AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoBooks & Culture Diplomacy: The 35th Abu Dhabi International Book Fair opened at ADNEC under “Let’s turn the page and read the world,” with Qatar attending and UAE officials touring pavilions and new publications. Arabic-Russian Publishing Links: Sharjah Book Authority signed an MoU with a Moscow fairs directorate to expand year-round cooperation, translation, and rights exchanges. Literacy in Action: New York state is buying books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to mail monthly to children under 5, extending the late singer’s literacy push. Publishing Industry & Access: A Kashmir newspaper seller says e-commerce is hurting small book and periodical shops more than decades of conflict did. Author Spotlight: Carlo Gébler’s memoir on Edna O’Brien’s last years offers a close, unsensational look at aging and what families learn too late. Poetry & Storytelling: ’Pemi Aguda’s Ghostroots reimagines Lagos through haunting, intimate short fiction, blending myth with everyday life. Book-to-World Attention: A new middle-grade time-travel adventure, “A Boy Called Hero,” follows a boy in 1892 Philippines as a banned book supports independence.
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