Philip Norman | The Bookseller

Macca biog sold to W&N, LB US

Publication Date: Tue, 16/04/2013 - 11:40

Philip Norman is to write a “fly on the wall, insider’s biography” of Sir Paul McCartney with the approval of the former Beatle.

Alan Samson, Weidenfeld & Nicolson non-fiction publisher, and John Parsley of Little, Brown US bought world English language rights from Michael Sissons at PFD.

W&N and L,...

Alan Samson | Charlotte Williams | Home | John Parsley | LBF | London Book Fair | Paul McCartney | Philip Norman | Rights deal | Weidenfeld & Nicolson
HC gets satisfaction with Jagger biog

Publication Date: Wed, 22/04/2009 - 11:46

HarperCollins has bought a new biography of Rolling Stones lead singer Sir Mick Jagger by the bestselling author Philip Norman.

Carole Tonkinson, publisher at Harper NonFiction, bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, from Michael Sissons at Peters, Fraser and Dunlop for an undisclosed sum. Norman will deliver the text in...

Carole Tonkinson | Graeme Neill | HarperCollins | Mick Jagger | Philip Norman | Rights deal