On-Air Book Group

We’re like any book group, we start talking about one book then ramble on, but for this one you don’t even have to leave home !

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On-Air Book Group

Each month we choose a book, then come together to discuss it. Plus there’s music and often a guest.

Presented by Helen Ottaway, Polly Ellis and Sheila Hedges  with  sound engineer Ed Timoshyshyn, the On-Air Book Group is broadcast on the third Thursday of the month at 2pm and repeated the following week.
With a wide range of different books, we have covered biographies, the arts, nature, murder; we have read re-writes of the classics, and new interpretations of old legends.
Our last few shows - all of which can be found on Mixcloud at

 https://www.mixcloud.com/FromeFM/playlists/on-air-book-group/

106 15th May In the Company of Owls by Polly Atkin

107 19th June The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey with guest Nick Dove

108 17th July A Spool of Blue Thread by Ann Tyler with Emma Warwood-Smith

109 21st August Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon

110 18th Sept Tsundoku - acquiring books but not reading them. We discuss which books are piling up on the bedside table.

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