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Some good places to start in action theory:

Luca Ferrero's introductory essay on Action (from John Shand's Central Issues of Philosophy),

Aguilar, Buckareff, & Frankish's Introduction to their New Waves in the Philosophy of Action, and

E. J. Lowe's Action Theory and Ontology (from O'Connor & Sandis, A Companion to the Philosophy of Action).

Richard Marshall conducted several insightful and interesting interviews with philosophers for the 3:AM Magazine. They are all collected in one place. They are very helpfully grouped into categories and there is a mind and action category. But of course there is plenty else that might be interesting even for action theory experts.

New versions of the Libet experiments by John-Dylan Haynes, with some interesting conclusions. (I still think the debate is entirely misconceived in these terms but the results might nevertheless be interesting for philosophers).

Symposium on Derk Pereboom's Agency, Free Will, and Meaning in Life.

(organized by Gregg Caruso)

Interview with Al Mele on Free Will in The New York Times

Your Move: The Maze of Free Will - Galen Strawson

Do You Have Free Will? - John Tierny

Is Neuroscience the Death of Free Will? - Eddy Nahmias in Philosophy Now

Why Buridan's Ass Doesn't Starve - Michael Hauskeller

Human Free Will and Divine Predestination - Antony Flew

Free Will & Determinism - Michael Norwitz

Freedom and Neurobiology - Richard Corrigan

An Argument About Free Will- Luke Pollard and Rebecca Massey-Chase

Forum on Free Will