By all accounts, the Hulu series “The Handmaid’s Tale” was a huge success in 2017. Counterintuitively, the Margaret Atwood novel it was based on has been a constant on bestseller lists. Hadn’t people gotten the story from watching the show? Apparently not. In fact, this was the case for a number... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The septuagenarian Canadian author has, this year, become a cultural icon, as well as Canada’s best-known author—and 'The Handmaid's Tale' has become a backlist sensation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Margaret Atwood is back on top of the Apple charts, knocking John Grisham's latest, 'The Rooster Bar,' off the throne after a single week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster and Elif Shafak have joined a number of other authors in criticising Russia’s treatment of Ukraine and calling for freedom of expression to be preserved. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nicci French's Sunday Morning Coming Down swipes the number one spot from Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new survey of Canadian readers found that Margaret Atwood is the Canadian author most residents recognize. The BookNet Canada survey also found that one in five Canadian readers cannot name a single Canadian author. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
During Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany's publishers and booksellers will honor Margaret Atwood as 'one of the most important storytellers of our era.' The post German Book Trade’s Peace Prize Goes to Canada’s Margaret Atwood appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year’s much-buzzed 10-episode adaptation of "The Handmaid’s Tale," which was streamed on Hulu in collaboration with MGM Television, rocketed Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel back onto bestsellers charts. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Readers keep Paula Hawkins's 'Into the Water' swimming along at the top of the iBooks bestseller list, while Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' drops to #5. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel rockets to number one on Amazon after Channel 4 begins airing series starring Elisabeth MossThe Handmaid’s Tale, the 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood envisaging a hellish dystopia where the US is ruled by an ultra-far-right regime that treats women as chattels, has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A rare public appearance from John le Carre, and events by Margaret Atwood and Zadie Smith, are among events to feature in Southbank Centre's summer/autumn 2017 programme. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Baldacci's latest Amos Decker thriller, 'The Fix,' remains in the #1 slot on the iBooks list, followed by Margaret Atwood's backlist dystopian novel, 'The Handmaid's Tale.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The announced panels include appearances from authors Dan Brown, Margaret Atwood, Veronica Roth, Rainbow Rowell, and Shea Serrano and pop culture icons including Bill Nye, Jeffrey Tambor, and Krysten Ritter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Celebrated comics writer G. Willow Wilson pays tribute to literary icon Margaret Atwood and her geeky love of superhero comics, and to Volume 2 of Atwood's delightful superhero graphic novel, 'Angel Catbird.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Salman Rushdie has put his name to an open letter, alongside J M Coetzee, Margaret Atwood and Neil Gaiman, calling on Chinese president Xi Jinping to reverse his state crackdown on dissidents. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bangladeshi publisher, writer and editor Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury (known as Tutul) has been named 2016 International Writer of Courage by Margaret Atwood. Chowdhury accepted the prize in person this evening (13th October) at the British Library during a ceremony held to celebrate Atwood's PEN... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
There were plenty of new graphic novels of all kinds at this year's Comic-Con, including one by acclaimed Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Richard Dawkins, Eimear McBride and Margaret Atwood are among the names featuring at Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Margaret Atwood has been awarded the 2016 PEN Pinter Prize at the same time it is announced she will be embarking on a UK book tour. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The US Authors Guild’s appeal against the earlier ruling that allows the tech giant to scan millions of books under ‘fair use’ has been rejected by the Supreme CourtA long-running face-off between the US Authors Guild and Google over the search engine’s scanning of millions of books was brought... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]