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/

103. 20th February           The Glass Maker by Tracey Chevalier with local glassmaker Sonja Klingler

  1. 20th March                The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
  2. 17th April                  The Wolf Border by Sara Hall - rewilding wolves in the Lake District
  3. 15th May                  In the Company of Owls by Polly Atkin
  4. 19th June                 The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey with guest Nick Dove

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