AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoLiterary Prizes & Politics: Karen Bartlett’s The Escape from Kabul (Duckworth Books) won the 2026 Orwell Prize for Political Writing, spotlighting the escape of nearly 200 Afghan women judges and families after the 2021 Taliban takeover. New Releases (History & Scholarship): UT Press published Haunted by Memory: Ghost Stories of the American Civil War, an annotated anthology tracing how ghost tales shaped Civil War cultural memory from 1861–1932. Book Events (Community & Authors): Lillington genealogist Desi L. Campbell hosts a July 19 signing for My Story, Your Steps: A Personal Genealogy Workbook; Vermillion’s Coyote Twin welcomes Benita VanWinkle on July 21 for America’s Hometown Movie Theaters: Please Remain Standing and a fundraising push for a digital marquee. Health & Faith Memoir: Dr. Latrece Wright released The Uninvited Pebble, a true story of a breast cancer scare, surgery, and the role of early detection. Publishing/Industry Buzz: AHAVERSE expands Scissor Seven into a feature film, spin-off, mobile game, and publishing initiative. Culture & Reading Spaces: Black Girl Book Fair returns to Brave + Kind Bookshop in Decatur on July 11.
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