AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoPublishing Deals: Simon & Schuster Children’s Books acquired Charlotte Moore’s Sherlock Holmes-inspired boarding-school mystery series, The Murderous Chronicles of Fenella Banks. Literary Rights: Verso pre-empted Juliet Mitchell’s “radical reappraisal” of Louise Bourgeois, adding fresh psychoanalytic context to the artist’s legacy. New Fiction & Reviews: Ann Patchett’s Whistler gets a mixed take, while Lisa Owens’ Natural Disaster earns praise for sharp, comic early-parenthood realism; Wendy Holden’s The Queen’s Painter and Emily Howes’ Mrs Dickens spotlight Tudor and Dickens-era women. Book Industry News: A new prize launched in honour of Sareeta Domingo backs under-represented writers. Author News: Marjane Satrapi, creator of Persepolis, died at 56. Reading Culture: Fiona Mozley returns to York for Awake Awake, and a phone-free Phoebe Bridgers arena show shows how fandom is adapting to new rules.
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