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The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Atwood

What to know about the new Handmaid’s Tale spinoff The Testaments

Margaret Atwood’s dystopian world is set to expand, and we finally have a release date

Evening Standard

Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood to publish memoir

The 85-year-old’s Book of Lives promises to lift the lid on her unconventional Canadian upbringing, prize-winning writing career, and the experiences that shaped her work

The Guardian - UK

Canada Has Spent Over a Century Avoiding Collapse. Can It Keep Going?

Our stability is more fragile than it looks

The Walrus

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Royal Society of Literature in chaos as director quits amid in-fighting and free speech rows

Dozens of high profile writers including Margaret Atwood, Kazuo Ishiguro and Dame Marina Warner have all criticised its current leadership

The Independent UK

Year in review: top 10 art and culture interviews of 2024, as selected by Wallpaper’s Hannah Silver

From Antony Gormley to St. Vincent and Mickalene Thomas – art & culture editor Hannah Silver looks back on the creatives we've most enjoyed catching up with during 2024

Wallpaper

Famous Dames and women who have received royal honours, decorations and medals

From acting legends to women who have smashed through glass ceilings, the royals have honoured these pioneers and icons

Woman & Home

The week in dance: MaddAddam; Gigenis: the Generation of the Earth – review

Margaret Atwood’s dystopian vision provides rich inspiration for Wayne McGregor, while Akram Khan goes back to his Indian classical roots to transfixing effect

The Guardian - UK

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MaddAddam review – an epic dance through Margaret Atwood’s dystopia

Wayne McGregor’s take on the novelist’s complex tale is ambitious, beautiful and, though wanting in some parts, redeemed by incredible performances

The Guardian - UK

MaddAdam at the Royal Ballet review: Margaret Atwood's nightmarish dystopia is richly beautiful

3/5 An empathetic reckoning with the end of the world leaves you clinging to dance and music

Evening Standard

UK Writer Samantha Harvey Wins 2024 Booker With Space Novel

British writer Samantha Harvey won the prestigious Booker Prize on Tuesday for her science fiction novel following six astronauts as they orbit Earth over 24 hours.

International Business Times

The high-profile female winners of the Booker Prize

Many female novelists have been honoured with damehood.

Evening Standard

Handmaid's Tale, 1984 book sales rise

Dystopian fare isn't the only politically inspired reading material that's flying off the shelves

Salon

Handmaid’s Tale soars 400 places to third place on bestseller charts after Trump win

Other dystopian titles have seen up to a 30,000 per cent surge in sales

The Independent UK

The Handmaid's Tale' Rockets Up the Amazon Best Sellers List as Author Declares 'Despair Is Not an Option' After Trump Win

After Donald Trump's 2024 presidential win, sales of dystopian and politically charged books like The Handmaid's Tale began trending on Amazon.

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The Guardian - UK

Sales surge for dystopian books after Trump election victory

The Handmaid’s Tale has risen more than 400 places on bestseller charts since Wednesday with a similar rush for copies of On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder

The Guardian - US

Saturday Night Live: Kamala Harris makes surprise cameo in standout episode

The vice-president made a shock stop on the campaign trail to play herself alongside Maya Rudolph in a top-tier pre-election episode

The Independent UK

Handmaid’s Tale author shares powerful message to women about the US election

‘Let’s leave Gilead to fiction. Everyone vote!’ one person said in response

The Guardian - UK

Composer Max Richter: ‘I’m a low-key raver! I love all kinds of music’

The creator of the most streamed classical album of all time on working with Margaret Atwood, enjoying Eurovision, and uniting people through music

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'Handmaids' protest ahead of abortion vote

Protesters dressed as "handmaids" have led a protest at SA's parliament, as it prepares to vote on a bill they say infringes on women's rights to healthcare.

The Independent UK

Bernardine Evaristo: ‘I’m grateful I was the first – but a Black woman hasn’t won the Booker prize since me’

The author of ‘Girl, Woman, Other’, who won the top literary prize in 2019, talks to Annabel Nugent about the moment in her career that made the world take notice, why she is channelling rage into energy, and her novel ‘Mr Loverman’ being adapted for the BBC

Wallpaper

Wayne McGregor on turning a post-apocalyptic trilogy by Margaret Atwood into a three-act ballet with Max Richter

Wayne McGregor's latest project is an adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s trilogy of novels, ‘Oryx and Crake’, ‘The Year of the Flood’ and ‘MaddAddam’, marking 16 years of his partnership with composer Max Richter

The Guardian - UK

Chinese author Can Xue is favourite to win 2024 Nobel prize in literature

With odds of 10/1, the author of Love in the New Millennium, who was also the favourite last year, leads a pack that includes Haruki Murakami and Margaret Atwood

The Guardian - UK

Pat Barker: ‘When I first read Pride and Prejudice, I hated it’

The author on reimagining Homer, the sexiness of John Donne’s sonnets, and what she’s learned from Margaret Atwood

The Guardian - UK

A Six follow-up, an LA clown … and War Horse rides again: theatre, comedy and dance autumn preview

Why Am I So Single sets dating angst to music; more Hollywood stars hit the West End; and a Brummie dance trilogy reaches its finale

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The Handmaid's Tale Season 6 To Premiere In 2025

Explore the journey of The Handmaid's Tale as it approaches its final season, with the original cast returning and an expanding universe. Witness the chara...

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