Restored Classics: Dev Benegal’s cult film English, August gets a 4K restoration and heads to Venice Classics after 31 years, giving a new generation a big-screen chance. Summer Reading & Short Fiction: The Spokesman-Review’s long-running Summer Stories series spotlights regional writers and new voices, while a separate piece argues the novella and short story form aren’t “dead” despite publishers’ reluctance. AI & Books: A new AI-fiction detection method claims 93% accuracy by focusing on story structure, not style—right as the Commonwealth Short Story Prize controversy keeps AI authorship in the spotlight. Publishing/Policy: Japan’s Supreme Court shuts the door on AI systems being named patent inventors, a reminder that “human” authorship and invention still matter legally. Romance-to-Screen Pipeline: Amazon is developing Ali Hazelwood’s The Love Hypothesis as a series, leaning into BookTok fandoms as a subscriber strategy. Literary Culture: Haruki Murakami says his novels are “completely different” from AI, as he releases a new book with a female lead. Books on the Ground: A limited-edition crime-festival tie-in, Crime in Newark, prints just 300 copies to fund the event.