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Veronica Roth announces new books set in the world of DIVERGENT. Sort of.

Veronica Roth announces new books set in the world of DIVERGENT. Sort of.

Published by José Betancourt

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. This weekend at BookCon, Veronica Roth announced two new books set in her Divergent universe, beginning with the publication of The Sixth Faction this fall. These books are not sequels, prequels or “interquels,” but rather set in an alternative universe in which Tris Prior, the series’ protagonist, experiences an alternate history from the original series.  This is not the first time Roth has dipped back into her blockbuster series. More than a decade ago, Roth released Four, a collection of stories about the earlier life of Tobias (Tris Prior’s love interest in the Divergent series). While that book came out just one year after the final book in the Divergent series, The Sixth Faction comes a full dozen years later. Roth has continued to publish regularly in the intervening years, with several new series and a handful of standalone works. But none of them have approached the success of Divergent, and the sputtering out of the filmed version …

Veronica Ryan review – the seeds are sensational but the detritus is distracting | Sculpture

Veronica Ryan review – the seeds are sensational but the detritus is distracting | Sculpture

Published by Sam Flores

Sometimes the seed of an idea can grow into something monumental. In Veronica Ryan’s case, kernels and pods have grown into a whole career filled with organic forms bursting to life with stories and symbolism. It’s an approach that has served her well, winning her the Turner prize in 2022. And now the Montserrat-born British artist is being given the full retrospective treatment, with a show taking viewers from her early experiments in lead to more recent sculptures made of twine, bandages and plastic. It’s the new stuff you see first, hanging pendulously from the ceiling and piled up on the floor. Long, thin coloured sacks dangle on wires, bulbously weighed down by plastic bottles and seed pods. They look like Ruth Asawa let loose at the tip, minimalism at the recycling centre. ‘She is remaking the world in her own image, and letting everyone see themselves reflected in it.’ Photograph: Matt Greenwood/Above Ground Studio Cardboard avocado trays are stacked into improvised geometric sculptures; plastic bottles in the corner have been cast in ceramic; teabags …

Call the Midwife’s Sister Veronica makes a startling admission

Call the Midwife’s Sister Veronica makes a startling admission

Published by Daniella Wilson

Ahead of Call the Midwife season 15, Rebecca Gethings revealed that Sister Veronica would be “forever changed” by the path her storyline was set to take. “You’re going to see a journey for Sister Veronica,” she teased. “I don’t know where she’ll end up, but she will have been to some places and seen some things she’s possibly never experienced before. “She’ll be forever changed by this series – so watch this space!” And in the premiere, which aired on Sunday 11th January, the reason why became clear. During an emotional exchange with Trixie’s brother Geoffrey, Sister Veronica – or Beryl, as we now know her – made a startling confession. Reflecting on the life she has chosen and the sacrifice it demands, she said: “It isn’t about when we can’t speak, it’s about what we can never say, what we can never name, because that might expose us, lay us bare. We can’t afford that, can we?” When Geoffrey acknowledged that indeed no one wants “to hear them howling”, Sister Veronica quietly admitted she …