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Edited by Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston, this ‘multi-voiced novel’ is a valuable reminder that stories can teach and console
Many authors are discovering that their writing has been fed into the AI blender — and I am among them
From a Margaret Atwood short-story collection to Max Porter’s ‘Shy’ and Cecile Pin’s debut novel ‘Wandering Souls’
This new collection shows the author in full possession of her powers
A Bob Dylan recording, a Francis Bacon and a first edition annotated by Margaret Atwood are all going under the hammer this season
Poul Ruders’ unsettling, powerful adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s book returns to the English National Opera
New online performances by Houston Grand Opera, Australian Chamber Orchestra and Budapest Festival Orchestra
Will splitting the literary award also rip up the economics associated with it?
Bernardine Evaristo is first black woman to win, sharing with Canadian Margaret Atwood
The Canadian novelist on being a ‘bad’ feminist and how it feels to see your dystopia come true
The Handmaid’s Tale sequel answers many questions about Gilead — but it falls short of Atwood’s best work
At 50, the literary award has consistently delivered good longlists and shortlists, but it hasn’t been without its critics
‘Handmaid’s Tale’ author Margaret Atwood warns against taking progress for granted
The award-winning author’s fiction resonates with contemporary concerns
Corporate schemes proliferate, but those outside them often give the greatest advice
The Booker Prize-winning author is a lifelong conservationist and birder — no wonder all manner of winged creatures flit through her works
A prison-cum-timeshare scheme is the subject of the author’s tale of a near-future US — but do the economics add up?
Reporters in ‘deadly peril’ following string of attacks amid a lukewarm response from government
Iranian-American director Ana Lily Amirpour’s debut film is clever, cool — and funny
Tales of murderous fantasies in old age
High finance is so high it is seen as non-human, writes Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood’s clarification of her relationship with science fiction
The extinction of the great auk is poignant. What if by extinguishing other species we are killing off parts of ourselves?
Why was E&Y overseeing the voting on the African version of ‘Big Brother’?
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