WILLIAM BOYD TO PEN NEW BOND NOVEL IN 2013

According to TheBookBond, Ian Fleming Publications has confirmed British author William Boyd is the next 007 scribe, after American thriller writer Jeffery Deaver, who wrote CARTE BLANCHE in 2011.

The book will be dated in 1969, much in the way of Ian Fleming's centenary 007 novel, DEVIL MAY CARE, written in 2008 by Sebastian Faulks.

GOLDENEYE NOVELIZATION REPRINT

According to The Book Bond, the GOLDENEYE novelization written by legendary thriller writer John Gardner in 1995 will be included in Orion's reprint of Gardner's 007 novels.

In order to celebrate the 30th anniversary of John Gardner's LICENCE RENEWED, the first wave of novels will be released this summer, while the second wave, including the GOLDENEYE novelization, will arrive to the stores for 2012.

For more information, visit JohnGardner.com