AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoBook Bans & Cultural Conflict: Georgia’s new 10th-grade history textbooks are sparking backlash over alleged factual errors and a skewed take on relations with Russia, with teachers complaining they weren’t given time to review. Publishing & Community: The Booksellers Association is pushing for targeted business rates relief for UK bookshops, citing new YouGov polling showing bookshops boost local vibrancy and reading. Books as Targets of Violence: A new discussion of “book genocide” spotlights how Russian policy has destroyed Ukrainian books and restricted Ukrainian-language publishing over centuries. Local Book Life: Wilkes County Public Library’s summer program ends with nearly 500 kids reading 375,790 minutes, plus events like teen “Hang” and community garden volunteer hours. New Releases & Ideas: Xulon Press promotes Jack K. Mayfield’s theology-meets-quantum book, while Michael K. Bender reframes FOMO/JOMO as a single “FoJoMo” feeling. Royal Memoir Fallout: Earl Spencer addresses fears and family tensions around his Diana memoir, keeping the spotlight on books’ real-world consequences.
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