Publishing & Adaptations: Disney is developing a live-action feature of Miye Lee’s The Dallergut Dream Department Store, with Patrick Ness writing the screenplay, after the trilogy’s massive South Korean success. Book-to-Screen: Anthony P. Jones’ thriller Sorrowful Mysteries has been greenlit for movie development/production. Literary Events: The 7th annual Maine Book Festival returns Aug. 22 at Thomaston Public Library, with 110+ authors and free admission. Community & Libraries: NAASR’s Mardigian Library was enriched by Bloomsbury’s Armenian history series donation from Prof. Bedross Der Matossian in memory of his father. Children’s Books: An Ibanag children’s book, Papa Teyo, was selected for IBBY’s world collection for young readers in Indigenous and endangered languages. Health & Learning (Books): A new comic approach to Crohn’s disease aims to help kids and parents understand medical conditions in a more accessible way. Reviews Roundup: Mine by Adam Ouston is praised as a relentless single-sentence, claustrophobic reading experience.