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Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. She won the 2016 PEN Pinter Prize for her writing and political activism.
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Books / December 2017

How Margaret Atwood Learned to Type

November 20, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Margaret Atwood

At sixteen, the author of The Handmaid’s Tale sat down with her parents’ portable Remington for the first time

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The Next 50 years of Canadian Writing

May 31, 2017January 23, 2020 - by Margaret Atwood

Recorded May 31, 2017 at The Carlu in Toronto

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Margaret Atwood on the Galloway Affair

November 17, 2016November 15, 2019 - by Margaret Atwood

To think that members of a group called “women” are always right and never lie does a great disservice to accusing women and abuse survivors

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September 2016

Rescue Cat

August 24, 2016April 16, 2021 - by Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood reimagines the everyday feline as a comic-book superhero

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Politics

Stephen Harper’s Hair Problem

August 21, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Margaret Atwood

The election issue on top of your head

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HiveMind Gives: Grassroots Crowdfunding

November 19, 2013October 16, 2019 - by Margaret Atwood

“Through crowdfunding, everyone can have a little ‘Scrooge’ redemption moment”

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I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth
Fiction / July/August 2012

I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth

July 12, 2012February 8, 2022 - by Margaret Atwood

Long ago, when they were all a lot younger, Zenia had stolen a man from each of them. From Tony, she’d stolen West, who did however think better of it—or …

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Fiction / March 2005

Warlords

March 12, 2005May 26, 2020 - by Margaret Atwood

To be a warlord — that’s a little boy’s dream everywhere. Point a finger, say Bang, and thousands die. Most of these sharpshooters grow up to become dentists. But if …

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Books / October 2003

Lifting the Veil

October 24, 2003April 29, 2020 - by Margaret Atwood

Three Books by Iranian Women

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