AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoPublishing & Culture: Abu Dhabi’s Prince of Poets closes Season 12 registration (1,500+ entries from 38 countries) and moves to a judging longlist of 150 poets, with live recitations in the next stage. Publishing & Rights: A new look at “romantasy” traces how fanfic pairings (like “Dramione”) are moving into traditional publishing—and asks what authors must change to make derivative work legally marketable. Books & Adaptation: QFWFQ’s stage version of Italo Calvino’s If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller turns the novel’s reader-game into a one-person show with a pointed political heart. Health & Science Reading: TB vaccine development hits a most-promising phase, with M72/AS01E in a large phase 3 trial and manufacturing capacity lined up. Tech & Writing: Reports on AI’s growing role in cyber and biosecurity include AI-designed bacteriophages—promising for antibiotic resistance, but raising biosecurity questions. Local Literary Life: Richmond’s Walking & Book Festival announces major guests, including Baroness Hale and Horrible Histories author Terry Deary.
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