The Handmaid’s Tale season 5
Hulu announced “The Handmaid’s Tale” will return for season 5 on September 14, unfortunately without Emily (Alexis Bledel).
Pilar Somacarrera Íñigo publishes a new book on Atwood
Learn about it here.
Top paper award from our ArtPolitical conference announced
The Margaret Atwood Society co-hosted “ArtPolitical: Margaret Atwood’s Aesthetics” October 14 through 16, 2021 at the University of Göttingen, Germany. We were pleased to award $250USD prize to the top paper, which was awarded to Manuel Sousa Oliveira (Porto) for his outstanding paper “Both Fox and Cat: The Politics of Ambiguity in The Handmaid’s Tale […]
Register for ArtPolitical: Margaret Atwood’s Aesthetics
Registration for ArtPolitical: Margaret Atwood’s Aesthetics is open now! All conference panels are available via Zoom. Register online. We look forward to seeing you there at this international conference. 14-16 Oct 2021, hosted by University of Göttingen, Germany Conveners: Dr. Dunja Mohr (Erfurt) and Dr. Kirsten Sandrock (Göttingen) About the conference: For Margaret Atwood, politics […]
Register now for “Artpolitical”–Preconference Symposium, 12 March 2021
For the International Conference,14th-16th October 2021,at the University of Göttingen, Germany ‘ARTPOLITICAL’ – MARGARET ATWOOD’S AESTHETICSWe will hold a Pre-conference Symposium [Online] The online event will take place on Friday, 12 March, 16-19:30h Central European Time (via Zoom). Please register with your full name via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artpolitical-margaret-atwoods-aesthetics-pre-conference-online-event-tickets-138221812161 Also, please note: The deadline for the Margaret Atwood Society Best Paper Award for […]
2021 Annual Society Business Meeting
Our annual business meeting with be over Zoom, starting at 3:30 PST p.m. on Saturday, 1/9. Zoom meeting ID: 971 2932 5493. The meeting requires a password; contact one of the officers if you want to join!
New Collection of Atwood’s Early Works
Margaret Atwood’s early works of fiction, drama, and verse, with her colorful illustrations, are published here for the first time. They reflect her formative years in the woods of northern Ontario and Quebec, her engagement with animals, and the wide-ranging imagination and humor that also inform her novels. Edited by Nora Foster Stovel and Donna […]
CFP for new MLA Approaches to Teaching Atwood Book
The MLA Press published Approaches to Teaching Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Other Works in 1996. Now the press is seeking contributions for a new volume to explore both the teaching of Atwood’s publications since that time and 21st-century approaches to her earlier works, such as strategies for teaching The Handmaid’s Tale that draw on the Hulu TV series, the graphic […]