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Veronica Roth will be distracted from her concern at the advent of President Donald Trump by the launch of Carve the Mark, the follow-up to her trilogy.
She's already sold the film rights to her first novel, Dry, but praise from the New York Times is more than welcome to Jane Harper.
Melbourne will get a taste of an Indian writers festival with a pop-up festival being held in February
John Oliver brings his persona for a new season of this weekly news satire program, and crashes some other HBO show sets in the process.