AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoPop-Culture & Publishing: Tampa Bay Comic Convention returns Sept. 4-6 with major celebrity guests including John Cena and Katee Sackhoff, plus authors like Fonda Lee and Kristin Wollet, underscoring how comics and books keep feeding mainstream fandom. Memoir & Reputation: Simon & Schuster will publish Cambridge professor Jason Arday’s memoir “Great and Unfortunate Things” in the UK, following his death amid intense media scrutiny over his credentials. War Reporting in Book Form: Åsne Seierstad’s “Never Say War: Life inside Russia” spotlights a Russian asylum-seeker’s account of joining Wagner, blending frontline testimony with investigative travel. Children’s Books & Community: A Ghana Tourism Authority CEO-backed project, “Ama Ghana,” is set for launch at the Ghana International Book Fair, while a local educator’s “Love You Like You’re Mine” turns a long-kept poem into a first children’s book. Censorship & Reading Rights: Austin leaders push a “Book Safe Harbor” resolution as officials warn districts to remove “offensive” titles. Publishing Industry Shock: Bookshops in Australia report empty shelves after a cyber attack disrupted Hachette distributor Alliance Distribution Services. Literary Loss: Hungarian writer Péter Nádas dies at 83, prompting tributes across European publishing.
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