Canadian author discusses US under Donald Trump and says setting of dystopian novel has ‘become much closer’ Margaret Atwood has said the plot of her book The Handmaid’s Tale, which tells a story of ...

Margaret Atwood and I are spending a lot of time together. Every morning we set off through a street full of tourist shops, bursting with bric-a-brac like Kullu shawls and Turkish charm bracelets.

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Margaret Atwood has decided to finally meet her many “body doubles”. No, Atwood doesn’t have literal stand-ins for her appearances, but she does have some shadowy figures tied to her writing output.

The Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts reveals a writer who, despite her success, can’t let go of criticism and past slights By Edmund Gordon “When I was writing this memoir and my early readers were ...

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From novels to poetry to essays to graphic novels, Margaret Atwood has dabbled in nearly every written medium there is, except for memoir. That changes now. “Book of Lives” (out now from Doubleday) ...

Margaret Atwood is best known for her dystopian novel, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” published in 1985 and adapted into an award-winning television series in 2017. Yet “The Handmaid’s Tale” is only her sixth ...

How did Margaret Atwood get to be so powerful? Her new work, “Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts,” is radiant with it — full, expansive and joyful. Power is innate: You either have it, or you don’t. No ...

A sharp, funny and engaging autobiography from one of the towering literary figures of our age Read an exclusive extract here Margaret Atwood didn’t want to write a literary memoir. She worried it ...