Ian Fleming
5 new books to read this week
This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Long Water by Stef Penney and Breaking The Dark by Lisa Jewell.
Rare first edition Harry Potter book up for auction valued at up to £60,000
It is one of only 500 Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone hardback books from the initial print run.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson ‘offered role as next James Bond’
Eon Productions has offered the 33-year-old British actor the main role, according to a newspaper report.
If someone is tipped to be next James Bond, ‘you know they’ve been rejected’
Charlie Higson has released a new James Bond story to celebrate the King’s coronation.
James Bond 60th anniversary charity auction raises nearly £7m
The auction featured vehicles, watches, costumes, props and posters spanning the 25 Bond films to date.
New editions of original Bond novels to be released under Ian Fleming imprint
The news was announced on the 60th anniversary of the premiere of the first James Bond movie, Dr No.
Anthony Horowitz says Bond ‘lives by a different moral code’ to one we have now
The author has written three titles in the James Bond book franchise, but says he will not be doing any more.
Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone galley sheets cause ‘stir’ at auction
The set of sheets almost doubled its pre-low sale auction estimate.
Unseen Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone galley sheets up for auction
The auction will also feature a set of first editions of all seven UK Harry Potter books.
Female author to write James Bond novels for the first time
Kim Sherwood will write three books, with the first due September 2022.