AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 minutes agoPublishing & Rights: Bloomsbury Press has published the late Dr. Garabet K. Moumdjian’s “The Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire, 1895-1908,” using Ottoman, British and Armenian archives to map shifting ARF–Young Turk ties before the 1915 genocide. Literary Loss: Iranian-French graphic novelist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi (“Persepolis”) has died at 56, with tributes highlighting her revolution-and-exile storytelling and the Oscar-nominated animated adaptation. Book Industry Funding: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and partners’ Literary Arts Fund will distribute $7.7m to 40 U.S. independent/nonprofit groups, including the National Book Foundation and Graywolf Press. New Releases: HB Publications released “The Long-Distance Dementia Caregiver,” a stage-by-stage guide for adult children managing care remotely. Children’s Books: Beekeepers’ Naturals announced “Little Bee and The Bloom” (Sept. 1, 2026) and author Kasey Mansfield’s screen-free “The Day the Devices Disappeared.” Community & Events: The St. Lawrence Writers Festival returns to Brockville for a second year (Sept. 10–13).
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