AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoSharjah Book Fair: Menassah is showcasing 14,000 books from 82 local publishers at SIBF, helping Emirati and Arab authors reach more readers. Novelist Amir Tag Elsir also discussed how real encounters inspired his novel Zainab’s Pen. Prize News: Durham professor Edmund Richardson won the £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize for Alexander: God, King, Man—the first ancient-history book to take the award in its 27-year history. Readers & Creators: A cyberattack has shut down an online fan-fiction library, affecting millions of fans. New Fiction: Louise Penny’s 21st Gamache mystery, Miss Wolcott’s Ghost, returns to the village of Three Pines, while Nick Harkaway’s The Taper Man expands his father John le Carré’s spy universe. Publishing & Print: Jakarta’s Press Print Party drew artists, indie publishers and print fans for a showcase of zines, art books and handmade work. Pan Fiction was named publisher of the year at the Romance Industry Awards, and PRH’s WriteNow programme will focus on children’s fiction for the next three years.
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