AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoCyber Safety & Publishing-Adjacent Fraud: Odisha’s Crime Branch blocked 14 more fake hotel websites ahead of Rath Yatra in Puri, plus eight URLs spreading misleading info, after earlier takedowns of 212 fake sites—an ongoing reminder for readers to verify bookings through official channels. Literary Culture in China: The China Literature Congress spotlighted “new popular literature and art,” backed by a new study book, as ordinary writers’ everyday notes and poems challenge the old gatekeeping of professional authors. Bookish Community Life: Great Bend Public Library urged summer readers to submit minutes by July 17 (prizes) and July 31 (counting), with a wrap party July 24 and a History Book Club discussion of David McCullough’s “1776.” Crime & Justice (Cold-Case Spotlight): A Wisconsin man was sentenced to decades in prison for two decades-old sexual assaults after DNA matching led to arrest in 2021. Media Adaptation Watch: Apple TV’s “Lucky,” based on Marissa Stapley’s novel, is being released as a week-by-week thriller—close enough to the premise to tempt readers to pick up the book.
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