AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoTax & Repatriation: Türkiye set a July 31, 2027 deadline for “asset peace” notifications, with a 5% advance tax collected by banks and brokerages and possible reduced rates for certain pledged accounts. Publishing & Design: Indian book cover designer Bena Sareen won Oxford Bookstore’s Book Cover Prize for Amitava Kumar’s My Beloved Life, discussing how tactile covers must also work as screen thumbnails amid AI pressure. Local Books & Community: Marlborough’s Big Town Read will distribute Kit de Waal’s The Best of Everything via library orders and free café copies, while Wantage CE Primary opened a new Reading Shed with children’s author Camilla Reid. Literary Culture & Reviews: Alice Oseman shared her favorite graphic novels, and reviews highlighted works from Nuala O’Faolain’s Are You Somebody? to David Thomson’s A Sudden Flicker of Light. Education & Reading Access: South Kingstown’s debut YA fantasy Sera, Lily & The Fox Prince leans into friendship and “choose goodness,” and a school reading shed aims to keep books available all day and at home.
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