Ian Fleming’s series focused on the spy with a license to kill is the latest book series that will be put under an editor’s pen. The James Bond books are getting rewrites before they are re-released ...

I’ve been an Ian Fleming aficionado since my teens, so I was pleased to read “Ian Fleming: The Complete Man,” the new biography by Nicholas Shakespeare. I contacted Mr. Shakespeare and asked him why ...

Recently, after the decision to reprint Roald Dahl’s books with less problematic language was met with an immediate and predictable backlash from pretty much everyone, the company that owns Dahl’s ...

Ian Fleming’s estate has issued a statement affirming that the author would “agree” with the rewriting of his James Bond novels, in accordance with a sensitivity review. Last week, it was announced ...

From the first arresting moment in Nicholas Shakespeare’s biography “Ian Fleming: The Complete Man” it is clear that we are in good hands. At a hastily arranged funeral in a village church, Fleming’s ...

New editions of the classic Bond novels are expected to hit shelves this spring with racially insensitive language removed. Following the news that edited versions of many of Roald Dahl’s novels are ...

Over 60 years of history, the James Bond movies have changed with the times. Shifting in terms of how it presented its villains, women and even 007 himself, a natural evolution has kept the franchise ...

Ian Fleming, the writer who invented the immortal character James Bond, would have been 100 years old this week. He died in 1964. Scott Simon talks to Simon Winder, author of a book about Fleming's ...

With the 25th James Bond film “No Time To Die” doing well in theaters, fans of the hugely successful film series may be interested in reading about the genesis of the most popular fictional character ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. “I must save my mind for better things,” Doyle wrote to his mother, “even if it means I ...