February 8th, 2018
by David Leigh
Details of the second James Bond novel by Anthony Horowitz have been revealed today by Ian Fleming Publications. Anthony Horowitz’s second James Bond novel using original material by Ian Fleming will be published on Thursday 31 May 2018, it is announced today. Forever and a Day is a prequel to Casino Royale, Fleming’s first 007 […]
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December 16th, 2017
by David Leigh
Bond continuation author announces on twitter his second Bond novel is finished. Bond 2. First draft finished. Happy Xmas to me! pic.twitter.com/zy6wJcA3W3 — Anthony Horowitz (@AnthonyHorowitz) December 16, 2017
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December 4th, 2017
by David Leigh
Diary written during the filming of Live And Let Die to be reissued in 2018. Roger Moore agreed to keep a day-by-day diary throughout the production of his first James Bond film, Live and Let Die. Originally published just ahead of the premiere in July 1973, a new hardback edition of the book is to be published […]
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June 8th, 2017
by David Leigh
In a new book due to be published in September the late, great Sir Roger Moore reflects on life and aging. Delivered, along with his own hand-drawn sketches, to his publisher mere days before he passed away, in À Bientôt, Roger looks back on his life – and gives it his trademark sideways glance, too. […]
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December 8th, 2016
by David Leigh
On Saturday BBC Radio 4 will broadcast a radio production of Thunderball, staring Toby Stephens as James Bond. Directed by Martin Jarvis, who also appears as Ian Fleming, and produced by Rosalind Ayres, the radio play will also feature Tom Conti as Largo, Alfred Molina as Blofeld and Janet Montgomery as Domino. Thunderball was Ian Fleming’s ninth James Bond […]
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December 8th, 2016
by David Leigh
Anthony Horowitz spoke to the BBC this week about his second James Bond continuation novel, due out in 2018. Speaking on BBC Radio 5, Horowitz said he’ll write the book in 2017 and that he “sort of” has a plot, but no title. He also revealed he came up with a “killer” first line that […]
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December 1st, 2016
by David Leigh
The cover artwork for Steve Cole’s next Young Bond novel was yesterday revealed by Ian Fleming publications on Twitter. Red Nemesis will be released on 4th May 2017 in hardback, paperback and ebook formats. According to the blurb on Amazon.co.uk: James is on home soil when he receives a package with a message from beyond the […]
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November 5th, 2016
by David Leigh
Ian Fleming joins Ernest Hemingway, JRR Tolkien, F Scott Fitzgerald and James Joyce as the five twentieth century authors whose first editions are most expensive. Casino Royale lies fourth in that list, after Joyce’s Ulysses ($460,500), Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby ($300,000), Tolkien’s The Hobbit ($210,500) and ahead of Hemingway’s In Our Time ($25,000). Remember though that […]
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October 7th, 2016
by David Leigh
Anthony Horowitz, who has just been confirmed as writing a second James Bond continuation novel, appeared on the Simon Mayo show on BBC Radio 2 on Tuesday. You can listen to the interview online until 3rd November by clicking the link at the bottom of the page. It starts 1:08:30 into the show, with the segment in […]
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October 4th, 2016
by David Leigh
Anthony Horowitz will write a second 007 continuation novel featuring original material by Ian Fleming for publication in the spring of 2018. The announcement was made this morning in The Book Seller, in which quotes Horowitz as saying: “Writing Trigger Mortis was a pleasure and I was delighted by the positive response when it was […]
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