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Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood postpones Bord Gáis theatre event after testing positive for Covid-19
Canadian author says she will try to reschedule event with Laurie Anderson and Mary Robinson for later in the year
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I was first to read The Handmaid’s Tale, that’s my claim to fame: Valerie Martin on friendship with Margaret Atwood
American novelist’s latest book, Mrs Gulliver, reimagines Juliet as a cunning blind brothel worker
Fourteen Days: Stories about pandemic shut-ins in New York from Margaret Atwood, John Grisham, Celeste Ng, Scott Turow and Emma Donoghue
Big names such as Margaret Atwood, John Grisham, Celeste Ng, Scott Turow and Emma Donoghue contribute
Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret Atwood: Wit and humanity in the darkest of places
Fifteen stories show Atwood’s range as a writer, her ingenuity, the ease with which she switches mode
‘Join the club’: Bestselling writers show support after just two people attend debut author’s book launch
Neil Gaiman, Stephen King and Margaret Atwood share their similar experiences with debut author
The book thief: He obtained hundreds of unpublished manuscripts, but nobody knows why
The FBI has arrested Filippo Bernardini, accusing him of stealing unpublished books
Over 40 complaints made about ‘unsuitable’ books on English curriculum
Complaints to department from parents, though some students defend novels
The Handmaid’s Tale, once an urgent parable for our times, has become merely adequate
Season 4 review: Elisabeth Moss is the best thing about an only occasionally gripping series
Jennifer O’Connell: Margaret Atwood is not the biggest threat to your children’s wellbeing
Yes, schools should be a safe place, as the callers to Liveline insisted. But safe does not mean sanitised
Salman Rushdie: ‘I am stupidly optimistic – it got me through those bad years’
The novelist on strong women, ‘moral censorship’ and the ‘great wound’ of his life
Another two weeks off school? How to keep children and teenagers entertained over Easter
If you need some ideas to keep children distracted and happy, here are some suggestions
Douglas Stuart wins 2020 Booker Prize for Shuggie Bain
Debut author is second Scot to win with very personal tale of poverty and addiction
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