Personalities in publishing: Ian Norrie

The eleventh essay in this series profiles bookseller author, historian of publishing, and publisher Ian Norrie. After embarking on a career as a jour nalist, Norrie was encouraged by friend, colleague, and bookseller Martyn G off to work as his manager at a bookshop in Seaford, Sussex. Norrie founded High Hill Press in 1968, serving as the publisher, editor, and occasional author of twenty-eight books on Hampstead and London. He was on the executi ve of the National Book League for thirteen years and served on the managem ent committee of the Booker Prize for five years. He is now retired and fiv es in Barnet, on the northern edge of London, where he remains active as a journalist and has recently completed a novel.