AGP Executive Report
Last update: 42 minutes agoPublishing Deals & Series: Farrar, Straus and Giroux snapped up Jeff VanderMeer’s new four-book horror/uncanny series, launching with “How to Be Free” in winter 2029. Crime & Dark Fiction on the Air: Liz Nugent’s “The Truth About Ruby Cooper” is spotlighted in a Hay Festival podcast chat, with the novel’s decades-long secret and sibling rivalry at the center. International Reading Trends: Portugal’s 2026 releases include romance in the Algarve and a Portuguese edition of Len Deighton’s Cold War espionage classic “Horse Under Water.” Book Awards: Manhattan Book Group’s “Antheia in the Thorns” won Gold at the 2026 Manhattan Book Awards. Romance Culture Data: A new Agilis report ranks the most romantic U.S. cities, led by New York. Local Book Life: New Albany’s Friends of the Library set an Aug. 1 outdoor book sale, and Ipswich Book Festival returns Oct. 2–4 with a Schools Week add-on. Kids & Community Stories: A children’s book, “Take Me to the Wacissa River,” celebrates local wildlife and learning through rhyme.
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