An Evening with Clare Pooley - Friends You Haven't Met Yet
Tuesday 9th March 2027, 7:00pm (doors 6:30pm) at Kibworth Books
Join us for an evening in-conversation with author Clare Pooley, in celebration of the launch of Clare's latest book, Friends You Haven't Met Yet.
Tickets £8.00, includes welcome drink.
About Clare:
Clare Pooley graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge and spent twenty years in the heady world of advertising before becoming a full-time mum.
Realising that her ‘wine o’clock’ habit had spiralled out of control, Clare started writing a blog, Mummy was a Secret Drinker, which has had nearly three million hits. Her memoir, The Sober Diaries was published in 2017 to critical acclaim.
Clare’s debut novel - The Authenticity Project, was inspired by her own experience of exposing the rather grubby truth about her own seemingly perfect life. It’s published in thirty-two languages, was a Radio 2 Bookclub pick, winner of the RNA Debut Novel Award and a New York Times bestseller.
Clare’s second novel - The People on Platform 5 (titled Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting in the USA/Canada) was published in Spring 2022.
About the book:
When you’re lonely, a good book can feel like a friend. But what if it could connect you with someone in real life? Bookshop owner Jude has always enjoyed finding the perfect book for her customers.
But when she sees how a love of the same book can bring people together, she starts using her shop to help people connect. Soon, her book-matchmaking starts to change the lives of everyone around her, from young Harper trying to find love to the elderly ladies who frequent her café. Before long, perhaps Jude's own life will be changed in unexpected ways too.
Because the right story might lead you to the right person . . .