Literary Spotlight: Ben Macintyre’s new nonfiction Redwood digs into cold-war espionage in Iran after 1979, continuing his reputation for fast, deeply researched spy storytelling. Publishing & Culture: Morehouse King scholar Lawrence Carter pens a foreword calling journalist Bankole Thompson “one of America’s greatest prophetic journalists,” tying Thompson’s work to the moral tradition of Martin Luther King Jr. Book-to-Community: Aberdeenshire libraries get £28,250 to push “trusted information” into local venues, tackling misinformation and AI-generated scams through workshops and pop-ups. Books as History: Ukrinform will present Victory Commanders at the Lviv Book Forum, turning its war reporting into a commander-authored book project. New Releases: Penny Newton-Hurley’s self-help The Human Language targets communication patterns to build psychological safety; Dr. Michelle Hills’ hospice book The Wrong Order of Things launches Sept. 10. Tech & Learning: A new warning on smart glasses in classrooms raises privacy and academic-freedom concerns. Awards: The Hawthornden Prize goes to Caleb Klaces for Mr Outside, a text-and-image meditation on endings.