We're on a mission to uncover why James Bond appeals so much to LGBTQIA+ people. Why not see 007 from a different angle? Creator & Editor @davidtlowbridge
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You'll be happy to hear I didn't accidentally 'do a Red Grant' and strangle Kim Sherwood while helping her with her bow tie. We WILL get the next two books in the Double-0 series!
#DoubleorNothing #JohannaHarwood #JosephDryden #SidBashir #JamesBond – at Brent, London
Happy #JimFanningFriday everyone! What a pleasure to get to celebrate with @LicenceToQueer 🍸 I still don’t know how to tie a 🎀 but luckily I was in very capable hands!
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Our Ian Fleming quotes mug is the perfect addition to a writer's desk, but can you tell whose desk is whose?
Clue... they're all Bond universe authors.
Want a mug of your own? Find it exclusively at ianflemingshop.com/products/…
Our thanks to @VaseemKhanUK, @kimtsherwood, Raymond Benson & M. W. Craven
#IanFleming
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There's just a week to go until the US publication of @monstroso's King Zero! Get ready for the release with an exclusive extract over at @MensJournal
Read it here: mensjournal.com/entertainmen…
#KingZero #CharlieHigson #JamesBond
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This Remembrance Sunday, we look back to the words of Valentine Fleming, Ian's father.
In November 1914 he wrote to Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, with a sober assessment of ‘this astounding conflict’. This was one of the earliest and most graphic descriptions of the First World War.
#ValentineFleming #RemembranceSunday
ALT ‘Imagine a broad belt, ten miles or so in width, stretching from the Channel to the German frontier near Basle, which is positively littered with the bodies of men and scarified with their rude graves; in which farms, villages, and cottages are shapeless heaps of blackened masonry; in which fields, roads and trees are pitted and torn and twisted by shells and disfigured by dead horses, cattle, sheep and goats, scattered in every attitude of repulsive distortion and dismemberment...'
ALT '...Day and night in this area are made hideous by the incessant crash and whistle and roar of every sort of projectile, by sinister columns of smoke and flame and by the cries of wounded men, by the piteous calls of animals of all sorts, abandoned, starved, perhaps wounded.’ Valentine Fleming, 1914
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The James Bond Book Club 012: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré
We are reaching for a classic this month. This is a gripping story of love and betrayal at the height of the Cold War and it is widely considered one of the best spy stories ever written.
It's the 1960s and Alex Leamas has been spying in the shadow of the Berlin Wall for his British masters for years now. He is tired of seeing his fellow agents killed. It is almost his time to come in from the cold, but not before one final mission… When betrayal becomes a professional requirement, how much of himself can he afford to lose?
Join us for a close reading of the book and discussions about the infamous differences between Fleming and le Carré…
#JamesBondBookClub #EspionageFiction #JohnleCarré
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Next month's new 007 adventure, All In by @dgjones, takes Bond to Ceylon in 1954 with Tiffany Case at his side. Set between the events of Diamonds Are Forever and From Russia With Love, @LicenceToQueer has taken a deep dive into the clues that Fleming gave us about what happened between the two...
Read the full article: ianfleming.com/opinion-get-r…
#JamesBond #IanFleming #GoAllIn2026 #NationalYearOfReading2026
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More love for Felix. The Hook and the Eye is shortlisted for the @chicagowrites Book of the Year, in the Traditional Fiction category. The awards celebrate outstanding 'books that leave a lasting impression', so congratulations Raymond Benson!
#TheHookAndTheEye #RaymondBenson #FelixLeiter
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Had a discussion on here recently about who could sing the Bond theme for my new 007, King Zero. I’m starting to think that Raye would be a great choice. Retro and contemporary at the same time. 1/2 price this week google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChs…
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I'm about to inaugurate a little YouTube channel...
Bond analysis, history, reviews, discussion. Subscribe for updates, first video coming soon!
youtube.com/@tomsmason
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If you are longing for a return to the original James Bond, he doesn't like to kill in cold blood, is pro-birth control, admires JFK, and has been known to hide the body if he thinks a woman murdered the man abusing her. That's book Bond.
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What would've been Sir Roger Moore's 99th birthday we're very excited to announce that on his 100th birthday, we will be hosting a special weekend celebrating the filmic world of #RogerMoore! Join us at '#RogFest'! Signup to our newsletter for Moore info: southwestsilents.com/subscri…
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Sneak peek. Whet your appetite for next week's publication of @VaseemKhanUK's The Man with the Golden Compass with a look at the first page, where we meet... the man with the golden Rolex?
If you haven't already ordered your copy, head to ianflemingshop.com/products/…
#TheManWithTheGoldenCompass #VaseemKhan #QMysteries
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THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN COMPASS included among other great books on the 'Best crime and thriller books to read in October 2026' in the i newspaper. Q investigates the murder of a tech millionaire turned antique dealer. Thank you, Anna Bonet! Preorder here: geni.us/q-goldencompass
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Brunch event in Harrogate this morning for the Raworth Literary Festival in the aptly titled Imaginarium at the Cedar Court Hotel. Singing for my breakfast! Excellent chat afterwards with Sam aka @bondupnorth ... and books by @ImaginedThings – at Great Wymondley, England
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My name is Bond. #JamesBond.
JUST ANNOUNCED WITH @THR: @grantmorrison to write a NEW James Bond comic series!
@TheIanFleming is partnering with #IDW for a mission to create all-new #comicbook adventures.
🔗 in bio for more!
#NYCC #GrantMorrison #007 #Comics
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'Marks the return of the genuine Felix Leiter, and a master storyteller at the top of his game' - @JamesBond007se
It's been exactly one year since the paperback publication of Raymond Benson's The Hook and the Eye!
Set in 1952 after the events of Live and Let Die, it sees 007's American ally Felix Leiter working for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. What starts as a simple surveillance job turns into a matter of life and death when Felix stumbles upon a murder and a cabal of spies embedded in Manhattan...
ianflemingshop.com/collectio…
#TheHookAndTheEye #RaymondBenson #FelixLeiter #JamesBond
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ANOTHER James Bond publication this year?! 🤯
Was not expecting this but on December 3rd a follow-up novella to Fleming's Diamond's Are Forever will be released featuring the return of Tiffany Case (one of literary Bond's more important love interests)
Bring it on!
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It's time for 007 to Go All In.
This #JamesBondDay we're pleased to announce a brand-new Bond adventure, All In, to celebrate the National Year of Reading. It has been written by Sunday Times bestselling author and National Year of Reading ambassador @dgjones.
Paying tribute to Ian Fleming's fourth novel, Diamonds are Forever, 70 years after its publication, the action of this new 007 novella finds Bond in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1954, on a mission to track down one of the most valuable stones in the world...
Out on December 3rd, hardback copies will be exclusively available from ianflemingshop.com, whilst the eBook and audio editions will be available from all usual outlets.
Pre-order your copy here: ianflemingshop.com/collectio…
#JamesBond #AllIn #GoAllIn2026 #DanJones #NationalYearOfReading2026
