We are hugely excited to announce that Headline Review has snapped up HOW TO FIND A LOST LOVE by Norie Clarke. Publisher Sherise Hobbs acquired the rights from Blake Friedmann’s Vice Head of Books Juliet Pickering, and the novel will be published in January 2024.

HOW TO FIND A LOST LOVE celebrates the joy of finding unexpected friendship in a story which also pays tribute to the lost art of writing a love letter.

When newly single Jess responds to an advert for a lodger, she meets Joan, living alone in her seventies in a Notting Hill house full of memories. When Jess learns Joan has a long-lost love, with whom she used to exchange letters via the Lonely Hearts column, Jess decides to search for him, little realising that in Joan’s story lies her own unexpected new beginning.

Sherise Hobbs said: ‘HOW TO FIND A LOST LOVE is as life-affirming as it is romantic. The two lead characters challenge each other to make a switch – Jess will come off-line and start writing letters if Joan will brave going on-line; a leap which changes both their lives in the most remarkable of ways. We can’t wait for readers to discover it next year.’

Norie Clarke said: ‘I’m thrilled and amazed to be working with Sherise and the stellar team at Headline Publishing. I hope readers will grow to love Jess and Joan in HOW TO FIND A LOST LOVE as much as I loved creating them.’

Juliet Pickering said: ‘Jess and Joan work build a compelling, moving and beautiful friendship together, and create a story that’s unforgettable. I loved Norie’s tender writing from the outset and can’t wait for readers to relish it too.’

About Norie Clarke

Norie Clarke lives in a beautiful village by the sea with her husband, son and dogs. When not writing, Norie can be found in her studio at the bottom of her garden playing the piano and trying, not very well, to draw.