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Divergent: Author behind hit YA series announces two new novels 15 years after first book

Divergent: Author behind hit YA series announces two new novels 15 years after first book

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Divergent, the popular young adult book which spun off into movie adaptations starring Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller, is returning for two new novels 15 years after the first book was release. Written by US author Veronica Roth, the Divergent series took place in post-apocalyptic Chicago where society is divided into five clearly marked factions. The story was told in a trilogy of novels written – titled Divergent, Insurgent and Allegiant – between 2011 and 2013. Speaking at BookCon in New York on Saturday (18 April), Roth announced that the franchise will be returning for a two-book series, the first instalment of which would be titled The Sixth Faction. James and Woodley starred in the film adaptations of the ‘Divergent’ series (Lionsgate) While the original Divergent series saw heroine Tris moved to the Dauntless faction after it is revealed that she contains …

Ukrainian best-selling author, Andrey Kurkov speaks to France 24

Ukrainian best-selling author, Andrey Kurkov speaks to France 24

Published by Sam Flores

Andrey Kurkov is Ukraine’s most prominent living novelist and one of the country’s leading public intellectuals. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, he has remained in Kyiv and published three volumes of war diaries (Diary of an Invasion, The Year of the Locust, and Three Years on Fire). Speaking to Jean-Emile Jammine, he describes what it means to be a writer living under the bombs. Source link

BookCon 2026: ‘Heated Rivalry’ author Rachel Reid and show creator Jacob Tierney are in conversation for the first time

BookCon 2026: ‘Heated Rivalry’ author Rachel Reid and show creator Jacob Tierney are in conversation for the first time

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The first panel at BookCon drew lines of fans an hour before its start. Fans have shown up in style. I spotted dozens of iterations of t-shirts with the faces of actors Hudson Williams and Connor Storie plastered on them. Boston Raiders, Montreal Metros, and New York Admirals jerseys are in abundance, too. 3,000 fans are here, waiting to see Rachel Reid and Jacob Tierney in conversation for the first time. But while this may be the first public conversation between the Heated Rivalry author and show creator on a grand stage, it’s clear that these two have been in perfect sync since their first Zoom call. Moderated by former Teen Vogue editor-in-chief Versha Sharma, Reid and Tierney took to the stage at BookCon for a session called “Game Changing TV: Heated Rivalry.” The conversations spanned across their entire collaboration, from their very first DM to the music that makes the show, to how their lives have changed since the show aired. Tierney, whose knack for comedy shines through, discussed how the show moved at …

Who is S.A. Cosby? The author behind Obama’s favorite rural noir books

Who is S.A. Cosby? The author behind Obama’s favorite rural noir books

Published by Sam Flores

On the Shelf King of Ashes By S.A. Cosby Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar: 352 pages, $29 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. When the king of Southern noir, S.A. Cosby, sent out his debut novel, “My Darkest Prayer,” it was rejected again and again. “One of the editors said, ‘I just don’t believe this level of violence and intensity exists in rural areas,’” Cosby tells me with a laugh. “I was like, I grew up here. If you live in a rural area and it’s a Friday, Saturday night, there’s not a lot to do but drink and fight and ride around.” He admits he’s exaggerating to some extent. “But Raymond Chandler is exaggerating. Robert Crais is exaggerating. These great writers,” Cosby says. “A novel is not supposed to be a documentary.” For the record: 1:39 p.m. April 17, 2026An earlier version of this article misspelled author Robert Crais’ last name as Cray. His latest, “King of Ashes,” is …

Is Woody Brown Really the Author of his Novel?

Is Woody Brown Really the Author of his Novel?

Published by José Betancourt

On a recent morning at Rockefeller Center, NBC employees strolled through the crowd with copies of Upward Bound, the latest book-club pick from the Today show co-host Jenna Bush Hager. “It’s deeply heartfelt and moving,” Hager said, after holding up the debut novel from the 28-year-old Woody Brown, “and the reason it’s so authentic is that the author understands autism firsthand.” That understanding is indeed profound. Brown’s autism is such that he can barely speak, and he communicates mostly by pointing to letters, one by one, on a laminated board. This is also how his novel, which is already a New York Times best seller, came to be. In the recorded interview that followed Hager’s introduction, Brown’s mother, Mary, sat beside him, holding the letter board and reading his tapped-out messages. “I never thought there could be a life like this,” he spelled, after Hager asked him to reflect on the publication of the book. Upward Bound describes the different, sadder sort of life that could have been. “I had no way of letting people …

Project 2025 Author Paul Dans Drops Primary Challenge to Lindsey Graham in South Carolina

Project 2025 Author Paul Dans Drops Primary Challenge to Lindsey Graham in South Carolina

Published by Sam Flores

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Paul Dans, a chief architect of Project 2025, has shuttered his Republican primary challenge to Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina, in a contest set to test the loyalties of President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement in this year’s midterm election. Dans pulled out Friday, the last day to remove his name from ballots before the state’s primary on June 9. Trump — who long ago endorsed Graham, among his top congressional allies — reacted to the announcement with a social media post suggesting that Tucker Carlson’s endorsement of Dans had been the “KISS OF DEATH” for his campaign. Trump and Carlson have been feuding over the Iran war, which the former Fox News star called “absolutely disgusting and evil.” Dans denied his decision to withdraw had anything to do with Carlson. Dans said he was endorsing another Republican in the contest, appliance business owner Mark Lynch. In another social media post, Trump said Lynch “would be a DISASTER for the Republican Party” if elected. Dans rose to prominence as …

Patrick Radden Keefe Is Hollywood’s New Favorite Author

Patrick Radden Keefe Is Hollywood’s New Favorite Author

Published by Daniella Wilson

Screenwriters secretly envy book authors for their intellectual prestige and creative control, and authors secretly dream of working in Hollywood. Few writers straddle both worlds with the aplomb of Patrick Radden Keefe. To give you a sense: He found the idea for his new book, London Falling, while on the set for the FX adaptation of his 2018 breakout best-seller, Say Nothing, about the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Or rather, the idea found him. Keefe, an executive producer on the series, was in London, sitting in a director’s chair between setups in a mockup of Scotland Yard, when a guest of the episode’s director started chatting with him. The man told Keefe about a family he knew whose 19-year-old son had leaped to his death into the Thames under mysterious circumstances, and that after he died, they found out he’d pretended to be the son of a Russian oligarch and had been consorting with notorious members of London’s underworld. Keefe was hooked. The tragedy, he believed, could be a lens through which to tell the …

‘You’ve Been Pooping All Wrong’ author shares tips for gut health : NPR

‘You’ve Been Pooping All Wrong’ author shares tips for gut health : NPR

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DBenitostock/Moment RF/Getty Images Forty percent of Americans have their daily lives interrupted by uncomfortable bowel symptoms, according to the American Gastroenterological Association. That’s a lot of troubled guts. But Dr. Trisha Pasricha says at the other end of the spectrum, there are people who experience “poophoria.” That’s Pasricha’s term for a state of being where doing your business is painless and worry-free. “ I just want you to poop quickly, effortlessly, and then go live your best life,” she says. Want the latest stories on the science of healthy living? Subscribe to NPR’s Health newsletter. Pasricha is the director of the Institute for Gut-Brain Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and writes for the Washington Post. She also treats patients with IBS and other painful digestive issues that can be tricky to diagnose. Pasricha’s is not a one-size-fits all approach. There’s no magic number of times you need to go in a day, nor a perfect color or consistency that means you’re healthy or normal, she …

Author ‘safety program’ launched after rise in harassment and threats

Author ‘safety program’ launched after rise in harassment and threats

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore A coalition of publishers and literary agencies are trying to counter a growing trend of harassment against members of the literary community with a new initiative. PEN America, the century-old free expression organization, is launching the U.S. Safety Program to provide safety training and other resources for authors amid a wave of censorship efforts around the country. “We have heard from countless authors, illustrators, and translators who are under siege, fending off a steady stream of abuse and threats, online and at book events,” said Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf, co-chief executive officer of PEN America. “Through this new program, the literary and publishing community is stepping up together because writers should not be forced to choose between their safety and their voice.” Jodi Picoult (pictured), Jennifer Egan and Lee Child will be among the writers auctioning off character names for future novels, …

THE HOUSEMAID Author Freida McFadden’s Identity Revealed

THE HOUSEMAID Author Freida McFadden’s Identity Revealed

Published by José Betancourt

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Nigerian Erotica Writers Bypass Morality Police With Women’s-Only WhatsApp Groups Listen, if I know anything about humanity, it’s that where there’s a (horny) will, there’s a way. The latest example of such is shared through one New York Times writer’s experience with being let into a WhatsApp group, called Oum Hairan World, by an erotica author. Erotica written by Muslim women in Northern Nigeria was previously burned, but has found new life on the app, where authors get readers hooked on titles like Nymphomaniac King—which apparently has body parts body parting like they never have before—before charging them for more chapters. There are also queer stories and stories that explore topics like abuse being explored and discussed by women on the app, all of which risk the authors being turned into the morality police. All of this rebellious …