Books

Jeffery Deaver, who wrote James Bond continuation novel Carte Blanche, was born in Illinois on 6th May 1950. Photo: Jeffery Deaver by Antonio G Colombo. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

A new book that examines the impact of Pierce Brosnan’s first Bond film will be published in June. The World of Goldeneye: A Comprehensive Study On The Seventeenth James Bond Film And Its Legacy is due to be published on 8th June 2019 by Amazon Publishing. The book is by some time contributor to this […]

Eoghan Lyng reviews a book looking at Timothy Dalton’s two outings as 007. Finally, someone gets the Timothy Dalton films. Through Cary Edwards’ monograph, readers are invited on a methodological study through the narratives, strengths, virtues and zeitgeists presented throughout the two Dalton films. Sharply written, sharply presented, sharply edited, it sharply delves into the […]

Colonel Sun became the first James Bond continuation novel when it was published on 28th March 1968. The book was written by Kingsley Amis under the pseudonym Robert Markham.  Colonel Sun features the kidnapping of M, with much of the action takes place in the Greek islands. Although further novels by various authors were planned, […]

Author William Boyd, who wrote the James Bond continuation novel Solo (2013) was born in the Gold Coast, now part of the West African state of Ghana, on 7th March 1952. Many of his books are set in Africa, including a large part of Solo, and one of the characters in Any Human Heart (2002) is 007’s creator, Ian Fleming. […]

Silverfin, Charlie Higson’s first book in the Young Bond series, was first published in the UK on 3rd March 2005. You can buy Silverfin from Amazon UK or Amazon.com

James Bond continuation John Gardner was born on 20th November 1926 in Northumberland. Starting in 1981 with Licence Renewed, Gardner wrote a total of 16 Bond novels and film novelizations before retiring from the role in 1996 due to ill health. Photo: John Gardner. Licensed under Fair use.

French language edition of The Complete Guide to the Drinks of James Bond now available. Back in 2010 I published The Complete Guide to the Drinks of James Bond. That first paperback edition was fairly well received so, following the release of Skyfall, I updated it and also made it available on Kindle. Because of the […]

Raymond Benson, who first published the seminal James Bond Bedside Companion in 1984 and went on to write a series of continuation titles and novelizations, was born in Texas on 5th September 1955. Approached by Glidrose Productions (now Ian Fleming Publications) following the retirement of John Gardner, Benson became the fourth James Bond continuation author and the […]

Ian Fleming Publications announce narrator of Forever and a Day audio book. With the days counting down before the release of Forever and a Day in the UK, one unresolved question remained. Who would narrate the audio book? Well, Ian Fleming Publications answered that question last Friday, when they revealed on their website that Mathew […]