AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoPublishing & Books: Georges Perec’s consumerist-era novellas land in English as Things: A Story of the Sixties and A Man Asleep, a sharp reminder of how advertising turns people into shoppers—and how the thrill fades. AI & Reading: A new warning argues that AI “helps” students skip the hard part: access to answers isn’t the same as building the mind that can use them. Crime Fiction & TV-to-Book Culture: Ann Cleeves says her next Vera novel will be her 12th—fans get a long-running detective future, not a final goodbye. Literary Global Reach: Korea’s translated “healing fiction” keeps climbing overseas, with Hwang Bo-reum’s Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop leading 2025 sales in translation. Book Industry/Access: A Rochester Reads event spotlights local bookstores and authors, pushing the idea that reading is for everyone, in every format. Tech Publishing: Bentham Science launches Wireless and Communication Letters, adding another peer-reviewed outlet for short-form research in communications engineering. Culture & Travel via Books: A column on visiting Israel through multidisciplinary art ties the reading impulse to museum-going and new perspectives.
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