Press Release
Ian Fleming Publications Ltd is very proud
to be supporting the National Literacy Trust's Books About
Town project. This summer - from early July until mid-September
- 50 unique benches shaped like open books will be dotted around
London,
each one decorated by a top artist in homage to a particular
work of fiction. The project aims to promote reading for pleasure,
to celebrate London’s rich literary heritage, and to raise
money for the National Literacy Trust when the benches are auctioned
at the end of the summer.
The James Bond BookBench, designed by Freyja Dean,
will be found in Bloomsbury Square Gardens, in the heart of literary
London. The design incorporates elements from a number of Ian
Fleming’s
James Bond stories, including the hearts adorning the original
cover of Casino Royale, motifs from Live
And Let Die, and the
dramatic iron gates of the College of Arms, visited
by
Bond
in
On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
To learn more about the project, visit the National Literacy
Trust’s Books About Town website.
