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 SnyderBooks about democracy, dystopia, tyranny, feminism and far-right politics rapidly climbed bestseller charts in the wake of Donald Trump winning... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-11-07 15:33:10 UTC ]
From the shock and awe of labour to domestic isolation, a wave of recent novels captures the transformative nature of being a motherThey say nothing prepares you. Before having my baby, I approached the literature of motherhood as though I were about to sit an exam. If my studies tempered the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-01-20 11:00:01 UTC ]
Margaret Atwood, James Patterson and Suzanne Collins are among thousands of writers endorsing an open letter from the Authors Guild urging AI companies to obtain permission before incorporating copyrighted work into their technologies. ... Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2023-07-18 21:52:26 UTC ]
James Patterson, Suzanne Collins and Margaret Atwood are among thousands of writers endorsing an open letter from the Authors Guild urging AI companies to obtain permission before incorporating copyrighted work into their technologies Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2023-07-18 20:54:45 UTC ]
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 booksThe former publishing employee who stole manuscripts of books by Margaret Atwood, Sally Rooney and Ian McEwan has said... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-03-13 11:30:25 UTC ]
‘Simmering’ is a short story by the Canadian author and poet Margaret Atwood (born 1939). Published in Atwood’s 1983 collection Murder in the Dark, the story might be regarded as a piece of flash fiction, micro-fiction, or even an example of prose poetry. ‘Simmering’ posits a society in which... Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2022-11-28 15:00:57 UTC ]
Alexis Schaitkin’s fantastical tale takes a page from Margaret Atwood to explore society’s role in the maternal experience. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-06-27 12:00:00 UTC ]
More than 100 writers, artists, comedians and musicians will voice James Joyce’s seminal novel in celebration of its publication a century agoOne hundred years ago, in February 1922, Sylvia Beach, owner of the Paris bookshop Shakespeare and Company, published James Joyce’s Ulysses, in full, for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-01-20 09:30:55 UTC ]
Margaret Atwood is being celebrated for her contributions to Canadian literature with a special stamp, unveiled on Thursday. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2021-11-25 20:33:03 UTC ]
Kim Cattrall has rounded off the second series of the "Women's Prize Podcast", picking books by Toni Morrison and Margaret Atwood among her top titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-22 18:58:43 UTC ]
Here’s an unusual bit of adaptation news: the painter Michaela Yearwood-Dan has created a limited edition cover for the November issue of Harper’s Bazaar‘s Bazaar Art based on Margaret Atwood’s poem “Feather,” from her latest book Dearly, her first collection of poetry in over a decade. You can... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-10-27 15:05:11 UTC ]
Among this month’s picks: a shortlisted Booker Prize novel and last year’s winner, Margaret Atwood’s “The Testaments.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-09-28 13:16:37 UTC ]
Ahead of a Chevalier's bookstore talk with Bradley Whitford, the "Handmaid's Tale" author talks about Ann Dowd, Zoom-worthy tops, dystopia and elections. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-09-14 14:00:45 UTC ]
Ijeoma Oluo, Fredrik Backman and Margaret Atwood all have new releases coming up. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-09-05 12:00:00 UTC ]
Margaret Atwood is marking the paperback publication of her Booker-winning novel The Testaments (Chatto) with a live streamed event via Fane Online. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-19 15:53:40 UTC ]
Margaret Atwood is to narrate the audiobook her new poetry collection, Dearly, which publishes simultaneously with the print edition on 10th November. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-04 22:25:53 UTC ]
Novelists Hilary Mantel, Maggie O'Farrell and Margaret Atwood are among the list of big-name writers and thinkers taking part in the first fully digital Hay Festival. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-06 10:09:46 UTC ]
Vintage has revealed the striking cover for Margaret Atwood's new poetry book, Dearly—the writer's first collection for a decade. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-16 10:47:01 UTC ]
As City AM suspends publication, regional print media are coming under increasing pressurePlayboy, the glossy magazine relic of the pre-#MeToo era as well as the occasional publisher of Margaret Atwood, among others, would seem to have little in common with City AM, the business-led freesheet... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-03-22 14:00:08 UTC ]
The Virago publisher is eloquent and inspiring on writing – but her memoir lacks grit and gossipLennie Goodings has had a long and highly respected career in publishing. She is chair of Virago Press, the pioneering publishing house that champions women’s writing. She’s been with Virago since the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-02-23 09:00:48 UTC ]