issue = 4|pages= 35}}
Daisy Malone and the Blue Glowing Stone, Pan Macmillan (2015)){{cite book |title=Daisy Malone and the Blue Glowing Stone |publisher=OCLC |oclc = 905215269}}
The Twins of Tintarfell, Pan Macmillan (2016)){{cite book |title=The Twins of Tintarfell |publisher=OCLC |oclc = 956368154}}

Awards

O'Loghlin has received a 2014 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award for The Adventures of Sir Roderick,{{cite web |url=http://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/spaweb/Document_Management/Public/Book_of_the_Year.aspx |title=Who else has won the Book of the Year Awards (PDF File) |website=speechpathologyaustralia.org.au |publisher=Speech Pathology Australia |access-date=23 May 2017}} which was also on the shortlist for the 2015 Patricia Wrightson Prize.{{cite web |url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/patricia-wrightson-prize-childrens-literature |title=Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature: The NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2015 – Winners and Shortlist |website=sl.nsw.gov.au |publisher=State Library New South Wales |access-date=23 May 2017}}

Personal life

In November 2007, O'Loghlin announced he would be leaving the radio show to spend more time with his family. His wife is actress Lucy Bell.{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/fantastic-voyagers-20040310-gdii8x.html | title=Fantastic voyagers | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=2004-03-10 | access-date=2018-09-27}}