AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoPublishing Investment: Taiwan’s TAICCA and private partners have put NT$5.64 billion (US$180 million) into 27 creative projects, spanning screen, music and live events. Book Fair Access: A publisher in Gunsan is reshaping its book fair with free entry and equal-sized booths, while Sharjah’s fair opened with 1.7 million books on offer. Censorship and Control: India’s Supreme Court has ruled the National Book Trust is a state body, citing pervasive government control. Thailand has also banned an academic textbook on national-security grounds. Memoir Dispute: Sonia Gandhi says Penguin’s decision on her memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, amounts to an attempt to censor the book. Books to Screen: Taiwan’s Mirror Fiction is offering US$50,000 in awards for book-to-screen adaptations. Store Damage: A bookstore in central Japan was left strewn with books after a magnitude-5.7 earthquake injured at least 22 people.
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