L,B seduced by Duran Duran's John Taylor memoir

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 04/10/2011 - 10:05 Little, Brown and Sphere has bought the autobiography of Duran Duran bassist and founding member John Taylor. Little, Brown editor in chief Antonia Hodgson bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, at auction from Jonathan Conway at Mulcahy Conway Associates. Taylor will co-write the book with journalist and author Tom Sykes and the memoir will be published in hardback in autumn 2012, alongside Penguin US. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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