AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoPublishing Deal: Hodder & Stoughton has acquired former Tony Blair speechwriter Philip Collins’s Blairland, a portrait of Britain from 1997 to 2007. Literary Honors: Kazuo Ishiguro received the Critics’ Circle Rose Bowl for service to the arts, while M. John Harrison’s Booker win for The End of Everything made him the prize’s oldest recipient at 81. Authors and Accountability: David Walliams faces allegations of sexual misconduct, which he denies; Irish booksellers are withdrawing his titles after HarperCollins stopped supplying them. Industry Watch: Japanese publisher Kodansha launched Kaqreal, a manga imprint adapting journalistic and historical material for adult readers. AI publishing startup Spines raised $64 million to advance its automation efforts. Rights and Access: A US court awarded publishers $19.5 million in a piracy case against WeLib. Memoir Spotlight: Sonia Gandhi’s new memoir has sparked political debate in India, drawing sharp criticism from the BJP.
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