AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoBook Events & Publishing: Philip Paris will bring his historical fiction success to Italy’s reading circuit via a Black Isle event: he’ll sell and sign A Fire in Their Hearts at Cromarty History Society on Sept. 15, following The Last Witch of Scotland (Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year). Memoir & Food Writing: Malvika Singh’s memoir Cooking for my Firefly lands in public conversation on Sept. 15 with “At the Table with Malvika Singh,” using recipes as memory and cultural storytelling. Luxury Publishing: Prosper and Martine Assouline explain how their visual, photography-led publishing turns books into high-end objects—“smell it first” is the philosophy. Design & Reading Culture: Intel’s Intel One Mono font story shows how community pushback can save open-source creative work, with legibility for low-vision developers at the center. Arts & Heritage (Italy-linked): A Vatican connection appears in a profile of sculptor Timothy Schmalz, whose Homeless Jesus sculptures include two permanent works in St. Peter’s Square.
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