April 16th, 2016
by David Leigh
I was sad to read Raymond Benson’s Facebook post that Ian Fleming’s literary agent, Peter Janson-Smith, has died at the age of 93. Janson-Smith became Fleming’s literary agent in 1956 and was tasked with the foreign translation rights of the James Bond books. As well as acting as agent to Fleming, Janson-Smith also represented thriller […]
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March 23rd, 2016
by David Leigh
Fans of the Young Bond books will be interested to learn more about Steve Cole’s next novel in the series after details emerged on Amazon UK. Buy from Amazon UK | Amazon.com In addition to the title and cover work of Heads You Die being added t the Amazon listing there is also a brief synopsis: James’s Cuban holiday […]
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March 8th, 2016
by David Leigh
The cover of the UK paperback edition of the most recent James Bond novel has just been revealed by Amazon UK. Pre-order from Amazon UK | Amazon.com The Orion edition of the book will be published in the UK on 19th May and is available to pre-order online now.The US paperback is due from Harper […]
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October 13th, 2015
by David Leigh
Steve Cole announces the title of his second Young Bond novel. Speaking at the the Cheltenham Literature Festival on Saturday, Young Bond author Steve Cole announced his second book in the series was to be titled Heads You Die. The book will be published in the UK on 5th May 2016by Red Fox Publishing, an imprint of Random House and […]
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October 8th, 2015
by David Leigh
Fans of literary Bond will be interested in two books on Ian Fleming released today. The first is The Man With The Golden Typewriter, in which Fergus Fleming has selected many of his uncle’s letters related to James Bond. We currently have a contest to win one of three signed copies, but you can order it […]
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October 7th, 2015
by David Leigh
A book on the guns of James Bond has just been published in English for the first time. A couple of years go I was sent a book on James Bond’s guns by Italian firearms expert Paolo Tagini. The problem with it for me – and most of my readers – is that it is […]
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October 2nd, 2015
by David Leigh
Holding the world to ransom, planning to destroy Britain from the inside, and battling Bond to the death: discover the origins of SPECTRE in this omnibus edition of Ian Fleming’s Thunderball, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and You Only Live Twice. Discover where SPECTRE began: these three Bond novels tell of the rise and fall of the criminal network, […]
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September 25th, 2015
by David Leigh
A new paperback edition of Colonel Sun, the first James bond continuation novel, is to be released by Vintage Classics in October. According to The Book Bond it is the first time the novel has been in print since 1995 and therefore well overdue. The cover art matches the recent Fleming titles published by Vintage. It is […]
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September 22nd, 2015
by David Leigh
As the 24th installation in the James Bond film series nears its worldwide release this November, Ronin Audio Books is proud to announce a special SPECTRE edition of Paul Kyriazi’s How to Live the James Bond Lifestyle. How to Live the James Bond Lifestyle is available on Kindle from Amazon UK and Amazon.com In advance of the […]
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September 22nd, 2015
by David Leigh
It’s not what you know, it’s what they think you know, and The Bluffer’s Guides paid homage to the ultimate spy with The Bluffer’s Guide to Bond. Available from Amazon UK and Amazon.com With nearly 90 titles published in over 20 languages with more than 5 million copies sold, The Bluffer’s Guides are short, humorous guides with all the facts […]
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