Search Results by tag: Margaret Atwood

Dave Bidini gets support from Atwood and Martel for his Toronto community-newspaper project

Writer and musician Dave Bidini is embarking on a new publishing project that has garnered support from authors such as Margaret Atwood, Guy Gavriel Kay, and Yann Martel. The West End Phoenix, an ad-free non-profit ... Read More »

May 30, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news

Alias Grace mini-series to premiere on Sept. 25

By Conan Tobias

More Atwood adaptations, please! The premiere date for the upcoming mini-series based on Margaret Atwood's 1996 novel Alias Grace is finally set. CBC will air the first episode of the six-part series on Sept. 25, the broadcaster ... Read More »

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

Atwood, O’Neill, Thien make 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize longlist

By Becky Robertson

Canadians Margaret Atwood, Madeleine Thien, and Heather O'Neill are among 16 international women authors longlisted for this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Other nominees, culled from 189 submissions, include debut Nigerian novelist Ayòbámi Adébáyò ... Read More »

March 8, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Focus on Creators open letter tops 2,400 signatures

By Steven W. Beattie

Margaret Atwood, Gord Downie, Alanis Morissette, and Rosemary Sullivan are among more than 2,000 writers, musicians, and visual artists who have signed their names to an open letter asking the government to support the creative ... Read More »

February 8, 2017 | Filed under: Authors, Writing life

The Handmaid’s Tale returns to the bestsellers list, hits Super Bowl Sunday

By Sue Carter

Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale (McClelland & Stewart/Emblem) is once again a bestseller. BookNet Canada's sales-tracking service has the title, originally published in 1985, at No. 10 on this week's list for Canadian fiction. ... Read More »

February 3, 2017 | Filed under: Authors

National Book Critics Circle recognizes Margaret Atwood with lifetime achievement award

By Becky Robertson

Margaret Atwood adds to her countless accolades with a new honour from the U.S. National Book Critics Circle. The organization today named the author the winner of its Sandrof Award for Lifetime Achievement, while it ... Read More »

January 17, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Atwood joins fundraising efforts for Nova Scotia library’s YA section

By Sue Carter

In August, the Kentville public library – located in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley – moved from the used car dealership where it had resided for 29 years to a decommissioned United Church. The new library ... Read More »

September 8, 2016 | Filed under: Libraries

From Alias Grace to Anne Shirley, the latest on 2017’s CanLit adaptations

By Sue Carter

As Toronto prepares to become a Hollywood playground this September thanks to TIFF, CanLit fans can also embrace that three new television adaptations will be going into production in and around the city this fall. ... Read More »

August 30, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture

Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace coming to CBC and Netflix as a miniseries

By Becky Robertson

Margaret Atwood's 1996 Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning historical novel Alias Grace (McClelland & Stewart), inspired by the true story of two servants convicted of the murders of their employer and his housekeeper, will be adapted for television ... Read More »

June 21, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Margaret Atwood wins 2016 PEN Pinter Prize

By Becky Robertson

Margaret Atwood has yet another award to add to her literary accolades. The Toronto author and activist has won the 2016 PEN Pinter Prize, which honours champions of free speech. She is the third novelist ... Read More »

June 16, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

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Search Results by tag: Margaret Atwood

Dave Bidini gets support from Atwood and Martel for his Toronto community-newspaper project

Alias Grace mini-series to premiere on Sept. 25

Atwood, O’Neill, Thien make 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize longlist

Focus on Creators open letter tops 2,400 signatures

The Handmaid’s Tale returns to the bestsellers list, hits Super Bowl Sunday

National Book Critics Circle recognizes Margaret Atwood with lifetime achievement award

Atwood joins fundraising efforts for Nova Scotia library’s YA section

From Alias Grace to Anne Shirley, the latest on 2017’s CanLit adaptations

Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace coming to CBC and Netflix as a miniseries

Margaret Atwood wins 2016 PEN Pinter Prize

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