AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoFall Reading Spotlight: Wendy M. Kok’s Northwood supernatural series draws on eerie Northern Wisconsin events, landing right as horror demand spikes for Halloween. Fiction as Memory: Award-winning author Behcet “Ben” Kaya argues fiction preserves modern truth, using novels to capture the conflicts people live through. Publishing & Community Events: Jackson bookseller Turntable Coffee Counter hosts author Katie Krebs Aug. 29 for “Don’t Say You Love Me,” while Rockport Public Library runs Judy O’Dell’s “What the Glaciers Left Behind” photo exhibit Sept. 2–Oct. 29. Literary Culture Abroad: Edinburgh Book Festival round-ups highlight writers including David Olusoga and Harriet Tyce, and Sandi Toksvig spotlights Ireland’s literary hotspots. AI Meets Books: A free AI literacy workshop by Jeff Pennington promotes “You Teach the Machines,” and a separate report notes courts are siding with AI on training but drawing hard lines on piracy. Publishing Industry News: Heresy Press (Skyhorse) acquires K. Riva Levinson’s next political memoir, “Misadventures on K Street,” for Feb. 16, 2027.
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