AI & Publishing Integrity: A French literary scandal has erupted after Haitian-Canadian author Thélyson Orélien’s prize-winning novel C’était ça ou mourir was accused of being largely AI-written; Orélien denies it and his publisher Grasset backs him, while a multilingual AI detector called Pangram is at the center of the dispute. AI Detection Arms Race: Winston AI released Winston 5.0, claiming 99.87% accuracy and zero false positives on major benchmarks—another sign publishers and schools are racing to “prove” authorship. Comics & Classroom Culture: A new Kindergarten Gulag one-shot from Ahoy Comics (Mark Russell, Alain Mauricet) teases a prison-island satire that the creators frame as a loose metaphor for AI. Books as Public Life: Edinburgh’s Tramlines initiative is bringing poems into everyday transit spaces via a new partnership with UNESCO City of Literature. Global Book Trade: China and Africa connected through a Nairobi exhibition featuring 600+ Chinese cultural products at the Nairobi International Book Fair. New Releases & Reading Events: Ferry Tales by Abrea Armstrong heads to Bookmarks weekend, while Be Brave, Ruby B! (Meg Selkey) arrives as a 2027 middle-grade graphic novel about students researching Ruby Bridges amid school board pushback. Sports Memoir Spotlight: Former England striker Andy Carroll’s autobiography Owning It reveals a 2021 sexual assault, with the attacker later jailed—an example of how publishing can amplify survivor stories. RPG Crowdfunding: Free League’s The One Ring campaign hit $2M and is adding fresh stretch goals as demand surges.