AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoBanned Books Week in Brooklyn: Penguin Random House’s “Banned Wagon” rolls into Brooklyn Public Library’s Bushwick branch Oct. 5 with 50 challenged titles for all ages, plus related library programming. Censorship & scholarship: Aliaksandr Fiaduta, released from Belarusian imprisonment, discusses his commentary on Vladimir Karatkevich’s KGB-era manuscript “The Ears of Rye Beneath Your Sickle.” Publishing in the region: HBKU Press says it has published 800+ titles, with Qatari authors making up about half its writers. Book-to-screen buzz: “Verity” hits theaters Oct. 2, with cast interviews spotlighting favorite reads and the film’s real-location tie-in. Community reading spaces: Warrenton Community Library reopens across the street in a bigger “third space” with expanded events and collections. Arts & literature events: Brighton’s “The Coast is Queer” returns Oct. 15–18, and Peterborough mayoral candidates face questions on taxes, housing, and infrastructure.
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