Books

A first edition copy of Dr No, which was handed into an Oxfam shop earlier in the year, has sold for £600 at auction. The book was in good condition and of the six Bond books on sale at the auction, by Bloomsbury, fetched the largest amount. Two copies of Goldfinger also went under the […]

Following the first week’s disappointing sales, William Boyd’s new James Bond novel has dropped out of the UK’s top ten new publications and sits in 22nd place, according to MI6. This must question whether Ian Fleming Publication’s can afford to continue with their policy of hiring big name authors to pen further continuation novels. Household […]

William Boyd’s explanation of his decision to give Bond’s age as 45 in 1969 has prompted me to write up some thoughts on the tricky subject of Bond’s age. Boyd offers his contention that as You Only Live Twice was the last Bond novel published in his lifetime, Fleming’s statement, via M’s premature obituary, that Bond […]

Ian Fleming Publications has this morning announced a new series of Young Bond novels, to be written by Steve Cole. The series will consist of fout books and be published by Random House starting Autumn 2014. The books will continue the life of a young James Bond from where Charlie Higson’s series of five books left […]

Today sees the publication of Solo in the United States, not quite two weeks after its debut in the UK. Written by William Boyd, the book is published in the US by Harper and available in both hardback and Kindle versions from Amazon. Solo is set in 1969 and introduces 007 as he celebrates his […]

All the John Gardner Bond books are now available as a bundle for Kindle. The bundle includes all fourteen of his 007 novels as well as the novelisations of Goldeneye and Licence To Kill. If you want to read most of his first James Bond novel for free then you can select Send Sample Now […]

Writing a Bond novel must be pretty tough. After all, many have tried to take on the heavy yoke of expectation that surrounds anything even loosely associated with Britain’s cold war master spy, James Bond, 007. In 2012, Sam Mendes’ latest cinematic effort, Skyfall seemed to suggest that Daniel Craig et al were just getting […]

Vintage Classics and Bentley have combined forced to release a special limited edition version of Casino Royale to celebrate the book’s 60th anniversary. The edition includes a foreword written by British motor racing legend Sir Stirling Moss, features hand bound beluga leather with hand stitched embroidery and are illustrated by Damian Gascoigne. There is also […]

The publication of Solo last week managed to get plenty of press coverage, but figures released by trade publication The Bookseller show that the 8,692 copies of Solo sold in its first week were 48 percent down on the previous Bond novel, Jeffrey Deaver’s Carte Blanche (2011). However, that is still a personal best for William […]

The last of three videos in which William Boyd discusses his new James Bond novel, Solo. Also see part 1 and part 2. Buy Solo online Amazon UK: Hardback | Kindle Amazon US: Hardback | Kindle