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The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Atwood

Trump election reframed TV version of The Handmaid’s Tale, says Atwood

Hugely successful adaptation of dystopian novel began airing three months after 2016 US presidential election

The Guardian - UK

Burning Questions by Margaret Atwood audiobook review – reflections on a world in crisis

Atwood ranges across topics from the global heating to The Handmaid’s Tale, with actors Ciarán Hinds and Ann Dowd among the narrators

The Guardian - UK

Hilary Mantel’s last novel was to have been an Austen mash-up: read an exclusive extract starring Mr Darcy

In the week of the Wolf Hall author’s memorial, her husband and agent talk about the Jane Austen satire she was working on when she died in 2022. Plus: read an exclusive extract, along with her earliest published work

The Guardian - UK

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Micro review: 'Old Babes in the Wood' by Margaret Atwood

Twice Booker-winner, Margaret Atwood, is back with a new collection of short stories. Titled 'Old Babes in the Wood', this is her first work of fiction since 'The Testaments' in 2019, for which she won her second Booker Prize.

The Times of India

Book bans in US public schools increase by 28% in six months, Pen report finds

Writers organisation denounces ‘relentless’ Republican crusade as 1,477 books banned in first half of 2022-23 school year

The Guardian - US

Spring reads 2023: the best new books from Margaret Atwood, Emma Cline and more

The season has changed and a whole new crop of essential books are being unleashed

Evening Standard

Book signing event goes viral after author posts room full of empty chairs: ‘Crying the entire way home’

Thousands empathised with the bestselling writer and shared similar experiences of disappointment

The Independent UK

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‘Crying the entire way home’: Book signing event goes viral after author posts room full of empty chairs

Thousands empathised with the bestselling writer and shared similar experiences of disappointment

The Independent UK

White supremacy and abortion politics

My research finds a strong connection between white supremacy, support for "men's rights" and anti-abortion views

Salon

The best new books released in March, as selected by avid readers and critics

Short stories by Margaret Atwood, a thriller from a Booker Prize winner, and an interrogation of our cultural obsession with true crime are among our favourite new books.

ABC News

Naomi Alderman on Prime Video’s The Power: ‘we are living in a dystopia. It just depends which sex you are’

The Power author and now co-screenwriter of the novel’s adaptation chats revolutions, women’s fear and Margaret Atwood

Evening Standard

Susan Booth ushers in a new day with a new season at the Goodman Theatre

Artistic director — the first woman to lead the 98-year-old theater — revealed an eclectic lineup for 2023-24.

Chicago Sun-Times

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of I Will Find You by Harlan Coben and Cuddy by Benjamin Myers.

The Independent UK

Margaret Atwood on her new collection Old Babes in the Wood and the ongoing relevance of The Handmaid's Tale

The Booker Prize winner lost her partner in 2019. Now, she draws upon their life together in her new book, Old Babes in the Wood.

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The Guardian - UK

Book fraudster Filippo Bernardini spared jail

The publishing employee who targeted manuscripts from authors such as Margaret Atwood and Ian McEwan was fined and will be deported from the US

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh and Not Now, Noor! by Farhana Islam.

France 24

Israeli 'handmaids' march against government's judiciary overhaul

It's become an ominous fixture of the mass anti-government protests roiling Israel: a coil of women in crimson robes and white caps, walking heads bowed and hands clasped. They are dressed as characters from Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, “The Handmaid's Tale,” and the eponymous TV series.

The Independent UK

In Israel, TV's dystopian 'Handmaids' is protest fixture

Coils of red-robed and white-capped women are becoming ominous fixtures of the mass anti-government protests roiling Israel

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The Guardian - UK

Stormzy and Tracey Emin join Hay festival 2023 lineup

The UK’s best-known literary festival has a new CEO and promises ‘11 days of different’ as it unveils its full lineup featuring Richard Osman, Dua Lipa, Margaret Atwood and more

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Margaret Atwood's 'Old Babes in the Wood' tackles what it means to be human

Margaret Atwood's first collection of short stories in almost a decade is a dazzling mixture of tales showcasing her imagination and humor — and exploring everything from love to the afterlife.

The Guardian - UK

Book thief who stole more than 1,000 manuscripts ‘wanted to cherish them before anyone else’

Filippo Bernardini impersonated hundreds of people in the publishing industry to obtain work by Margaret Atwood, Sally Rooney and Ian McEwan, but never intended to leak the books

The Guardian - UK

Margaret Atwood: ‘It would be fun to talk to Simone de Beauvoir’

The author on being banned in Virginia, communicating with dead writers and her new short story collection, the first since the death of her partner

Daily Mirror

Handmaid's Tale author says Prince Harry would have been 'murdered by lesser royal'

Canadian writer Margaret Atwood has caused controversy by claiming Prince Harry 'probably would have been murdered by someone lower down in the food chain to get him out the way'

The New Daily

From Aussie politics to catering funerals: Here are 10 new books to check out in March

Looking to lose yourself in a crime thriller or learn about one of Australia's top politicians, this month's new releases have you covered

The Guardian - UK

The Guide #76: Readers’ cultural quandaries answered

When did audience get so badly behaved? Does anyone actually have Paramount+? All this and more in a mailbag special

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