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Margaret Atwood Studies

Birthday Readathon

  Happy Birthday to Margaret Atwood Let’s celebrate! Pick up a short story, novel, poem, or nonfiction piece in honor of this esteemed author, and then tell us what you read.

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Laurentian University Hosts Atwood Birthday Celebration

Four years ago in November the Department of English at Laurentian University held the first Margaret Atwood Birthday Dinner to celebrate the life and work of Canada’s premier writer.  This year, on November 13th, Margaret Atwood herself attended to the delight of a sold out hall of  240 dinner guests.  Reading from her newest work, […]

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Annual Award Submissions Due December 1st

Just a reminder: submissions for the annual society awards are due December 1st.  Please see the Awards page for more information.

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Audio: Margaret Atwood discusses Payback (on BBC)

Originally aired 4 November 2008. [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.746309&w=425&h=350&fv=config%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fplayer%2Femp%2Fconfig%2Fdefault.xml%3Fv11%26companionSize%3D300x30%26companionType%3Dadi%26preroll%3D%26config_settings_suppressItemKind%3Dadvert%2C+ident%26config_settings_autoPlay%3Dfalse%26config_settings_showPopoutButton%3Dfalse%26playlist%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fnews.bbc.co.uk%252Fmedia%252Femp%252F7700000%252F7707600%252F7707673.xml%26config_plugin_fmtjLiveStats_pageType%3Deav2%26embedReferer%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomsbury.com%2FAuthors%2Fdetails.aspx%3Ftpid%3D447%26config_plugin_fmtjLiveStats_edition%3DDomestic%26embedPageUrl%3D%2Ftoday%2Fhi%2Ftoday%2Fnewsid_7707000%2F7707554.stm%26] more about “Margaret Atwood discusses Payback (BB…“, posted with vodpod      

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New Book by Margaret Atwood

Now available…

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Sneak Peek

For your reading pleasure: (“adapted”) excerpt in The Wall Street Journal on the forthcoming Payback.

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Forthcoming Publications

Announcing Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth (Massey Lectures), scheduled for publication November 2008. And scheduled for publication in 2009: a new novel!

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“New Classics” Recognition for The Handmaid’s Tale

Entertainment Weekly ranks The Handmaid’s Tale #1 on  their list of the best book covers of the past 25 years (the novel itself is ranked sixteenth on the “New Classics” book list).

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