Author: RTHK's Miss Adventure 香港電台冒險小姐

MISS ADVENTURE, aka Sadie Kaye, is a Hong Kong writer and performer. She makes quirky little podcasts, offbeat docs and humorous slots for RTHK Radio 3 and some other places. Follow RTHK's Miss Adventure 香港電台冒險小姐 for news of her latest projects, podcasts, teasers, columns and the odd musing...

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The latest wit to brave my Writer’s Gauntlet is so English he bleeds Earl Grey tea. His profile pic is a whodunnit. It’s writer, editor and raconteur Julian Lyden…in the kitchen…with the cucumber…🥒 He’s also the co-founder of a brand new publisher Inbound Outbound Books along with another great wit and Gauntlet survivor, Jonathan Han! 

https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-julian-lyden

https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2026/08/battle-of-the-wits-sadie-kaye-versus-julian-lyden

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This week on The Writer’s Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye Art Witch and playwright Lindsey McAlister starts glitter-fuelled revolution in teen mental health! The vibes are immaculate but impossible to vacuum…

This is my second detour down memory lane (as an alumnus of the HKYAF) with local legend Lindsey. We were caught waving frantically at life in Cha in July!

https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-lindsey-mcalister

The weekly reprint (with permission of The Hooghly Review) has just gone live in BUZZ:

https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2026/08/battle-of-the-wits-sadie-kaye-versus-lindsey-mcalister

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This week on The Writer’s Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye, witty novelist and essayist Nathan Lauer shows how far up the glass escalator this mediocre white man can fall. (There’s nothing ‘mediocre’ about this man..!)

https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-nathan-lauer

https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2026/08/the-battle-of-the-wits-sadie-kaye-versus-nathan-lauer

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For the past few weeks I’ve been working with poet Shikha S. Lamba on a conversation piece we hope will find a home soon! The conversation explores her journey as a poet and Afghan women’s rights advocate. The poetry collection she curated that inspired the conversation has just been published in The Candyman’s Trumpet. The striking artwork is by Zuhra Nadem. It can also be read on Mental Ideas here:

 https://mentalideas.org/2026/08/10/shikha-lamba-poetry-for-afghanistan/

The Candyman’s TrumpetDownload

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And so it begins… To Love A Narcissist is being rolled out on digital and streaming platforms worldwide by distributors Freestyle and Cardinal XD. The toxic love story I produced for Contro Vento Films starring Lyndsey Marshal has been released in North America since 19 May 2026. It’s now also available on Apple TV and Amazon Prime in the US, Canada, Japan, Poland and Russia. UK and European release dates TBA soon! 

Find out how and where you can watch here: https://www.controventofilms.com/watch-to-love-a-narcissist Excited to see where our adventures in film lead next!

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To Love A Narcissist has received a review by author and journalist Chris Maden who attended the VIP screening of the film at Century Club in May 2026. A prolific journalist for the Hong Kong Free Press, Chris relocated from Hong Kong to London in 2024. He’s the author of Price’s Price. Cheers, Chris!

https://chrismaden.com/to-love-a-narcissist

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On this week’s The Writer’s Gauntlet sci-fi writer and time traveller Jay Oatway returns with the one simple trick of getting your novel published (and editors hate him!) A finalist in L Ron Hubbard‘s Writers of the Future Awards in 2025, his piece is very entertaining. Enjoy!

https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-jay-oatway

https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2026/08/battle-of-the-wits-sadie-kaye-versus-jay-oatway

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This week on The Writer’s Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye bearded enviable teacher Kev Harrison is expelled for promoting pagan rituals and blames his cat overlords!

His latest dark fiction novel, Pyres, is newly published by Northern Republic. His debut novel, Shadow of the Hidden, won the Independent Press Award for Horror 2025.

https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-kev-harrison