AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoLiterary Prizes: Tayari Jones’s Kin, following two Black friends from Louisiana, won the Kirkus Prize for fiction. Poet and essayist Anne Carson’s Nobel win has also sent readers back to her work, with sales, library holds and streams rising. Publishing Business: Booksellers at the Heartland Fall Forum reported strong energy and a surge in independent shops, while warning that supply and distribution problems are arriving earlier in the season. AI and Books: Publishing staff say publishers are increasingly using AI for cover art and other work, even as authors and employees raise concerns about its use. Access to Reading: PEN America recorded nearly 12,000 school book-ban instances in the 2025–26 academic year, a record. A Warwickshire libraries review, meanwhile, found no evidence of inappropriate displays. Author Spotlight: The BBC has commissioned a two-part documentary on J.K. Rowling’s rise, literary influence and contested legacy.
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