Episode 3: Alice Slater

In this episode, I talk to my longtime friend Alice Slater about two great things: LiveJournal and books. She's a bookseller at Waterstones Gower Street and has flawless literary taste. We talk you through the appeal of now-dead journalling platform LiveJournal, go deep on thrillers, talk about Erin Kelly too much and Alice confesses a book-related crime she committed that endured for many years. Alice blogs at https://smokintofu.com She tweets and Instagrams at @smokintofu Books we talked about: Exquisite by Sarah Stovell I Love Dick by Chris Kraus Carol by Patricia Highsmith Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney Paulina & Fran by Rachel B. Glaser Marlena by Julie Buntin The books of Margaret Atwood The End We Start From by Megan Hunter Diary of An Oxygen Thief by anonymous Milk & Honey by Rupi Kaur The Poison Tree // The Burning Air // He Said/She Said by Erin Kelly

Om Podcasten

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.