AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoLocal History Novel Launch: Cate Patterson’s historical novel Through Her Eyes will spotlight Montville’s first postmistress, Jane “Jinny” Smith, and the settlers who built the Blackall Range village—launching Aug. 15 at Montville Village Hall. Capitalism & Race Scholarship: A new book, Capital and Race: The History of a Modern Hydra by Silvie Laurent (trans. Ann Leroux), digs into how left movements have wrestled with the strategy of linking racial oppression to capitalism. Student Reading Awards: Vermont Youth Book Awards crowned Whalesong (Red Clover, K–4), Impossible Creatures (Golden Dome, 4–8), and Not Like Other Girls (Green Mountain, high school). Publishing Deals & Genre Buzz: Jonathan Cape acquired two new independent Sherlock Holmes mysteries by Sarah Perry. AI & Truth in Books: A column warns about AI-era credibility after The Future of Truth was accused of fabricated citations. BookTok’s Business Impact: Bloomsbury says it’s increasingly using social media to find authors, citing BookTok-fueled demand for Sarah J. Maas. Community Book Culture: Ottawa’s new Chabad building reopens a Jewish Youth Library after nearly a decade in storage. Literary Events: Kent District Library’s “On the Same Page” sold out again for Kristin Hannah and Megan Chance.
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