AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoPublishing Deals: Bloomsbury snapped up two thrillers by Catherine Ryan Howard, including Ordinary Monster, plus a second untitled novel. Children’s Books: Walker Books will publish We’re Going on a Christmas Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury—the first new Bear Hunt picture book since 1989. Industry & AI: BMJ Group, Sage and others will license 20 million peer-reviewed papers to AI firm Redpine, while Gemini Books Group acquired the trade and assets of Publications International Ltd. Manga Distribution: MediaOCD expanded its physical manga sales via a deal with the Independent Manga Alliance, adding print titles from Manga Mavericks Books and Mahjong Pros. Censorship Watch: PEN America says US public schools logged nearly 12,000 book bans in 2025–26, affecting 7,370 works and 4,000+ authors. Major Author News: Jeffrey Archer, the bestselling novelist and former politician, died at 86 as his final novel Adam and Eve was due out. Local Literary Life: A new independent bookshop opened in Daventry with a resident golden retriever, and Ireland saw fresh launches including a children’s hibernation picture book and a sea-kayaking memoir.
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