Read Me Do with Philip Norman

Read Me Do with Philip Norman

Termination Blues

What no one tells you about finishing a book

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Philip Norman
May 11, 2025
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Having to write a book is bad enough but, for me, finishing one is far worse.

My new biography of Brian Epstein, the man who discovered the Beatles – the reason I’ve neglected all you kind people who subscribe to Read Me Do – went off to its various publishers this week.

It took only just over a year to write compared wi…

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