AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoPublishing & Books in the Real World: A Mongolian school is being planned for Busan, South Korea, as officials discuss legal steps to help Mongolian kids keep their language and culture. Awards & Literary Culture: Mary Pat Kelly will receive the Irish American Writers & Artists Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award in October, honoring her work across literature, film, TV, history, and Irish-American identity. Local Book Events: Meredith Public Library will host Mel Allen’s “Listening to New England” talk and Q&A Sept. 12, while Half Price Books in Dallas runs a Local Author Crawl this weekend with dozens of writers signing independently. Book Policy & Censorship: Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick escalates pressure on districts over “vulgar” library books, threatening accountability penalties. AI & Rare Books: Multiple reports keep spotlighting how tech firms buy and destroy rare books to train AI, raising fresh copyright and ethics alarms. Health & Reading in Public Life: Wisconsin’s measles outbreak is growing, with campaign coverage tying data centers to the governor race.
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