AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoPublishing & Reading Deals: Prime Day is almost here, and Amazon is sweetening the pitch with free 3-month Kindle Unlimited for new Prime subscribers (plus a similar Audible offer). Book Culture & Classics: A new fragrance project turns the smells of Joyce’s Ulysses into 14 scents, while another report spotlights a rare first edition of Ulysses once seized by the British Post Office. Mental Health in Fiction: Fiona Mozley’s Awake, Awake gets a close look for its unsettling, memory-saturated narrator and its portrait of failing mental health. Literary Adaptations: HBO’s Harry Potter series adds Peeves, and Netflix is moving ahead with Hannah Grace’s Icebreaker as a series. Crime & Summer Binge Reads: A thriller pitch for The Naturals leans hard on psychology and a serial-killer framing device. Public Health & Policy: Michigan launches “Michigan for Vaccines” as rates fall and vaccine-preventable diseases return. History & Memory: A WWII “Death Railway” depot resurfaces in Thailand, reopening a rare chance for researchers before the reservoir refills.
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