Ian Fleming Centenary

Borders will celebrate the launch of the brand new James Bond novel Devil May Care in style this weekend with a series of activities in its bookstores.

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond. After a hugely successful career in Naval Intelligence during the Second World War, which included writing a blueprint for what was to become the CIA, Fleming sat down to write “the spy story to end all spy stories” at his [...]

The eagerly awaited new James Bond novel by Sebastian Faulks is to be published on Wednesday 28th May, the centenary of Ian Fleming’s birth. Ian Fleming Publications and Penguin Books have planned a massive publicity campaign to ensure the success of Devil May Care, which follows directly from Ian Fleming’s books and in addition to [...]

Details of the James Bond stamps issued by the Royal Mail to commemorate the centenary year of Ian Fleming.

To celebrate the centenary of the birth of Ian Fleming on May 28th 2007, Buckingham Covers is to issue special commemorative first day covers with stamps featuring several of the covers from novels. The first day covers, which are licensed by Ian Fleming Publications, will be issued on January 8th 2008 and are currently available [...]