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It鈥檚 been two years since the former Olympic rowing champion and endurance athlete James Cracknell suffered brain injury after being knocked off his bike while crossing America. The injury was to his frontal lobes and, as a result, had an effect on his personality and character. James and his wife, TV presenter Beverley Turner, have written a new autobiography, Touching Distance, which reflects on their lives before and after the accident and how it has changed them and their family. Bev and James join Jenni to talk about their difficult journey.

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Touching Distance by James Cracknell and Beverley Turner is published by Century

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The Sapphires, an Australian film about four young indigenous women who went from singing together at a country mission to performing for the troops in Vietnam in the 1960鈥檚, is about to be released in the UK. Lois Peeler, one of the four women who appeared in the original band, joins Jenni from Melbourne to talk about her experiences as a Sapphire and dealing with the prejudices they faced as young Aboriginal women.

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The Sapphires will be on general release from Wednesday 7 November

On Wednesday 174 women won their fight for equal pay compensation at the Supreme Court in a ruling that has paved the way for thousands of other women to bring equal pay claims against their employers. So what are the implications for employers?听 Ceri Goddard from , a group which campaigns for Women鈥檚 Equality, and听Kathy Gyngell from the 听join Jenni to discuss.

The Football Association has announced a new five year plan to develop women鈥檚 football in England.听They want to raise the profile of the game, provide better facilities for players, and expand the very successful Women鈥檚 Super League.听There is certainly a buzz about the women鈥檚 game at the moment: Team GB made their debut in an Olympic games this summer to record crowds, both in the stadiums and on TV, and the senior England women鈥檚 team has qualified for the UEFA European Championships in Sweden in 2013. The FA鈥檚 National Women鈥檚 Football Development Manager, Rachel Pavlou, joins Jenni to tell us more about the potential for the women鈥檚 game in England.

The third in the hugely popular Languedoc trilogy written by Kate Mosse is published today. Citadel tells the epic story of a network of ordinary young women working in the French resistance during the Second World War. The novel starts in 1942, and as the war becomes more vicious and the Nazis are pushed back, these women 鈥榬esistantes', codenamed Citadelle, find themselves under increasing attack. Kate Mosse joins Jenni to talk about why women鈥檚 role in the resistance was underplayed, and her determination to uncover what she refers to as 鈥渨omen鈥檚 hidden history.鈥�

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Citadel by Kate Mosse is published by Orion