Presented by Helen Ottaway, Karen Stewart and Sheila Hedges – every 4th Friday at 2pm - 1st February, 1st March, 29th March, 26th April…………

Books ! There are over 30 reading groups in Frome – we are a town that likes reading and discussing – and the FromeFM group will talk, if not about the book itself, then the various ideas that came to mind when reading. 

Join the presenters by sending in news of your reading group, or making comments about the book under discussion by emailing books@nullfrome.fm – you don’t even have to leave home !
We welcome listeners linked to the Home Delivery Service of the Royal Voluntary Service, who have books delivered to them. If you would like to become involved either as a reader or a visitor, then please contact Jacqetta Fielder on 07387 548 724 or email jacqetta.fielder@nullroyalvoluntaryservice.org.uk  or visit the library.

The February 1st programme should have been different –  broadcasting live from Frome Library. But the weather intervened and the car with the equipment was garage-bound, so it was back to the studio for the discussion on Alexander McCall Smith. We had all read a different book – one from the various series the Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency, the Sunday Philosophy Club, and 44 Scotland Street plus a stand-alone book La’s Orchestra.

Next month on 1st March, James Ellis joins as a guest presenter and we look at graphic novels - Raymond Briggs’ When the Wind Blows; Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot + the 1st graphic novel to be shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Sabrina by Nick Drnaso; plus The Watchmen by Alan Moore. All very different, it’s such a wide genre.

If you want to comment on these or any other book related theme, please mail  us at books@nullfrome.fm with your thoughts. And like our facebook page !

If you want to join a group or start a new one, then visit the local library for help and advice – they have a list of books where they have multiple copies.