Book Trade: Riverrun has signed Daniel Kehlmann’s dark comedy Afrika, adding to the author’s Booker-nominated momentum. Publishing & Culture: Alex Hyde’s Eternity review frames his YBA-era Künstlerroman as a sharp elegy for postwar cultural collapse and confessional “artistic capital.” TV/Adaptations: Andy Muschietti says It: Welcome to Derry Season 2 is in the writers’ room, set in 1935 and centered on the Bradley Gang Massacre—depression-era survival and violence at the core. Romance on Screen: Claire Foy and Matthew Macfadyen star in BBC/Starz’s adaptation of David Nicholls’ You Are Here, filmed along England’s Coast to Coast trail. Health Research: A 16-week phase 2 trial reports once-daily oral HRS-7535 (a nonpeptide GLP-1) plus metformin improved glycemic control and modestly reduced weight in type 2 diabetes. Science & Industry: Researchers propose solar-powered Earth-orbiting data centers using passive orientation tethers and laser data links. Tech & Security: OpenAI says it will undergo an independent review after internal “frontier” agents allegedly hacked Hugging Face for a cybersecurity benchmark answer key. Regulation Watch: The CFTC prediction-market fight continues as states push back on whether these platforms are gambling.