AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoMemoir Milestone: Trevor Noah’s 10th-anniversary edition of Born a Crime adds a new epilogue; Noah says readers’ personal connections to the memoir have been its biggest gift. True Crime: Eve Lazarus will revisit the unsolved 1996 murders of a mother and daughter in her upcoming Cold Case Canada, and is seeking memories from people who knew them. Global Publishing: Around 170 Chinese publishing institutions are at the Frankfurt Book Fair, promoting translations and pursuing international rights and partnerships. Industry Watch: Publishers are quietly increasing their use of AI, prompting staff resistance. Book Access: PEN America reports nearly 12,000 US school book bans in 2025–26, the highest total since 2021, with Texas accounting for more than 8,000. Literary Prize: Tayari Jones’s Kin won the 2026 Kirkus Prize for fiction, worth $50,000. New Deal: Century acquired Katya Balen’s debut thriller in a six-figure, five-way auction.
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