Search Results by tag: Margaret Atwood

Giller jury to speak publicly for the first time in the prize’s history

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, currently the country's richest prize for fiction. To mark the occasion, the Giller administration is making some changes, including one that will likely come ... Read More »

September 10, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Such stuff as dreams are made on: Atwood updates Shakespeare for modern readers

By Steven W. Beattie

Never let it be said that Margaret Atwood is one to shy away from a challenge. The author of The Handmaid's Tale and the just-released MaddAddam has already updated Homer in The Penelopiad, a feminist ... Read More »

September 9, 2013 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Margaret Atwood releases MaddAddam essay on Wattpad

By Julie Baldassi

There are always practical matters to attend to in the course of publishing a book. What if, God forbid, the URL corresponding to your chosen title is already taken? When this conundrum arose for Margaret ... Read More »

September 5, 2013 | Filed under: Book news

It’s a Madd, Madd World: How Margaret Atwood continues to find news ways to provoke

By Rachel Heinrichs

Margaret Atwood knows her angles. As she posed for a portrait in late spring “ we met to talk about MaddAddam, the forthcoming and final instalment in her speculative fiction trilogy “ she clutched a ... Read More »

August 27, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

U of T library exhibition celebrates Canadian small presses

By Emma Renda

Rare-books libraries and special collections aren't just about old books, says John Shoesmith, outreach librarian at University of Toronto's Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, the oldest repository of its kind in Canada. They are about ... Read More »

June 27, 2013 | Filed under: Libraries

Margaret Atwood receives Innovator’s Award

By Natalie Sequeira

The Los Angeles Times has announced that Margaret Atwood will be presented with the fourth annual Innovator's Award for her efforts to push narrative form. From the press release: From her earliest works, in which ... Read More »

February 22, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Scotiabank Giller Prize jury announced

By Natalie Sequeira

The jury for the 20th anniversary of the Scotiabank Giller Prize was revealed today. The three-member panel will include Canadian literary icon Margaret Atwood, 2011 Giller Prize winner Esi Edugyan, and American author Jonathan Lethem. ... Read More »

February 13, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Wattpad launches serialized zombie novel co-authored by Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman

By Safa Jinje

Self-publishing platform Wattpad has released the first three chapters of The Happy Zombie Sunrise Home, a serialized novel co-written by Margaret Atwood and U.K. author Naomi Alderman. Atwood and Alderman's collaboration originated through the Rolex Mentor ... Read More »

October 24, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Wattpad teams up with Margaret Atwood to launch Atty Awards for international poetry

By Natalie Samson

Wattpad, a Toronto-based online community for international writers and readers, has put out a call for submissions for its first ever Atty Awards recognizing work by undiscovered poets. Winning entries will be selected by Margaret ... Read More »

August 2, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Digital publishing and technology

Atwood raises $54,000 to take the LongPen mobile

By Natalie Samson

First there was the LongPen. Next, the LongPen went digital as iDoLVine LiveSign. Now, Margaret Atwood and a team of techies are looking to bring fans and artists even closer with the rollout of Fanado ... Read More »

July 11, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

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