RIP Robert Duvall, the first actor to portray Commander Fred

2. We invite proposals on testimony and resistance in Atwood’s works, with attention to coercion and
constraint, and to the risk and agency at stake in claiming liberatory space. 250-word abstract and CV due
March 23 to Lee Frew, York University.

MLA 2027 CFPs:
1. We invite proposals on Atwood’s engagements with religion, spirituality, and the supernatural, including
ritual, myth, folk belief, haunting, prophecy, and eco-spirituality. 250-word abstract and CV due March 23
to Lee Frew, York University. 1/2

2. We invite proposals on testimony and resistance in Atwood’s works, with attention to coercion and
constraint, and to the risk and agency at stake in claiming liberatory space. 250-word abstract and CV due
March 23 to Lee Frew, York University.

In 'Book of Lives,' acclaimed author Margaret Atwood shares her story The Old Burying Ground in Cambridge, Mass., inspired Margaret Atwood as a student at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

An interview with Atwood on Here and Now:

We have 2 panels at #MLA26 today!

Friday, 9 January 2026 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM in MTCC – 601B
Session 216 The Circle Game

Friday, 9 January 2026 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM in MTCC - 715B
Session 328 Now More Relevant Than Ever: Sharing Approaches to Teaching the Works of Margaret Atwood

Tomorrow's Atwood session at #mla26:
Friday, 9 January 2026 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM in MTCC – 601B
Session 216 The Circle Game

Dozens of library books removed from Alberta schools as new laws take effect New policy requires schools to remove books containing explicit images or illustrations of sexual content

Atwood's books are among the banned ones in Alberta:

YouTube video by On with Kara Swisher “All Dictatorships Do This”: Margaret Atwood on Trump & History

I really love the question Elizabeth Warren asks Margaret Atwood in this interview:

Checked the Atwood Society mail today. There were several emails from people congratulating Atwood on her memoir. They then said the book wasn't doing well but they could help, for a fee.

Oh, spammers. Margaret Atwood doesn't need your help.

Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards' Lifetime Achievement honoree Margaret Atwood in conversation with Joe Donahue On October 11, The Eleanor Roosevelt Center in partnership with PEN America presented the 2025 Banned Book Awards at The Bardavon in Poughkeepsie, New York. This year’s Eleanor Roosevelt Lifetime Achi...

A 30-minute with Atwood, who has won the Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards Lifetime Achievement Honor:

YouTube video by CTV News Margaret Atwood makes appearance at Wordfest in Alberta

A little news story about Atwood at Wordfest:

‘The Testaments’ First-Look Photos Drop As Hulu Sets Premiere Month Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale follow-up, The Testaments, will premiere in April, starring Ann Dowd, reprising her original role of Aunt Lydia, Chase Infiniti as Agnes, Lucy Halliday as Daisy, Rowan Blanc...

Pictures from The Testaments!

It's Margaret Atwood's birthday!

Submissions for the Atwood Society awards are due 12/1! Categories are best undergraduate essay, best graduate MA piece, best graduate diss, best published article, best book, and best collection.
atwoodsociety.org/awards/

YouTube video by 60 Minutes Margaret Atwood: The 60 Minutes Interview

The 60 Minutes Interview with Atwood (she should have gotten the whole 60):

The day Margaret Atwood saved me from a mortifying interview | Letters Letters: Barbara Esstman shares a memory of chatting like friends with the author in front of an audience at the Smithsonian Institution, while Jane Crossen is intrigued by Atwood’s Norfolk connection

A memory of Atwood, in The Guardian:

Margaret Atwood on reading palms, getting older — and holding grudges | CBC Radio Margaret Atwood’s new memoir Book of Lives explores how the world has shaped her writing, and how that writing in turn shaped her life

CBC on Atwood's memoir:

Guess what book dropped today?

For a Literary Saint, Margaret Atwood Can Sure Hold a Grudge

The New York Times, interviewing Atwood ahead of the publication of her memoir later this month:

Margaret Atwood to ‘show her solidarity’ in Edmonton for book tour Legendary Canadian author Margaret Atwood will visit Edmonton in December for her book tour.

Atwood will show solidarity for Edmonton in her book tour!

www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

Our journal editor, Karma Waltonen, will be reading some of Atwood's poetry at @freethoughtday.bsky.social, Sunday, Oct. 12th at the CA state capitol. www.FreethoughtDay.org

Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap To Produce The Series Adaptation Of Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Edible Woman’ Margot Robbie’s production company LuckyChap will now produce the series alongside eOne, Z Films and Shinawil.

I had the privilege of seeing a stage adaptation of this a couple of decades ago; I look forward to this series adaptation!

5 Canadian writers shortlisted for $70K Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize | CBC Books The award, named after Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson, recognizes the best Canadian fiction of the year.

The short list for the Atwood Giblson prize:
www.cbc.ca/books/5-cana...

Author Margaret Atwood, comedians Cheech Marin and Kate McKinnon top 2025 Chicago Humanities Fall Festival Tickets go on sale Thursday for a list of fall programs that also includes a tribute to late Chicago fashion designer Virgil Abloh and performances by Kurt Elling and Kurt Vile.

Atwood will be featured at the Chicago Humanities Festival!
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Trump ‘just wants to make Harvard bleed,’ and these alumni are standing up to him - The Boston Globe Harvard alumni step up to protect the university’s independence.

Atwood, whose graduate degree is from Radcliffe (Harvard), has added her signature to support Harvard from Trump's attacks:

Atwood's Bluebeard's Egg, on the set of Elephant, in London

YouTube video by Canadian Geographic Our Country: Margaret Atwood on beavers and tolerance

A little message about what Atwood loves about Canada:

Margaret Atwood, Jay Baruchel, Canisia Lubrin among writers of new anthology that explores Canadian identity | CBC Books Elbows Up!: Canadian Voices of Resilience and Resistance will be published Oct. 14, 2025. Edited by Elamin Abdelmahmoud, the anthology also features Canadian writers Omar El Akkad, David A. Robertson,...

Atwood is part of a new anthology on Canadian identity, out in October!

UPDATE: Board gives Escambia County superintendent ability to remove books without review ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. --The escambia county school district's board is set to vote on a motion recommending the ban of eighteen books.The motion was added to t

Of course they're censoring books. Atwood's Oryx and Crake is on the block.

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