Japanese-born British novelist and Oscar-winning author
The Guardian, AP News and Independent Business report that Kazuo Ishiguro will publish Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger in March. The 1938-set spy tale follows Richard Hadley and the enigmatic Miss Lambert, with praise for its wit and musical undertones.
The Academy has invited a slate of high-profile filmmakers and actors, including Jacob Elordi, Jenna Ortega and Stephen Fry, to join its voting membership. If all accept, the Academy will grow to 11,319 members with 10,338 voters, continuing a push toward diversity while extending new categories for awards.
Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier and author Scott Turow have filed a federal lawsuit in New York accusing Google of copying millions of copyrighted books — from Google Books, Play and web scrapes — and using them without permission to train its Gemini AI, seeking damages and an injunction while alleging Google hid identifying copyright data.