AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoPublishing Culture: A new column argues the old “book world” is shrinking as BookTok and online buzz propel unfamiliar names onto bestseller lists, while the British Book Awards (the Nibbies) spotlight who gets to judge UK publishing. Identity & Literature: Howard Jacobson’s novel Howl digs into what it means to be Jewish after Oct. 7, following a headmaster’s unraveling as old moral rules collapse. Nature Nonfiction: David George Haskell’s 2026 book How Flowers Made Our World frames flowering plants as “revolutionaries” behind nature’s big shifts. Book Events & Community: The Edinburgh International Book Festival leans hard into food and authorship, with Table Talks featuring cook-author Justin Tsang and more. Local Book Life: Hilmar’s new shop, The Book Nook, opens as a quiet haven for readers; in Wheeling, a matchbook-history book fuels a Lunch With Books event. Publishing & Policy: A legal dispute over the RSS’s constitution and status resurfaces through books and scholarship, keeping publishing tied to real-world power fights.
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