AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoPublishing & Books: Adelaide Writers’ Week fallout continues as Palestinian author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah is shortlisted for the 2026 South Australian Literary Awards Fiction prize for Discipline, after her removal helped trigger the festival’s collapse. Language & Culture: A new column argues literature can help revitalise disappearing languages by making them relevant in daily life, especially at home. Music Industry: ARIA has banned songs “wholly made” using AI from chart listing, while still allowing “substantially human made” GenAI-assisted tracks. Local Book Events: Dubbo Library hosts author Tess Woods (talking The Cairo Bridal Shop) in September. Business of Books/Media: Xelon, a Melbourne-based digital distributor, launches a UK office with new hires and plans to expand music supervision via All Bases Music. Sports (book-adjacent spotlight): Smriti Mandhana tops women’s international run charts after a 124 vs Hong Kong, while Scotty James talks fatherhood and his children’s book work.
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