Photo credit: Luis Mora

Margaret Atwood

Photo credit: Luis Mora

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood, whose work has been published in more than forty-five countries, is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, critical essays, and graphic novels. In addition to The Handmaid’s Tale, now an award-winning TV series, her novels include Cat’s Eye, short-listed for the 1989 Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; Oryx and Crake, short-listed for the 2003 Man Booker Prize; The Year of the Flood, MaddAddam; and Hag-Seed. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the Franz Kafka Prize, the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Los Angeles Times Innovator’s Award. In 2019, she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature.

Margaret Atwood is published by Penguin Random House Canada

Photo credit: Luis Mora

What to read

Old Babes in the Wood: Stories by Margaret Atwood, 2023
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, 2019
Dearly by Margaret Atwood, 2020
Burning Questions: Essays And Occasional Pieces, 2004-2021 by Margaret Atwood, 2022

Upcoming Events

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September 30, 2023
at 5pm

Performance

Patient & Impatient Griselda

Margaret Atwood, Bryan Doerries, Jesse Eisenberg, Maev Beaty, and Araya Mengesha

September 30, 2023 at 5pm

September 24, 2023
at 4pm

Conversation

2023 PEN Canada Graeme Gibson Talk

Masha Gessen, Andrey Kurkov, Margaret Atwood, and Nahlah Ayed

September 24, 2023 at 4pm

October 27, 2022
at 7pm

TIFA Event

Theater of War: The Long-Term Care Trilogy

Bryan Doerries, Margaret Atwood, David Strathairn, The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Vanessa Sears, Jani Lauzon, Deena Aziz, Araya Mengesha, Evan Buliung, R.H. Thomson, Daren A. Herbert, Laura Condlln, Dee Hope, Michael Booth, and Carol Lemen

October 27, 2022 at 7pm

September 27, 2022
at 8pm

TIFA Event

Disinformation, Dictators & Democracy: Maria Ressa & Ronald Deibert

Maria Ressa, Ronald Deibert, Margaret Atwood, and Nahlah Ayed

September 27, 2022 at 8pm

September 27, 2022
at 4:30pm

TIFA Event

Freedom to Write and to Read: Standing with Salman Rushdie

Matt Galloway, Margaret Atwood, The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Ian McEwan, Deepa Mehta, Rohinton Mistry, Maria Ressa, John Ralston Saul, and Shyam Selvadurai

September 27, 2022 at 4:30pm

October 28, 2021
at 6:30pm

Conversation

Bryan Doerries in Conversation with Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood and Bryan Doerries

October 28, 2021 at 6:30pm

September 22, 2021
at 7pm

Conversation

Hope in Strange Paradises: Dystopias and their Bright Spots

Omar El Akkad, Margaret Atwood, and Nahlah Ayed

September 22, 2021 at 7pm

October 26, 2020
at 7:30pm

TIFA Event

The Poem/The Song: Art of Time Ensemble

Margaret Atwood

October 26, 2020 at 7:30pm

October 22, 2020
at 7pm

TIFA Event

An Evening With Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood and Roland Gulliver

October 22, 2020 at 7pm

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