AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoCultural Rights Clash: Spain’s Jewish community group says 350+ cultural figures oppose the exclusion of Argentine-Jewish novelist Ariana Harwicz from Granada’s CULTUR-ALH festival, after organizers canceled her Sept. 26 talk following pressure tied to Israel boycotts; Harwicz calls it antisemitic and the Argentine embassy has demanded redress from the University of Granada. Publishing & Language Policy: A new report warns Europe’s translation market is still dominated by English, with English accounting for up to 70% of translated titles in some markets, raising doubts about how smaller languages can survive in a tech-driven, cost-heavy publishing ecosystem. Literary Heritage Spotlight: Federico García Lorca’s “Poet in New York” is revisited through a new deep-dive into the “Vermont” references and the identity of Philip Cummings, linking the poems to a long-hidden personal story. Book-to-Screen Adaptation: MGM+ has greenlit an eight-episode crime thriller series based on John Sandford’s “Rules of Prey,” starring Jensen Ackles, with the show set to premiere across multiple European markets including Spain. AI Search Shock: Google’s AI Overviews are reshaping how readers search and click through to sites, intensifying pressure on media traffic and fueling lawsuits over reduced visibility.
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