As you might guess, many kilometres north now, I’ve found that the weather grows cold more quickly. It was a shock to change the bedding, to the December-Freeze set, at the end of September. To pull the scarves and toques from the closet (but not, quite, mittens and gloves).
A couple of people chose to read Hag-Seed for MARM this year, which reminded me of this discussion (which you can view, alongside) from the 2018 Stratford Festival Forum: In Conversation With Margaret Atwood—“The award-winning Canadian author, essayist, poet and activist returns to the Forum for a candid conversation
Have a few minutes and are curious about the book Margaret Atwood wishes she had written herself? Alongside is a recent and short interview but, be warned, she does a better job of deflecting questions than answering them (all in good-humoured fashion). Admittedly, I was drawn to watch for
Today, Margaret Atwood turns 82. For those who wish to celebrate her birthday, consider adding a candle to your favourite treat, and watching this video (in the column alongside), when she sat down with Tom Power on her 80th in 2019. It’s a quick-fix time-travel device, YouTube, isn’t it?
As anyone who participates in bookish events online knows, November is an exceptionally busy month for themed reading; if Margaret Atwood had been born in any other month, I’d’ve chosen another, but here we are. And, why choose Margaret Atwood as the subject of a reading event to begin
