AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoPoetry & Publishing: Vermont Poet Laureate Bianca Stone spotlights Dara Barrois/Dixon’s “Capitalism,” pairing the reading with Steve Reich’s “Vermont Counterpoint,” while Knopf publishes Lee Seong-bok’s “That Summer’s End” in English—106 poems on love, grief, and slow healing. Author Events: R.F. Kuang returns to Toronto to discuss “Taipei Story” at the Winter Garden Theatre. Fiction & Adaptation Buzz: David Hirshberg’s “Crossing the Bronx” pits two brothers against a Cross Bronx Expressway fight, mixing history and corruption. Kids & Community Reading: CBC Kids Reads releases its longlist for Canada Reads for kids, and Valley Youth Theatre stages “Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical” with local performers. Graphic Novels: Fantagraphics launches the Takumigraphics imprint with Yudori’s “Lovers of the Empire” (Vol. 1), a 1920s Korea romance shaped by class and colonial shadows. Media & Culture: Serbia’s media trust drops to 22% amid polarization and control pressures, with AI compounding the crisis. Health/Policy (publishing-adjacent): EU tobacco lobbying is rising fast, with Transparency International tracking a surge in meetings with MEPs.
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