AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoPublishing & Tech: RSF’s Uncensored Library keeps growing inside Minecraft, adding new rooms and expanding censored journalism access across multiple countries. AI & Ethics: Publishers warn that using AI to translate classics is ethically wrong, while Audible is set to let listeners “talk” to a book character. Literary Culture: Brighton’s LGBTQ+ festival “The Coast is Queer” returns Oct. 15–18, promising a packed, inter-generational program. Book-to-Screen Buzz: Colleen Hoover’s Verity keeps driving debate as the film lands and readers re-litigate the ending’s “truth.” Global Books: China donates 100 book titles to Indonesia’s National Library, boosting children’s, governance, and classical collections. Controversy in Education: India’s NCERT faces criticism over a new Class 9 social science chapter’s framing of medieval resistance and “foreign invaders.” New Releases: Horror fans get fresh picks for October, including CG Drews’ Scorpion Deep and Melissa Pace’s mind-bending The Once and Future Me.
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