AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 minutes agoKuala Lumpur Book Fair Buzz: At PBAKL 2026, writers say social media is driving sales and stronger writer-reader ties, with publishers also pushing new TVET reference titles—500+ books—into Malay to widen access to practical, job-ready knowledge. New Fiction Arrival: Kathryn Stockett’s long-awaited follow-up to The Help lands with The Calamity Club, a 1930s Mississippi story of three women building community amid state cruelty. Publishing & Rights Watch: Malaysia’s ITBM is expanding TVET publishing, while the Philippines’ national artist and publisher are challenging VAT on digital books as a barrier to education and free expression. Libraries as Community: The Emirates Library association is spotlighting libraries’ societal role at the Warsaw International Book Fair, and Copenhagen’s “Human Library” keeps the conversation going by lending people, not books. Book-to-Event Momentum: A nine-year-old comic author in Sartell sells out his debut signing, and Perth’s Queer Book Club picks How to Dress for Old Age for June.
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