There are moments in all of our lives when everything changes, even if we don't realise it until much later.

When Nikki Gemmell's fiancé turned to her in a neighbourhood restaurant and called off the wedding with the words 'I can't do it', it was crushing.

But it also led to Gemmell embracing her own voice as a writer.

In the Drawing Room, Gemmell pays tribute to the power of female creativity, looks back at the wisdom of the women who came before her, and talks about her new book Dissolve.