AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoPrize News: Edmund Richardson’s Alexander: God, King, Man won the Baillie Gifford Prize, with judges praising its immersive account of the ancient ruler. Poet Grace Nichols also won a £10,000 literary prize. Fiction Awards: China Miéville took the 2026 Goldsmiths Prize for a novel described as the longest in the award’s history; Philippe Jaenada won France’s Prix Goncourt for a novel about a 1949 Paris murder. Publishing Deals: Sceptre acquired Tom Drury’s first novel in nearly 15 years, while independent press Prototype will publish Rowe Irvin’s hybrid short-story collection. Backlist: South African publisher AD Donker is reissuing three literary classics, including Olive Schreiner’s The Story of an African Farm, for a new generation of readers.
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