AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoFiction’s Reach: Edward Abbey’s 1975 novel The Monkey Wrench Gang helped inspire real-world environmental sabotage, a reminder that stories can travel beyond the page. Fantasy Sales: Sarah J. Maas’s latest ACOTAR novel, A Court of Splintered Harmony, sold 1.7 million copies on release day, setting a record for the series. AI and Authors: Bonnie Garmus calls AI “grand scale theft,” as writers and publishers grapple with AI’s use of creative work; Dave Eggers has also defended human writing. Book Prizes: Waterstones has shortlisted 20 titles for its 2026 Book of the Year, including Douglas Stuart’s John of John. A Possible Sequel: Andy Weir says he’d write a follow-up to Project Hail Mary only if he finds an idea strong enough—he’d rather leave the story alone than force a sequel. Literature in Troubled Times: Romanian novelist Mircea Cartarescu describes literature as “a bandage on a wound” amid war, social unrest and climate change.
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