AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoPublishing & Books: Kathryn Stockett’s long-awaited follow-up to The Help gets attention with The Calamity Club, set in Depression-era Oxford, Mississippi, as the author talks about returning to fiction after 17 years. Publishing & Culture: Alice Englert discusses Apple TV’s Star City, and says she used Svetlana Alexievich’s Secondhand Time to prepare for the alternate-history Soviet moon race. Publishing Industry & Labor: Dark Horse’s workers have formed a union, a notable organizing move for U.S. comic and graphic publishing. Tech, Media & Reading Habits: A new travel-data report finds Americans increasingly plan 2026 trips around milestone dates (birthdays, reunions, weddings), shaping how publishers and media brands think about seasonal audiences. Community & Literacy: South Dakota’s Humanities Council is launching its 2026 One Book South Dakota tour, bringing author Matthew Davis to multiple communities. Local Book Ecosystems: A Lawrence, Kansas proposal would repurpose the former Lawrence Journal World printing plant into a city hall annex—another reminder of how print infrastructure is being reimagined.
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