Five Books for World Radio Day
In 2011, UNESCO created World Radio Day, a day to raise awareness about the importance of radio as "the most useful medium of social communication for humanity". World Radio Day is celebrated each year on February 13, the anniversary of the 1946 creation of United Nations Radio.
This year, the theme is Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Radio.
These novels feature women who work in radio.
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Hello Darkness by Sandra Brown
• Audiobook
• Large Print
A disc jockey's life is threatened after her on-air advice results in the break-up of a relationship.
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
• Audiobook
• eAudiobook
• eBook
• Large Print
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)
The lives and loves of a group of individuals working for a Yellowknife radio station in 1975 are explored in this Giller Prize-winning novel.
Lost City Radio by Daniel Alarcón
As an unnamed South American country recovers from a civil war, citizens trying to locate missing friends and relatives turn to a popular radio host for help not realizing that her husband is also among the missing.
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
• Audiobook
• eAudiobook
• eBook
• Large Print
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)
An Amercan war correspondent reports from Europe about World War II, hoping that her broadcasts encourage US participation in the war.
With a Little Luck by Caprice Crane
Superstitious DJ Beryl Lambert is unlucky in love until an on-air battle of the sexes with fellow DJ Ryan Riley turns into romance.
2 thoughts on “Five Books for World Radio Day”
I can’think of another book with a radio theme. Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat. It came out in 2013 and takes place in a small Haitian village. It features a radio station and some of the people working there and the radio shows they produce. A great fable-like read.
That’s a great suggestion.