AGP Executive Report
Last update: 26 minutes agoLocal Politics Under Scrutiny: San Francisco Mission café owner Manny Yekutiel’s supervisorial campaign faces a 2020 sexual assault allegation, with Yekutiel denying wrongdoing as the story threatens to upend his civic rise. Publishing & Faith: Penguin Random House launches its first UK Christian imprint, Ebury Vine, with commissioning editor Charisa Gunasekera pointing to growing faith interest among younger readers. Book Marketing How-To: A practical guide tackles the author question “What’s your book about?” urging writers to sell the point, not just describe the topic. Children’s Emotional Literacy: Mayo Clinic Children’s Doctor Emily McTate teams with Sesame Street on “What Does My Body Say?: Abby’s First Day Butterflies,” using body cues to help kids name feelings. Queer Reading Picks: Pride Month wrap-ups highlight LGBTQ+ favorites, including Rebecca Makkai’s “The Great Believers” and Amal El-Mohtar/Max Gladstone’s “This Is How You Lose the Time War.” Crime & Justice in Books/Media: A new oral-history archive project, Rerooted Archive, preserves Syrian Armenian memories through testimonies as communities face erasure. Thriller/Screen Buzz: Netflix’s Irish period thriller “Bad Bridgets” expands its cast, adding Colin Farrell, Steve Coogan, and others as production moves forward.
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