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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

The Walrus Talks Videos

The Next 50 years of Canadian Writing

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

Recorded May 31, 2017 at The Carlu in Toronto

Society

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

Illustration by Johnnie Christmas; Colours by Tamra Bonvillain

Comics / September 2016

Rescue Cat

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

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

Politics

Stephen Harper’s Hair Problem

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

The election issue on top of your head

Video still Margaret Atwood from The Walrus Talks Philanthropy

The Walrus Talks Videos

HiveMind Gives: Grassroots Crowdfunding

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

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

Fiction / July/August 2012

I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth

July 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - 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 …

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 …

Books / October 2003

Lifting the Veil

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

Three Books by Iranian Women