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Late Nights on Air: A Novel
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... Stood Up In. I put Lost in the Barrens on hold. The description reminds me of the novel I read with book club last year, Late Nights on Air , but just for a younger crowd.
... procedurals, etc.
1 Dressed for Death by Donna Leon 1/11/2010
9 New-ish authors - new-to-me authors
1 Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay 1/15/2010
8 Different state sites - for the 50 state challenge, books set in 8 different states
1 U is for Undertow by S ...
Late Nights on Air sounds interesting. I'll look for it at the library. Excellent review and assessment of the reasons it didn't work for you. T'would be a dull old world if we all liked the same things, eh? ;)
I don't know, I may have to check Late Nights On Air out just for the canoe trip stuff--that's my family's business, whitewater canoeing (www.canoewest.net), but the rest of the book sounds kind of grim. Thanks for the review.
I agree about Late Nights on Air . I haven't been to Yellowknife, but I have been to the Yukon, and spent too much time in northern BC. I think she captures the north very well, as you described. Another aspect that is very northern is the group of characters--odd, perhaps misfits to some degree, ...
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay. Northwest Territories
I just noticed that I've already listed a book for this province - but too bad. As far as conveying a sense of place, I think this one is much more effective. The descriptions of the landscape, the plants and animals, the ...
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay. Category #9 - New-to-me authors.
Not at all the kind of book I normally enjoy. This is the story of a group of co-workers at a small radio station in Yellowknife, Northwest Territory, Canada in the mid-1970's. The big issue in the town at the time is ...
Book #4
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
Not at all the kind of book I normally enjoy. This is the story of a group of co-workers at a small radio station in Yellowknife, Northwest Territory ...
... .
Honourable Mention: Other Very Good Reads: Jacob's Room, Virginia Woolf; The Frozen Thames, Helen Humphreys; Late Nights on Air , Elizabeth Hay; Shipping News, E Annie Proulx; Oranges are not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson; The End of the Alphabet, CS Richardson; Death ...
Late Nights on Air has been on my wishlist for a while. I'll be interested to know what you think of it!
... for Death by Donna Leon - #10 Mysteries (I've already started this one, but don't expect to finish before Friday)
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay - #9 New-to-me Authors
U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton - #8 50 States Challenge (California)
Arthur and George by Julian ...
... Stockett
7. The Retreat by David Bergen
8. The Given Day by Denis Lehane
9. The Girls by Lori Lansens
10. Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
11. Little Bee by C Cleeve
12. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer
...and I'm sure I've ...
... Anne Giardini
Alberta: Green Grass, Running Water, Thomas King, Kappa Child, Hiromi Goto
Northwest Territories: Late Nights on Air , Elizabeth Hay
Manitoba: The Diviners, Margaret Laurence, Kiss of the Fur Queen, Tomson Highway, A Complicated Kindness, Miriam Toews.
49. Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
An interesting novel about people who work at a radio station in Yellowknife, NWT. I enjoyed this book which has a definite Canadian appeal.
Hay describes the inner workings of a radio station and radio's importance at that time in the far North. She ...
... Wiebe (boLT rev allison.sivak)
............... Yellowknife, fiction, by Steve Zipp (boLT rev LynnB)
............... Late Nights on Air , fiction, by Elizabeth Hay (boLT rev alalba)
Nova Scotia
............... The Birth House by Ami McKay (boLT rev susanbevins)
............... The Boo ...
... I recently read the book Deafening about a deaf woman's life. I loved that book about sound and silence. Now I am reading Late Nights on Air about the life of some interesting characters who work at a radio-station amidst the 'quiet beauty' of Yellowknife.
... Definitely worth a read to those who have not read it yet. It sat on my TBR for ever so long.
Currently reading:
49. Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay. This is for book club. It's about a group of eccentric characters working at a radio station in the far North in 1975.
... an
Alberta - If I knew, don't you think I'd tell you? by Jann Arden
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories - Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
Oh My Goodness I loved Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay, and so glad to see that I now have my Northwest Territories book done.
... to be part of NWT, books set in Nunavut might be mistagged. Even Yukon and NWT might be difficult, and I've already read Late Nights on Air , so I can't count that!
Nunavut and the Yukon seem to be the hard ones to find books for. I'm very thankful for Late Nights on Air !
Welcome to the Canadian Challenge. You have some books already listed that I'm not familiar with and will have to go take a look at.
... b>Nova Scotia Newfoundland & Labrador Yukon Northwest Territories {reread} Late nights on air by Elizabeth HayNunavut Late Nights... spreads over into Nunavut?)
Late Nights on Air will probably be my NWT book too. Excellent map--I still feel a little odd seeing the Northwest Territories split in two like that, though.
I recommend Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay. She does a good job of capturing the feeling of the North.
... Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery
Newfoundland & Labrador :
Nunavut :
Northwest Territories : Late Nights on Air , Elizabeth Hay
Yukon :
Nickelini in What Are You Reading Now? : Your Best Reads of the Second Quarter (April - June 2009) (Aug 6, 2009, 7:49pm)
... Quarter
The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx
The Robber Bride, Margaret Atwood
Portrait of a Lady, Henry James
Late Nights on Air , Elizabeth Hay
Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam, Peter Goldsworthy
... The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway. 261 p. {book club}
24) A map of glass by Jane Urquhart. 371 p.
25) Late nights on air by Elizabeth Hay. 367 p. {book club, reread}
26) Any danger of getting a cup of tea? by Annette June Montemurro. 207 p. {memoir}
July, four ...
!Hola alalba!
Late nights on Air parece bueno. Yo voy a añadirlo a mi wishlist. Yo he terminado Ritos de Muerte y me gustaba mucho. Petra esta una persona muy interesante y divertida. Nunca sé que ella va a hacer. (Ve que mi hija aqui esta ayudandome.) :) Ahora yo voy a enviar el ...
63. Late nights on Air by E.Hay
A small radio station in a little town in the North of Canada, in the seventies, links the lives of the characters in this book. Some of them have just arrived in town and are new to their job, while others have been there for a while and are more ...
38. Late Nights on Air , Elizabeth Hay
Canadian literature, 2007
Comments: This novel is about a group of misfits that work at a small radio station in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and most of it is set against the golden twilight of the long days of northern summers. The first half ...
#18- Bojanfurst . . . yes, I agree with all your comments on Late Nights on Air . Overall though I really liked it. I think Hay did a fabulous job of capturing the feeling of the North.
... travel guide
Well, there's a nice chunk of red on my map! Thanks to Late Nights on Air , by Elizabeth Hay. Set in the Northwest Territories, it captures the feeling of the True North with evocative language and imagery.
28. Late Nights on Air , Elizabeth Hay
Category: Prize Winners and Canadian Literature
Comments on my 75 Book Challenge Thread, post #170
38. Late Nights on Air , Elizabeth Hay
Canadian literature, 2007
Comments: This novel is about a group of misfits that work at a small radio station in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and most of it is set against the golden twilight of the long days of northern summers. The first ...
I'm in 1970s Yellowknife, Northwest Territories in Late Nights on Air , and I'd say that Elizabeth Hay does a fine job of catching the feeling of summer in the Canadian far north.
I loved Late Nights on Air . Just curious: bojanfurst -- What did you find annoying about it?
I'm reading fluff right now: Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich. It's a little like eating chocolate.
>14 Nickelini: I am curious what you make of Late Nights on Air . I quite liked it, but there were a couple of annoying things about it.
I'm about to leave for Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories in Late Nights on Air , by Elizabeth Hay. Although it's waay north, it's still well south of the Arctic Circle.
As soon as I finish this post, I'm going to start Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay. It was last year's Giller Prize Winner.
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay just arrived, and I need to read it for book club by next Tuesday.
Louanne, yes I enjoyed Late Nights on Air very much, it was interesting to read becaues some of the places that are refered to in the book either I live near them(Ottawa, Almonte) or I have lived near(Manitoulin Island). I will have to read A Thousand Splendid Suns and Hotel for sure.
... for women of Afghanistan. Just take a look at the news! Sad.
Hotel will be one of my faves of the year.
You liked Late Nights on Air ? My club is reading that shortly.
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LATE NIGHTS ON AIR
I'm saving the last ten pages of my re-reading of Late Nights on Air til morning because I know how good it will be./Tonight we will watch The Reader.
#14 Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay was a great read and I really enjoyed it. I really liked the ending of the book. It was neat reading about places that I have been to or live near.
I am really enjoying reading Late Nights on Air loosha and katylit. I am almost done it and can't wait for bookclub to talk about it. I live just outside of Ottawa and that is where Elizabeth Hay lives, so we may have her come that night.
... for the recommendation :-) She's a wonderful writer! I love finding great new authors (new to me that is). I loved Late Nights on Air , that's one I'll definitely be re-reading one day.
I'm glad to hear that about Before Green Gables Cait86 and raidergirl3. I've avoided it like the ...
I'm in Yellowknife, learning about how the radio station works. Late Nights on Air , a re-read.
"You don't look anything like how you sound.'
Harry turned. He took off his glasses with one hand and studied her. "That," he said gravely, "is the tragedy of radio."
I lovedAway, but my favourite of Urquhart was The Underpainter.
I'm beginning a re-read of Late Nights on Air . Even better the second time.
I enjoyed Late Nights on Air tremendously. Having lived in Northern Alberta and Ontario I loved how Hay captured the atmosphere of northern living. It brought back some good memories. I hope you like it heidimorden.
I'm reading Clara Callan and enjoying it very much. It takes place very ...
I am starting Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay for bookclub.
Books read since the end of January:
7. Havemercy, by Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett
8. Late nights on air , by Elizabeth Hay
9. The world according to Clarkson, by Jeremy Clarkson
# 14 will be Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay, wich I will pick up on Thursday at book club. I have taken a little break form read for a few days but it is driving me crazy not reading. Good thing that Thursday is soon, 2 days!
Finished reading Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay and loved it. Have now started The Cleft by Doris Lessing and not loving it so much. She's really gone out there this time and while I find it interesting, it's also hard to read.
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay. Read twice (most recently last year) and didn't like it.
I loved Late Nights on Air very much, but I can see how others wouldn't. I can't think of why I loved it in particular except that I guess I found the story extremely interesting - personal taste type thing, maybe? Also, I was getting ready to be on my way up to the Yukon later that summer and am ...
... the Governor General's Awards - these books are usually fairly good bets, although not always (the Giller winner for 2007, Late Nights on Air was underwhelming, IMHO). As well, Canada Reads picks five books every year to promote, though they are not always new books, and the Ontario Library Ass ...
Hi, I'm out here :) Unfortunately, I haven't read Late Nights on Air .
You might want to check out the Canadian Bookworms Group and the Canadian Literatu ...
This group looks like it's seen livelier days, but just in case anyone's out there... thoughts on Late Nights on Air ??
23- Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
I loved much of the writing of this book, but it felt unfocused. I kept having the question, who is this book about? Who can I identify with here? So much time was spent with Dido in the beginning and then she disappears. While we feel close to Harry ...
P.S. Studio1 -- I really enjoyed Late Nights on Air . Canadian books are a bit quirky, I think. but I like them!
I had a very odd experience with a book the other day. I started reading Late Nights on Air , which is about an eclectic bunch of people at a radio station in the Yukon...
... and proceeded to have a nightmare where I was left to die a frozen death in the Arctic tundra. (doubly strange for a ...
Thanks for this review. I haven't read Late Nights on Air but I had mixed feelings about buying it when it first came out, which I see reflected in your comments. On the one hand, it had great reviews . . . on the other hand, it didn't seem that appealing when I looked at it (several times) in ...
Elizabeth Hay's
Late Nights on Air is an odd, frustrating, exhilarating, life-affirming, low-key, thoughtful book. It won the Giller Prize and comes recommended with comparisons to Annie Proulx and Alice Munro. Ye ...
... Bakker
The Ruins by Scott Smith
Water for Elephants by Sandra Gruen
Merde Happens by Stephen Clarke
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
... Night Time by Mark Haddon
The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
and last by not least
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
were all 5 ...
... We have Taken by Steven Carroll.
The Canadian libraries have repeatedly nominated: The Outlander by Gil Adamson, Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay, The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill, What was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn, and Divisadero by Michael Ondaajte.
The libraries in ...
... qualify for several).
1. Larry's Party
2. Parade's End
3. Travelers' Tales Tuscany
4. Leonardo's Swans
5. Late Nights on Air
6. The Shipping News
7. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
8. The Robber Bride
9. The Enchanted April
and so on . . .
... Fruit:a Novel about a Boy and His Nipples, Brian Francis (January 2)
2. Generation X, Douglas Coupland (April 8)
3. Late Nights on Air , Elizabeth Hay (May 16)
4. The Robber Bride, Margaret Atwood (June 18)
5. Halfbreed, Maria Campbell (August 10)
6. As For Me and My House, Sincla ...
... National Book Critics Award for Criticism
3. Mr Pip, Lloyd Jones (Apr 22) Commonwealth Writer's Prize
4. Late Nights on Air , Elizabeth Hay (May 16) Giller Prize, 2007
5. The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx (May 28) Pulitzer Prize, 1994
6. Dress Your Family in ...
I'm reading Late Nights on Air again for a book club.
... back to Alaska and Yukon again this year) why? Partly because of those days listening to the radio in the 70's I bet -- and Late Nights on Air takes you back there.
... that I find I have to get used to the pace of older books -- but once I do, I really get into the stories.
Hated Late Nights on Air . There was so much foreshadowing that, by the time things happened, they'd lost their impact.
I'm reading Uncle Tungsten, a memoire by Olliver Sac ...
Finished Late Nights on Air which takes place in the Canadian Arctic and am now reading Krakatoa which takes place in Indonesia. I love how reading can take you around the world in an instant. It's wonderful.
Hopefully The Name of the Wind will arrive soon and I can start reading that!
I finished Late Nights on Air . Loved it! Loved it. Have moved from the Canadian Arctic to Indonesia and am now reading Krakatoa by Simon Winchester. I love reading, it's such an easy way to travel ;-)
September Reads (cont.)
79. Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
80. Le Grand Cahier by Agota Kristof
81. Collected Stories by Peter Carey
I'm just starting Late Nights on Air .
I've looked at Sisters in the Wilderness at the store and have added it to my wishlist as it looks really good. I've always been intrigued by Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr - very interesting women. Good to hear it a good book arcona.
LynnB, what ...
... did you like Why I hate Canadians? I got it as a joke gift for my Dad but I don't think he ever read it.
I'm working on Late Nights on Air and I can see why LynnB thought it was a bit heavy-handed on the foreshadowing...
... managed to engage me past a third, starts off great - which is why I get them, and then, just, meh...
I'm now reading Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay of which I've heard very good things, and I think fits my mood right now.
... pushing the envelope, Marche included. I'm thinking of Michael Winter (The Architects Are Here), Elizabeth Hay (Late Nights on Air ), Paul Quarrington (The Ravine), Cory Doctorow (Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town)and others who strive for entertainment as well as ...
Dropped into Costco a few days ago and just couldn't pass up Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay, which I've been wanting to read for ages. And right beside it was The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill about an African girl captured in the mid 1700's, made a slave and all her experiences in the ...
I liked Late Nights on Air !
I just left the Mediterranean area ( Cairo, Tunisia) in the 1040's in A Delightful Compendium of Consolation-A Fabulous Tale of Romance, Adventure and Faith in the Medieval Mediterranean by Burton L. Visotzky and am now in Instanbul and I think California (not ...
I'm also in Yellowknife in 1975 with Elizabeth Hay's Late nights on air . I Must like dull places, because I am quite enjoying this book. About 2/3 of the way through and now we are in two canoes travelling by land and water through the Barrens.
... and most of them would agree with you that it's a very dull place :-)
On a more serious note, I'm sorry to hear that Late Nights on Air is boring--I've been looking forward to that one.
edited for touchstone.
kathrynnd, it could also be the inordinate amount of foreshadowing in Late Nights on Air which kind of prepares you for the nasty episodes.
... area. My book club meeting is this afternoon, perhaps someone will bring it up.
OTOH I felt good at the end of reading Late Nights on Air despite some nasty episodes, perhaps because the author Elizabeth Hay is older.
I started Late Nights on Air last night. At first I really didnt' care for the characters because they sounded so, I don't know, twee, but I read some more and I think I'm starting to get into it.
Started Late Nights on Air last night. So far
really enjoy it, but have only read a little bit so far.
... of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahir.
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
Triangle by Katherine Weber
The Nimrod Flipout by Etgar Keret
Non-fiction
The Translator-a Tribesman's Memoir ...
Would like to hear more about Late Nights on Air !
Also, what did you think of The Boleyn Inheritance?
I saw The Other Boleyn Girl, movie version, last week.
Don't feel in any rush to read the book now. There always seems to be some criticism of Gregory's accuracy.
17. Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay excellent book-Hay creates a group of characters who work at the radio station in Yellowknife in 1975. They come from elsewhere, are either running away from or journeying towards something in the north. Some go on a canoe trip into the Arctic that ...
I am now in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1975 with Elizabeth Hay's Late Nights on Air .Hay won the Giller Prize for this book.
88 avaland- I can understand how Keret can get both good and bad reviews- his stories can be a little uneven-I liked his surreal ones the best.
Just finished Etgar Keret's The Nimrod Flipout and started the Giller prize winner Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay.
what is with the touchstones- all the authors that I have listed today are red and not highlighted.
... is very bad-ice, snow, melt, more ice- I have finished the Etgar Keret book and am starting the Giller prize winner Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay.
... 335 p. {Book Club}
9) Forms of devotion : stories and pictures by Diane Schoemperlen 223 p. {short stories}
10) Late nights on air by Elizabeth Hay 363 p.
1379 pages, 5 books in February
And the winner is
Elizabeth Hay for her novel Late Nights on Air .
" 'I don't like sleeping alone, she admitted..."
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay just won the Giller; it's Canadian; it's on my TBR shelf....seemed like the obvious choice.
Thanks, I will watch out for this!
ETA: The winner is...Elizabeth Hay's Late Nights on Air . I only got to watch the last few minutes of the show, (supper hour here on the west coast), just in time to listen to the announcement. I have this book on order : ))
I have Late Nights on Air on my TBR shelf, but won't get to it for a while. I'm still working on Brian Mulroney's 1054-page memoirs.
I've put Effigy and Divisadero on my "wish list" for Christmas -- so let me know if I should take Effigy off!
I, too, get a bright red touchstone for ...
... from every region of the country.
The jury named the finalists. They are:
Elizabeth Hay for her novel Late Nights on Air , McClelland & Stewart
Michael Ondaatje for his novel Divisadero, McClelland & Stewart
Daniel Poliquin for his novel A Secre ...
The Giller shortlist was announced today:
The final five are:
Elizabeth Hay - Late Nights on Air (McClelland & Stewart)
Michael Ondaatje - Divisadero (McClelland & Stewart)
Daniel Poliquin - A Secret Between Us(Translation by Donald Winkler)
M.G. Vassanji - The ...
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- Soucouyant by David Chariandy
- Zero Gravity by Sharon English
- Helpless by Barbara Gowdy
- Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
- The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
- Stormy Weather by Paulette Jiles
- Lauchlin of the Bad Heart by ...
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Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
Not at all the kind of book I normally enjoy. This is the story of a group of co-workers at a small radio station in Yellowknife, Northwest Territory ...
Late Nights on Air is an odd, frustrating, exhilarating, life-affirming, low-key, thoughtful book. It won the Giller Prize and comes recommended with comparisons to Annie Proulx and Alice Munro. Ye ...
