AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoBooker Prize: M. John Harrison, 81, has won the 2026 prize for The End of Everything, becoming its oldest recipient and the first science-fiction author to take the award. Sonia Gandhi’s Memoir: Belonging: A Journey of Love reached Indian bookstores, drawing strong reader interest and sharp BJP criticism over its account of the Emergency and other political history. Publishing and AI: South Korea’s publishers are partnering with five technology firms to create a licensed, transparent pipeline for supplying book data to AI developers. Literary Heritage: Sharjah International Book Fair audiences heard Urdu poetry and saw the launch of a book documenting UAE poetry gatherings from 1968 to 2026. Censorship: Ireland plans to move 12,000 once-banned books to the National Archives, where the public can also consult records explaining why the titles were prohibited.
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