Margaret Atwood: Latest News

NineteenEighty-Four, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451—one reaches the hallucinatory creations of Philip K. Dick, best known as the author of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? on which the classic cult film Blade Runner is based (the Amazon Prime show Electric Dreams is an anthology of Dick’s short stories).

Hulu has officially ordered The Testaments as a new series and the full cast has been announced ahead of production beginning on April 7.

With the series finale of The Handmaid’s Tale set to air this year, Hulu is working on the sequel series The Testaments and we know some confirmed cast members already.

I hope you’ll find something here to help you make this your best spring yet and something you can share with loved ones to make this a happy season for them too.“Spring will come and so will happiness. Hold on.

The Handmaid’s Tale sequel series The Testaments is one step closer to becoming a reality.

And to help you to feel closer to your loved one and give you renewed strength to keep going through the difficult moments.“I exist in two places, here and where you are.” – Margaret Atwood“If you listen to the wind very carefully, you’ll be able to hear me whisper my love for you.” – Andrew Davidson“When your absence is felt, your presence is the essence and it makes a difference.” – Michael Bassey Johnson“Love is not finding someone to live with. It’s finding someone you can’t live without.” – Rafael Ortiz“For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice.” – John Burroughs“I miss your voice because it is a symphony; your scent because it is a treasure; your smile because it is a jewel; your hug because it is a masterpiece; and your kiss because it is a miracle.” – Matshona Dhliwayo“Distance means so little when someone means so much.” – Tom McNeal“I may not always be with you, but when we’re far apart, remember you will be with me right inside my heart.” – Marc Wambolt“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” – Charles Dickens“I want to be with you.

One of the first novels about the pandemic will be a collaborative effort, with Margaret Atwood, John Grisham and Celeste Ng among the writers.

NEW YORK – One of the first novels about the pandemic will be a collaborative effort, with Margaret Atwood, John Grisham and Celeste Ng among the writers.

NEW YORK – Isabel Allende is not only the world’s most widely read Spanish-language author but also a self-declared and outspoken feminist. So it is not surprising that her most recent book, “The Soul of a Woman,” arrived in the United States during Women’s History Month, just days before the premiere of a miniseries about her life on HBO Max.

LOS ANGELES – As “The Handmaid’s Tale” returns in April for season four, its creator is reluctant to predict when the dystopian drama will be ready for its final act.

NEW YORK – The annual publishing convention and trade show known as BookExpo, a decades-old tradition where guest speakers have ranged from Bill Clinton to Margaret Atwood, may be coming to an end. ReedPop, which has managed BookExpo for a quarter century, announced Tuesday that effectively immediately it was “retiring” the event, along with the fan-based BookCon and merchandise-based UnBound.

NEW YORK – Toni Morrison is on the list. So are John Green and Harper Lee.

CINCINNATI – Margaret Atwood, whose sweeping body of work includes “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a depiction of a nightmarish totalitarian future for the United States, is this year’s winner of a lifetime achievement award that celebrates literature’s power to foster peace, social justice and global understanding.The Canadian writer and teacher has earned the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, officials of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize officials announced Monday.

LONDON – Dozens of artists, writers and academics have signed an open letter decrying the weakening of public debate and warning that the free exchange of information and ideas is in jeopardy amid a rise in what they call “illiberalism.”J.K. Rowling, Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood are among dozens of writers, artists and academics to argue against ideological conformity in an open letter in Harper’s Magazine.

Elisabeth Moss is going to be one of Hollywood's busiest actors once production ramps back up following the coronavirus quarantine.The season four premiere date of her hit The Handmaid's Tale has been officially set for sometime in 2021 which Hulu announced during its digital newfront on Monday, according to The Wrap.Additionally, STK Entertainment just secured the distribution rights to her upcoming paranormal thriller, Run Rabbit Run.

You can’t keep a good man locked down. That’s the takeaway from Martin Scorsese’s new short film, a five-minute video shot by the director from his New York home.Scorsese submitted the film to the BBC’s Lockdown Culture with Mary Beard, which has previously featured Margaret Atwood, Helen Mirren and other celebrities in its COVID-19-themed arts coverage.It opens with a clip of Henry Fonda in jail in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man, the camera panning away from the screen to Scorsese raising the blinds, as though he’s in the same cell.

Since the Covid-19 lockdown was announced last month, reading has been one of the most popular activities Buddies have turned to to keep themselves entertained.

After the One World: Together at Home U.S. broadcast event this weekend, Canadian artists like Celine Dion, Michael Buble and Alessia Cara will team up April 26 for their own star-studded broadcast event in Canada to support local food banks and hospital workers battling the novel coronavirus.

NEW YORK –

Internationally renowned Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood will take part in an online literary conversation with Canada’s former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson on Thursday, April 2, 2020, at 3 p.m. ET on the National Arts Centre’s Facebook page.