AGP Executive Report
Last update: 14 minutes agoBook Fairs: Berlin’s Al Diwan Arabic Book Fair opened with more than 110 publishers from the Arab world and Germany, spotlighting translation and cultural exchange. Sharjah’s 2026 fair is set to host 2,673 publishers and exhibitors from 124 countries. Publishing & AI: Quebec author Thélyson Orélien has ended efforts to document how he wrote his novel amid AI allegations; his publisher continues selling it, but the questions remain unresolved. Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Kundizeza also denies using AI to write his Caine Prize-winning story. Book Bans & Boycotts: Sally Rooney’s UK publisher is withdrawing her books from sale over her support for Palestine Action, which Britain has proscribed as a terrorist organisation. Literary Prizes: Isabel Allende won Spain’s €1 million Planeta Prize, while Tayari Jones’s Kin took the Kirkus Prize for fiction, worth $50,000.
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