The Bagley Legacy launches at the Guernsey Literary Festival taking place between 10th - 13th May 2018. The Bagley Legacy is a multi faceted project promoting the literary legacy of Desmond and Joan Bagley.
The Bagley Legacy


A Desmond Bagley Online Archive

The Bagley Legacy launches at the Guernsey Literary Festival taking place between 10th - 13th May 2018. The Bagley Legacy is a multi faceted project promoting the literary legacy of Desmond and Joan Bagley.

The final four re-issues of Desmond Bagley’s novels are published by HarperCollins today. This completes the canon of Bagley’s face-paced adventure novels, which he often referred to as his ‘action stories’.

The Bagley Brief interviews crime novelist Caro Ramsay. Caro recalls that aged 13 and growing up in a cold corner of Glasgow, Desmond Bagley’s stories transported her all over the world.

Desmond Bagley's novel Landslide appeared in condensed form as a book bonus in the April 1968 issue of Argosy Magazine - The No.1 Men's Service Magazine.

The Bagley Brief takes a moment to review Mike Ripley's recently released book Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. The Brotherhood, by Alan Williams, also gets a mention.

Icelandophiles who enjoyed Desmond Bagley’s novel Running Blind may well enjoy the 1971 thriller The Chill Factor written by Derek Lambert, writing as Richard Falkirk.

Take a few moments to browse The Bagley Brief's Running Blind archive, there is much to discover about Desmond Bagley’s seventh published novel, a Cold War espionage thriller set in Iceland.

The Bagley Brief interviews author and journalist Jeremy Duns. Jeremy reveals that Desmond Bagley's novel Running Blind was the inspiration for his own spy novel The Moscow Option.

The Bagley Brief provides the script for the 9th Desmond Bagley Podcast featuring Running Blind. Also more 2017 Bagley re-issues become available as Audiobooks.

The Bagley Brief interviews crime and thriller novelist Peter James, for whom Desmond Bagley was an inspiration.