AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoQueer Lit Spotlight: Robbie Couch’s “Just the Good Parts” and Lily Chen’s “The Matcha Maker Café” both land in our Reading Rainbow interviews, with authors stressing how representation and nostalgia shape belonging. Fantasy Fall Watchlist: Goodreads’ most-anticipated October fantasy list spotlights new romantasy and dark-fantasy reads, including Sarah J. Maas’s “A Court of Splintered Harmony,” V.E. Schwab’s “Victorious,” and Ann Liang’s “To Dream in Darkness.” Crime & Publishing Community: Wild Blue Press says true-crime readers helped finalize the cover for “DIXIE’S LAST STAND,” while the Barbara Neely Awards open applications for Black mystery and crime writers. Local Book Events: Burbank’s free Book Festival returns Oct. 3, and libraries across the region roll out spooky storytimes and book clubs for October. Big Screen/Book Tie-Ins: Colleen Hoover’s “Verity” keeps dominating headlines as film coverage and reviews swirl around the thriller’s adaptation. Comics for Modern Readers: “Zorro Remastered” debuts as a deluxe, restored collection with added content.
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