AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoCourtroom Drama: Salman Rushdie testified again in Hadi Matar’s federal terrorism trial, describing the 2022 stabbing as an “enormous and expansive lake of blood,” with jurors watching as he removed his glasses to show his sightless right eye. Publishing & Adaptation: Paramount released the first trailer for Ti West’s horror-fantasy take on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer, starring Johnny Depp as Scrooge (theatrical release Nov. 13). Crime Writing: Elly Griffiths won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year for time-slip thriller The Frozen People, launching a new Ali Dawson series. Children’s Books: Redeeming Rhubarb by Bob Richley earned Reading With Your Kids’ Certified Great Read badge for its flood-era story of compassion and forgiveness. Poetry & Prizes: Nigeria Prize for Literature unveiled its 2026 poetry longlist of 11 collections. Literary Culture: A new English edition of Baek Seung-yeon’s “healing fiction” The Seoul Letter Shop lands from Fourth Estate, translating a real-life letter-shop concept into a grief-and-reconciliation novel.
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