Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood to publish ‘highly personal’ collection of short stories

When it is published next year Old Babes in the Wood will mark the author’s first return to fiction since 2019’s The Testaments

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2022

How an Unstable US Threatens Canada’s National Security

American political violence could lead to unpredictable spillover events in Canada

The Walrus · Jul 20, 2022

Margaret Atwood defends ‘I told you so’ mug likening post-Roe America to Handmaid’s Tale

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ imagines a future in which the US has become a fundamentalist, authoritarian, theocratic regime known as Gilead

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Who Controls What Books You Can Read?

Welcome to Reason's summer banned books issue.

Reason · Jul 3, 2022

People are comparing The Handmaid’s Tale to real life, following Roe v Wade ruling

‘What a dark, depressing moment in history this is. I feel sick,’ one person wrote on Twitter

The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2022

Hillary Clinton: ‘We are standing on the precipice of losing our democracy’

The former presidential candidate on negotiating with Putin, the ‘prophet’ Margaret Atwood — and why the Democrats need to rein in the radical left

Financial Times · Jun 20, 2022

Hillary Clinton hits out at ‘self-righteous’ Alito and warns many rights are ‘at risk’ with Roe v Wade ruling

‘The level of insidious rulemaking to further oppress women almost knows no end’

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2022

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Hilary Clinton says democracy is at risk

Clinton weighs in on the current political climate, and what Margaret Atwood got right about the future for women

Salon · Jun 18, 2022

Elizabeth Richie obituary

Other lives: Arts and theatre administrator who became an acupuncturist

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022

The Handmaid’s Tale voted top book written by a woman for men to read

The poll was part of a Women’s Prize for Fiction campaign.

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2022

Fireproof copy of The Handmaid’s Tale sells at auction for £103,000

In a promotional video ahead of the sale, the Canadian author, 82, blasted the book with a flamethrower to test its fire-resistance.

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2022

'Unburnable' copy of Handmaid's Tale auctioned for $130,000

A specially commissioned, unburnable edition of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” has been auctioned for $130,000, Sotheby’s announced Tuesday

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2022

Fiction about abortion confronts the complicated history of gender, sexuality and women’s rights

Recent debates around Roe v. Wade in the United States have sparked new conversations about the right to abortion and what it means.

The Conversation · Jun 7, 2022

First editions annotated by Le Carré and Mantel to be auctioned

Other writers who have added handwritten thoughts for sale in support of English PEN include Ian McEwan and Margaret Atwood

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2022

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation · May 31, 2022

Margaret Atwood's flamethrower of a stunt and the misguided moral certainty of book burning

If someone had told me a few weeks ago that nearly every major news website and social media account in the English-speaking world would post a video of Margaret Atwood – the 82-year-old matron saint of Canadian letters, the subject of countless doctoral dissertations and at least ten forests worth…

The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2022

Digested week: Queen’s absence makes this republican’s heart grow fonder

With bad news all around, it was hard not to smile when the monarch, cheerful in pink, visited Chelsea flower show

The Guardian - US · May 24, 2022

Atwood responds to book bans with ‘unburnable’ edition of Handmaid’s Tale

Auction of fire-resistant edition comes ahead of an expected US supreme court ruling reversing the right to abortion

ABC News · May 24, 2022

The Loop: Albanese's international Quad meeting, injuries from a 12-car pile-up, and Margaret Atwood with a flamethrower

Get up to speed on today's headlines with The Loop.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

WEKU · May 24, 2022

A burn-proof edition of 'The Handmaid's Tale' goes up for auction

Organizers say proceeds from the auction will be donated to PEN, which advocates for free expression around the world.

The Independent UK · May 24, 2022

Burn-proof edition of 'The Handmaid's Tale' up for auction

Margaret Atwood has imagined apocalyptic disaster, Dystopian government and an author faking her own death

The Independent UK · May 23, 2022

How to be a bestselling author: Writing tips of Margaret Atwood, George RR Martin, Emily St John Mandel and more

‘Writing is really hard for me. I’m not being facetious; I’m not a natural writer. Every sentence in this book has been rewritten a hundred times’, says John Krakauer at Santa Fe Literary Festival. Holly Baxter examines what the acclaimed authors at the event have revealed about their writing habits

The Independent UK · May 22, 2022

‘We can no longer bring spoons to a knife fight’: How world-famous authors plan to fight for Roe v Wade

Holly Baxter reports from the Santa Fe Literary Festival on Margaret Atwood’s refusal to mince her words and Don Winslow’s surprising reason for retirement

The Independent UK · May 21, 2022

Supreme Court’s plans to overturn Roe v Wade are ‘payback for MeToo’, says Margaret Atwood

Speaking at the Santa Fe Literary Festival, the author talked about the erosion of women’s rights in America and the importance of staying hopeful

The Independent UK · May 13, 2022

Margaret Atwood compares forced childbirth to ‘slavery’ amid Roe v Wade row

Author’s comments arrive after many compared potential overturning of abortion law in the US to the themes in her novel, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

The Independent UK · May 9, 2022

Margaret Atwood compares forced childbirth to ‘slavery’ amid Roe vs Wade row

Author’s comments arrive after many compared potential overturning of abortion law in the US to the themes in her novel, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

1 … 9 10 11 12

Coverage From

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.