Christian O’Connell introduces RADIO BOY

Meet Spike, aka Radio Boy: a new Adrian Mole on the radio for the internet generation.

155412-fc50Spike’s your average awkward 11 year old, funny and cheeky and with a mum to reckon with. When he becomes the first presenter ever to be sacked from hospital radio, he decides to carry on from a makeshift studio in the garden shed, with the help of his best friends Artie and Holly, disguising his voice and going by the moniker Radio Boy.

Can Spike remain anonymous? Will he get to marry the girl of his dreams, Katherine Hamilton? Will he become famous and popular? The answer to most of these questions is no… From leading breakfast radio star Christian O’Connell comes a brilliant and laugh-out-loud story of an ordinary boy with an extraordinary secret radio show. (Broadcast from his shed.)

Christian is a multi-award winning broadcaster who hosts commercial radio’s biggest breakfast show, on Absolute Radio. He is also a touring stand-up comedian with several sold out National tours and three critically acclaimed Edinburgh Festival shows. He has presented TV shows on Sky1, ITV and C5. He is married and a self-proclaimed ‘shabby dad’ to two daughters and lives in Surrey with two dogs.

Play the video below to see Christian introduce his debut novel RADIO BOY:


Published 26th January 2017 | Paperback | 9780008183325 | RRP: £6.99

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