For this year’s International Women’s Day, we have episode 4 of my podcast.

This episode is with my cousin, Julie Ripley. Julie is married to my cousin Mat and I met her when I was a teenager, many years ago now. I felt I had met a kindred spirit. For me, it is a friendship that has grown and grown.

Check out her twenty answers.

Julie’s books: Julie’s favourite book: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie A book that everyone loved but Julie didn’t get the hype: The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson A book that left an everlasting impression on Julie: 1984 by George Orwell Julie’s favourite childhood book: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Julie’s favourite non-fiction book: Ways of Seeing by John Berger Julie is going to read next: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke A book that Julie can’t live without: a dictionary

Other books mentioned: Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann Life of a Pi by Yann Martel

Happy International Women’s Day 2022!