AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoNational Indigenous History Month: Canada’s events and reading lists spotlight Indigenous authors and stories, including Tara Gereaux’s Wild People Quiet and other B.C.-connected picks. Pride & Publishing: Scholastic previews LGBTQ+ titles for June, from Rex Ogle’s Fruitcake to YA and middle-grade stories aimed at representation across ages. Poetry & Voice Tech: Stroke survivor Terence Ang launches Brokenness Becomes Beautiful, using an AI-generated version of his own voice to reclaim narration after aphasia. Film/Books Crossover: Dune’s final trilogy teaser leans into Herbert’s “no AI” worldbuilding, swapping machines for prescient humans and Mentats. Cancer Research: An experimental pancreatic cancer drug (daraxonrasib) nearly doubles survival in a Phase 3 trial, with results published alongside ASCO. 3D Printing Breakthrough: ORNL develops an error-correcting system for large composite 3D printing, aiming to cut defects and waste. Literary Awards: Egyptian novelist Shady Lewis wins the James Tait Black Prize for On the Greenwich Line, translated by Katharine Halls. Crime Publishing Deal: Sphere Fiction acquires William Hanson’s debut crime novel A Fatal Forking.
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