Publishing & Culture: Pisa Book Festival opens with Ukraine as guest of honor, featuring writers and translators plus an illustrators’ exhibition at Palazzo Blu, while Italian translator Silvia Pozzi wins a Pisa Book Translation Award for “Ghost Town” (“Città fantasma”). Books & Reading Habits: A new discussion on academia’s “reading crisis” argues students read constantly online, but classroom textbooks don’t feel connected to their lives—so interest doesn’t translate. Book Industry & Scams: A major investigation describes a long-running scheme where impersonators email authors and agents to request manuscripts, mirroring a prior literary fraud case. Film & Adaptation: “Verity” hits theaters with Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson, but its lakeside “Vermont” mansion is actually filmed at a real New York property (the Nierenberg House). Health & Lifestyle: Studies link GLP-1 drugs to reported hair loss and nail changes, without proving direct cause. Local Education Leadership: Professor Wasim Qazi is appointed Vice Chancellor of Karachi University for four years.