AGP Executive Report
Last update: 27 minutes agoPublishing Fallout: Children’s author David Walliams faces allegations of sexual misconduct and grooming involving minors, which he denies. Irish bookshops have pulled his titles, and Sky has dropped a film adaptation. AI and Authorship: Library and Archives Canada now requires publishers and self-publishing authors to declare human authorship when applying for ISBNs. In Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court ordered an FIR and froze publishers’ accounts amid allegations that AI-generated and fake books entered public libraries. Booker Prize: M. John Harrison, 81, has won the 2026 prize for The End of Everything, becoming the award’s oldest winner and its first science-fiction laureate. Publishing Business: AI-publishing startup Spines raised $64 million to expand its automated services, while Wilton Square is returning 202 Unbound titles to market after the publisher’s collapse, paying former authors £76,000.
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