AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoFestival & Authors: Durham Book Festival unveiled a starry 2026 line-up (Neil Tennant, Christopher Eccleston, Susanna Clarke, Lucy Foley, Louise Doughty, poets Hollie McNish and Kayo Chingonyi), while Ilkley Literature Festival confirmed its 2026 programme with big names and memoirs. Adaptations & Reading Culture: Netflix’s My Brilliant Career arrives Aug. 13, adding queer storylines and music to Miles Franklin’s feminist classic; Colorado Mountain College chose Shelley Read’s Go as a River as its 2026 Common Reader. Poetry & Publishing: Korea’s National Library released a rare han-geul exile poem, Seohaeng Byeolgok, for the first time; Todd Hido discussed how his photos sit between novel and film. Crime, Law & Books: A Massachusetts teen charged with killing his mother and brother reportedly searched online and used ChatGPT for killing fantasies; Arizona attorneys asked courts to revisit a church abuse-immunity ruling. Industry & Rights: Korea dismantled a North Africa-based webtoon piracy ring, shutting down sites that redistributed tens of thousands of works.
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