In addition to the usual weekly episode of chat between a friend and I, this week I&#39;m bringing you a shorter, special episode with four guests.

In this episode, I talk to four amazing female authors ahead of the 2017 Baileys Women&#39;s Prize for Fiction. You can see the full list of 6 shortlisted authors at www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk.

Those authors are:
Madeleine Thien, author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Linda Grant, author of The Dark Circle
Ayobami Adebayo, author of Stay With Me
Naomi Alderman, author of The Power

Episode 4: Jools Walker

I read a memoir written by a friend last year, and as I was reading it I realised I wish all my friends wrote memoirs, not just the well-known ones. I know so many interesting people who have had interesting experiences or made interesting decisions, and I want a legitimate excuse to know all about them. So here is Hello Friend, a podcast that enables me to ask questions of the great people in my life and share their brilliance with the world. Or at least the listeners of this podcast.