AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoAudiobooks: Spotify has opened its Nigerian service to 350,000 audiobooks, giving local authors a new route to listeners and widening access to global titles. Book fairs: Sharjah International Book Fair is set to bring together 2,673 publishers and exhibitors from 124 countries. Children’s reading: UNESCO and partners launched Young Truth Detectives, a workbook and guide to help Nigerian children spot misinformation and online risks. AI and authorship: Zimbabwe’s Caine Prize winner has rejected claims that AI wrote his story; the prize organisers say they are developing a human-centred process for reviewing such allegations. Publishing access: African higher-education leaders are urging sustained support for open-science infrastructure, including repositories and publishing platforms, warning that fragile services hit less-resourced institutions hardest. Literary recognition: Nigerian poet Ogaga Ifowodo won the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature for Why Does God Need a Gun? Book trade: Nigeria’s government has ordered a crackdown on book piracy, while new reading events in Abuja spotlight Korean literature and literary links between Brazzaville and Abidjan.
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