Late Nights on Air
Encyclopedia
Late Nights on Air is a novel by Canadian
writer Elizabeth Hay
, published by McClelland & Stewart in 2007. It was named the winner of the 2007 Scotiabank Giller Prize
.
Based in part on Hay's experience as a CBC Radio
journalist, the novel is set at a radio station
in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
. Hay calls it a book "about the romance of the disembodied voice."
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
writer Elizabeth Hay
Elizabeth Hay (novelist)
Elizabeth Grace Hay is a Canadian novelist and short story writer.Her novel A Student of Weather was a finalist for the Giller Prize and won the CAA MOSAID Technologies Award for Fiction and the TORGI Award...
, published by McClelland & Stewart in 2007. It was named the winner of the 2007 Scotiabank Giller Prize
Scotiabank Giller Prize
The Scotiabank Giller Prize, or Giller Prize, is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English the previous year, after an annual juried competition between publishers who submit entries...
.
Based in part on Hay's experience as a CBC Radio
CBC Radio
CBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language...
journalist, the novel is set at a radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
. Hay calls it a book "about the romance of the disembodied voice."