If you are not familiar with the website James Bond First Editions, then you've got a treat coming! It's a terrific site with a blog by Peter Crush that is sensational. Case in point is his post today about the impact Eon's current delay might be having on the books. Some really keen insights here backed up with stats. You can read by clicking the headline above or the image below.
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Thursday, September 19, 2024
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
CASINO ROYALE Collector's Edition
Ian Fleming Publications is offering a special edition of their new Casino Royale hardcover featuring gilt-silver sprayed edges. Only 250 are being produced. Purchase by clicking the image below.
Thursday, August 29, 2024
A SPY LIKE ME UK paperback released
The paperback edition of Kim Sherwood's A Spy Like Me is released today in the UK. IFP has also launched an official website devoted to the Double O series: www.00section.info.
Purchase A Spy Like Me at Amazon.co.uk.
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
IFP reveals new Bond covers by MICHAEL GILLETTE
Monday, July 22, 2024
Calvin Dyson reviews HIGH TIME TO KILL
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
IFP announce "Q" spinoff series, QUANTUM OF MENACE
Zaffre to launch brand-new series expanding the Ian Fleming literary franchise.Zaffre, the flagship commercial fiction imprint of Bonnier Books UK, has won a three-way auction for a brand-new crime series expanding the Ian Fleming literary franchise, centred around the iconic character of Q from the James Bond adventures. The first book, Quantum of Menace, will be published autumn 2025. This top-secret project has been created in conjunction with Ian Fleming Publications, written by acclaimed crime writer and Chair of the Crime Writers’ Association, Vaseem Khan.
UK & Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) in a two-book deal were acquired by editorial director Kelly Smith from Ciara Finan at Curtis Brown.
Filled with wit, humour and verve, Vaseem Khan brings his vibrant and dynamic style to one of Ian Fleming’s most beloved characters.
Q Branch – the Secret Service department responsible for weapons and gadgets – was first introduced in Ian Fleming’s groundbreaking Casino Royale and featured throughout the James Bond books. The armourer in Q Branch, Major Boothroyd, first appeared in Dr No, giving 007 a Walther PPK to replace his Beretta firearm. The character has been a mainstay of the James Bond films and his interactions with the super spy have entered the cultural zeitgeist. Readers and fans of 007 will now get to spend real time with him in the charming milieu of a crime series.
Vaseem Khan said: “I can’t think of anything more exhilarating as a writer than bringing to life such an iconic character, one that I have adored since childhood. I was the kid who watched Bond films just to see what new gadgets Q would come up with for 007. To now recreate Q in a series of contemporary mystery novels, bringing together everything I love about the genre, is the coolest assignment I could hope for. I cannot wait to share my Q with readers. Move over Bond. Q is coming.”
Kelly Smith, editorial director at Zaffre, said: “I have long admired Vaseem’s work so the opportunity to work with him on any project, let alone one as pitch perfect as this, was one I had to grasp. With his unique wit and flair, cosy crime readers and James Bond fans alike will be unable to resist this series and his imagining of Q.”
Corinne Turner of Ian Fleming Publications said: “We at Ian Fleming Publications could not think of a better partner to breathe new life into the beloved character of Q. Vaseem’s mystery novels have enthralled me for many years, and I am thrilled with what he is crafting for Q’s first solo missions. This is a modern and exceedingly clever crime series.”
Blurb:
Q is out of MI6 . . .
. . . and into a new world of deceit and death
After Q (aka Major Boothroyd) is unexpectedly ousted from his role with British Intelligence developing technologies for MI6’s OO agents, he finds himself back in his sleepy hometown of Wickstone-on-Water. His childhood friend, renowned quantum computer scientist Peter Napier, has died in mysterious circumstances, leaving behind a cryptic note. The police seem disinterested, but Q feels compelled to investigate and soon discovers that Napier’s ground-breaking work may have attracted sinister forces . . . Can Q decode the truth behind Napier's death, even as danger closes in?Quantum of Menace will be published in hardback, eBook and audio in October 2025. It's avalible for pre-order now at Amazon.co.uk and Watersons.
Friday, July 5, 2024
LINK: Deciphering Fleming: Uncorrected proofs
Here's an excellent article by Peter Crush about Ian Fleming proofs. Click the headline or the image below to have a read at James Bond First Editions.