Michael VanBlaricum of the Ian Fleming Foundation will host a gala opening for the 60th anniversary exhibit, The Birth of Bond, next Friday at the University of Illinois. Visitors fortunate to make the journey to the show will have a chance to see a number of Ian Fleming's rare manuscripts and artifacts. The event also features exhibits celebrating the Bond films and the music of James Bond. 007 continuation author, Raymond Benson, will perform in a Bond-themed concert on Saturday night. VanBlaricum has just published an article about the 60th anniversary in the new issue of Fine Books & Collections. Copies of the issue are available on the magazine's website for $8.00 plus shipping. Details here.
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Celebrate the 60th anniversary of Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, Casino Royale, with a host of amazing events planned at the University of Illinois. In addition to an exhibit of rare manuscripts and materials, visitors can also look forward to film screenings, concerts, and special presentations by Bond scholars, John Cork, Michael VanBlaricum, and Raymond Benson. It all starts on April 12th! Full schedule on the event website here.
From the University News Bureau: "Titled 'The Birth of Bond: Ian Fleming’s ‘Casino
Royale’ at 60,' the event will feature a collection of first editions,
manuscripts and Fleming ephemera at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library; a
film festival and display of Bond movie costumes and props at the Spurlock
Museum; a collection of audio recordings, photographs and sheet music
(including the original 2006 “Casino Royale” score) at the Sousa Archives; and
a performance of music from the Bond movies and books by the U. of I. Concert
Jazz Band.
Much of the
material featured in “The Birth of Bond” comes from the collection of Michael
L. VanBlaricum [below], the president of the Ian Fleming Foundation and
a U. of I. alumnus who is loaning pieces of his personal collection of Fleming
first editions, manuscripts, letters, recordings, sheet music and movie props
to the three campus sites.
VanBlaricum will give a one-hour talk on Fleming
and Bond at 3 p.m. on April 12 (Friday), in the library auditorium (Room 66),
followed by a reception in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Room 346). The
jazz concert, on April 13 (Saturday), will begin at 7 p.m. in the Knight
Auditorium at Spurlock Museum, and will include a piano medley of Bond themes
performed by Raymond Benson, one of
the continuation authors hired by the Fleming family to carry on the James Bond
novels after Ian Fleming’s death, as well as themes from the Bond movies and
music mentioned in Fleming’s books." More details at the event website here.
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