AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoPublishing Honors: North Carolina’s highest civilian literature prize goes to novelist and UNCW professor Jason Mott, with Gov. Josh Stein announcing the 2026 North Carolina Award for Literature. New Deals & Launches: Poolbeg Books signs journalist Jane Dalton to a three-book deal after Boundless’ collapse; Irish crime writer Sheila Bugler returns to Ballinasloe for a Sept. 24 launch of psychological thriller The Stepmother. Events for Readers: St. Tammany Parish Library hosts cartoonist Vera Brosgol on Sept. 18; NPR and the Library of Congress bring free National Book Festival conversations to D.C. on Aug. 22. Book Trade Watch: A concept-art Spider-Man movie tie-in book reportedly includes AI-generated images, sparking backlash among artists and fans. Global Reading Push: Ghana’s 23rd International Book Fair runs Aug. 27–30, urging “put reading at the heart of national development.” Indie Spotlight: Minnesota’s Coffee House Press lands a Booker Prize longlist nod for Makenna Goodman’s Helen of Nowhere.
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